LA Observed: Morning Buzz: Monday 7.7.08

Morning Buzz: Monday 7.7.08

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Invisible South Central

Since the South Central Los Angeles name was dropped, mostly in favor of labels like "over there," the community it once defined along Central Avenue has become largely invisible. LAT

Incompetent cops an LAPD problem

That, lack of training and a circle the wagons mentality hurts the department, says an officer speaking anonymously. Witness LA

Parcel tax for gangs?

This could be the week the Los Angeles City Council votes on Janice Hahn's proposal for a $3 monthly tax to finance gang programs. Rick Orlov/DN

Real estate value of L.A. Times building

Some real estate experts think the Times headquarters could be attractive to buyers, mostly to hold on to until the Downtown market improves: "In this market, it would be really hard for local buyers to speculate on 'land banking' with no cash flow," says Brad Luster, ""but foreign investors are doing that." Downtown News

Giving charter schools a break on zoning

Relaxing the rules would help many charter schools, say officials. DN

Miguel Contreras pool to open

The city and the County Federation of Labor will donate funds to run the pool on 3rd Street west of Downtown today. DN wires

Debating the Times

Journalist Marc Cooper and blogger Patrick Frey will volley back and forth about the Time sin the paper's online Dust-Up feature this week.

Ex-scribe thinks LAT issue is simple

Those who remain after the layoffs can just work harder, then there should be no serious loss of quality, writes Paul Oberjuerge.

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4:10 PM Fri | Villaraigosa wants 'emergency' cuts

3:57 PM Fri | Crest Theatre put up for sale

3:38 PM Fri | Reading 'The Maltese Falcon'

12:58 PM Fri | NYT's White House team

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RIP - Downey, PFF

9:21 AM Sat | The new owner is Minneapolis-based US Bancorp, which suddenly becomes a much bigger player in California and Arizona.

Two words: Retail liquidators

4:49 PM Fri | Forget plastics, the real action these days is arranging going-out-of-business sales.

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Going through 'The Changes'

TJ Sullivan | Without referencing its recent layoff, the Ventura County Star's editor says the suburban LA paper is now "more streamlined and, in many ways, much more efficient."

Lost thunder: BLM preparing to execute 30,000 wild horses

Deanne Stillman | We stripped the Indians of their ponies, and now we're doing it to ourselves.

LA's fire-orange sun

TJ Sullivan | When the sun looks like that, there's a big fire somewhere regardless of whether we see or smell smoke.

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Innovation chief Abrams not too impressed with Times

Lee Abrams, Tribune Company's chief innovation officer, doesn’t seem too impressed with the Los Angeles Times. That’s the feeling I got when he appeared at the Los Angeles Press Club.

Aural history

Seven or fifteen minutes from now I can definitively say I didn't hear the sound of sirens.

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