Morning Buzz: Thursday 8.7.08

Kevin Roderick • August 7 2008 9:02 AM

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is mulling whether to run for governor in 2010, which would complicate things for Mayor Villaraigoisa and the others. Skelton/LAT
Other plaintiffs' lawyers in the most significant litigation brought against the U.S. government over the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina are unhappy with the recent indictment of lead attorney Pierce O'Donnell. National Law Journal (subscribers only)
The legal team for attorney Terry Christensen announced Wednesday its plans to call his longtime client, billionaire developer Kirk Kerkorian, to the witness stand during his defense case. Daily Journal (no link)
Now they're fighting in the City Council over whose projects would be in the transit tax measure. DN
The DWP board voted in private to increase the pension of Chief Operating Officer Raman Raj, who already gets paid $247,000 a year. But Controller Laura Chick wants it examined. LAT, DN
The City Council started late, and Mayor Villaraigosa was a no-show, for Council President Eric Garcetti's Government 101 workshop. DN
An editorial earlier this week asked if Chick is abandoning her reformer ways. DN
Mirthala Salinas is pregnant, she tells Hoy (via L.A. Now.) Sounds like the wedding hasn't happened yet.
Rick Caruso says he may bail on his Miramar development in Montecito because of a new requirement by the planning commission there. LAT
Jewish-themed mural in Sherman Oaks facing destruction. KPCC

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