Morning Buzz: 9.5.08

Eli and Edythe Broad gave another $400 million to the Cambridge-based Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, making a total of $600 million. The gift is one of the largest ever in U.S. academia. LAT, NYT
Seven Inglewood police officers and a sergeant were placed on administrative leave pending further training and investigation into the shooting of 47 rounds at a homeless man. LAT, Breeze wires
DWP board will take up an ethics policy for dealing with conflicts involving top executives. DN, LAT brief
LAPD lieutenant Jim Gavin testified in his federal suit charging official harassment after he leaked embarrassing info about a murder conviction. LAT
Sosei Matsumoto is the 88-year-old tea master of downtown's Little Tokyo. AP
Ed Justice Sr., one of the Justice Brothers of SoCal auto racing fame, died at age 87. LAT