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Morning Buzz: Thursday 7.31.08
- Slim majority of Californians support offshore oil drilling, a PPIC poll found. Chronicle
- AG Jerry Brown talks to Celeste Fremon about Joel Kotkin, port pollution and other issues. Witness LA
- Councilman Jack Weiss reports collecting more than $1.1 million for his city attorney campaign.
- Former LAPD assistant chief George Gascón has an op-ed piece about immigration reform and law enforcement in today's New York Times.
- Hotter zones of Los Angeles will pay a lower rate for electricity during the summer. LAT, DN
- Off-duty LAPD officer Jason Geggie, the son of a lieutenant, was shot and wounded after brandishing a weapon and trying to flee from Long Beach police. LAT, Press-Telegram
- L.A. Times managing editor Davan Maharaj to newsroom, after the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens: "Lost in all the hoopla was the fact that the federal investigation was sparked by great journalism from our DC bureau. Here's a link to Chuck Neubauer's story that ran in 2004. It shows that our journalism is continuing to have wide impact."
- Add Jewish Journal editor Rob Eshman to those urging Sam Zell to sell the Times: "The evisceration of The Los Angeles Times is a crime against our city." JJ Also, author Gina Nahai writes, "Why do I feel like my already ailing IQ drops to below safe levels every time I pick up the Los Angeles Times lately?" JJ
- Departing Times reporter and editor William Lobdell's exit email says, "I was so proud to work for the Los Angeles Times. It was my boyhood dream....[and] always felt like I had somehow managed to land in the big leagues and play year after year for a championship team." He's launching a new blog called Lobdell's OC.
- The Beverly Hills Courier has a new website. Watch out, there's uninvited sound. BHC
- The Studio City, Encino and Sherman Oaks Sun newspapers are taking August off to reconsider their business future. DN
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| The promotion runs between now and June 3, which is typically a slow time in the theme park business - likely to be even slower this year.
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| Eventually the meter-revenue claim becomes bureaucratic doublespeak for "meter-maid revenue."
| The MTA's Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive jumps into Web 2.0 with enthusiasm, with Flickr photos and YouTube clips.
| Chuck Todd and his goatee
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