The WSJ anoints Carpinteria as the new jet set getaway. (This after the NYT did the same for Oxnard earlier this summer.) Oops - 104,000 fewer new jobs than predicted for August. Also, stocks drop, and more about that multi-million dollar Riordan-Burkle quarrel. It's Mark Lacter in LA Biz Observed.

The charging, saintly, raiding Jaguars? LA's coulda/shoulda/oughtta list of NFL teams gets a bit longer. Phil Wallace in SoCal Sports Observed.

Float the boats, please! An impassioned argument on behalf of Echo Park's endangered paddlers in Jenny Burman's Chicken Corner.

Radio Roderick on KCRW today at 4:44 p.m.

Wild and silly guesses from people who should know better.
Here in Malibu.

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4:03 PM Fri | CBS and ABC have far bigger fish to fry - namely whether their stations can get back the auto and retail advertising that fell off a cliff in 2009.
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Jenny Price | Recycling!
Veronique de Turenne | And there's still time to take part!
Phil Wallace | Searching for answers after a third loss this year.
Deanne Stillman | Jihad and cash offers meet American soldiers during the Gulf War, and beyond.
Iris Schneider | After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.
Jenny Burman
Thinking more about buying less.
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