Morning Buzz: Wednesday 8.20.08

Kevin Roderick • August 20 2008 8:59 AM

City officials called on hikers and others to help them find an arsonist who set five fires in Griffith Park last weekend. DN
Overturned sewage tanker closes Pacific Coast Highway at the Ventura County line. LAT
Seven new principals named at Villaraigosa's schools. DN
Twins Austin and Howard Raishbrook speed dangerously through the night streets of L.A. to shoot freelance news footage for TV stations. LAT Column One
Los Angeles has done little to push its new spay and neuter law for pets, Controller Laura Chick says. DN
Tribute to Steve Harvey's "Only in L.A." by columnist David Allen at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. DB
Advice for LAT publisher Eddy Hartenstein from Alan Mutter.
Former LAUSD board president Caprice Young is resigning as head of the California Charter School Association to become an executive with the Milkens' Knowledge Universe. Ron Kaye
New URL and slightly new title for Jay Christensen's college football blog The Wiz of Odds.

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