Morning Buzz

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 7.30.08

  • L.A.-based NBC reporter George Lewis was on "Today" this morning and will be featured on the "Nightly News" reporting on his own treatment for prostate cancer at Loma Linda. NBC
  • Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turns 61 today, and last night had a fundraising "party" at the home of developer Rick Caruso. Sacto Bee
  • The City Council gave tentative approval to a hike in the trash collection fee to $36 a month, from $26. You already pay taxes for the service, but they want more revenue. LAT, DN
  • The woman stabbed to death in a Century City parking garage was involved in a bitter divorce proceeding. LAT
  • The City Council imposed a one-year moratorium on new fast food outlets in a 32-square-mile area that includes West Adams, Leimert Park, Baldwin Hills and South Los Angeles. LAT, DN
  • A reporter from the Dallas Morning News here for the Dallas Cowboys training camp blogged about his first quake. First comment, maybe from his mother, cracks me up. DMN
  • A Times sidebar on yesterday's quake mistakenly says Northridge was in 1992. The correct answer is '94 — and the Times won a Pulitzer for covering it. LAT
  • Variety columnist Brian Lowry has an op-ed piece in the Times on the SAG feud. LAT Op-Ed
  • Tony Pierce explains his note telling Times bloggers to avoid the John Edwards love child story. Bloggasm
  • TellZell's anonymous blogger answers questions via email from Celeste Fremon. Witness LA
  • Tribune chose Cushman & Wakefield as the real estate firm that will explore the possible sale of the Los Angeles Times property in Downtown. ChiTrib
  • MetBlogs' Lucinda Michele Knapp didn't much care for the PBS' NewsHour show on the LAT Book Review. No she did not. MetBlogs
  • Heal the Bay's Mark Gold did not care for LAT columnist David Lazarus's treatment of the plastic bag ban. No he did not. Spouting Off

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