Morning Buzz

Morning Buzz: Monday 1.26.09

  • A Times editorial gives more detailed coverage to the March 3 city election than the news pages have offered as yet, but says that with so many candidates the pre-endorsement interviews won't be done before voting begins by mail. LAT
  • Sheriff Lee Baca endorsed both Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich in the City Attorney race, and this will be a big week in the Billy the Elephant controversy. Rick Orlov/Tipoff
  • The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on spending $2 million to start up a county TV channel.DN
  • A flurry of recent stable closures has raised doubts about the future of horse culture in the L.A. area. LAT
  • Many immigrant day laborers in the Valley would like to go home to Mexico or Central America but can't afford a ticket, Tony Castro finds. DN
  • The DA is investigating allegations that the Temple City mayor and two City Council members solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and a condominium from a developer in exchange for their support of a $75-million mall project. LAT
  • The developer of Evo in downtown's South Park section says a a penthouse condo unit sold for $3 million. DT News
  • Former Speaker Willie Brown talks about crying at the Obama inauguration. SF Chronicle
  • Andrew Wallenstein was named to the newly created position of editor, digital media at the Hollywood Reporter, reporting to publisher Eric Mika.
  • If nothing else, the trial of former Orange County sheriff Mike Carona "illustrated the foibles of American jurisprudence." Police Issues.com
  • Jerrianne Hayslett, the fomer PIO for the L.A. Superior Court, has a book out called "Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson," from the University of Missouri. Website
  • "Particular books both define a topic and become the defining book on that topic," KPFK's Andrew Tonkovich says on "Bibliocracy Radio" of Deanne Stillman's "Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse." Blog
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