Morning Buzz: Thursday 9.2.10

Boxer v Fiorina, labor rests on Brown spending, enviros lick their wounds, Baca says pot shops are crime dens, the New Yorker's coming stories on AOL and Facebook, and a blogger gets mugged in her Hollywood neighborhood. Plus more, inside.

Boxer and Fiorina, the debate. AP, Bee, Dan Walters, LAT, Register, CalBuzz, NYT, DN
The labor groups that have spent $8.6 million on behalf of Jerry Brown over the summer suspended their ad campaign. Bee
Environmentalists are stunned by their losses this week in Sacramento. LAT, Steve Lopez
Sheriff Lee Baca says week's triple murder in West Hollywood was an example of how criminals have infiltrated medial marijuana dispensaries. LAT
The LA Weekly has a feature on women turning to legal Nevada prostitution to support their familis in the recession, with a photo gallery by Kevin Scanlon. LAW
Vernon's top city attorneys, already among the highest-paid public employees in the state, have received an unusual pension deal under which they would get the same enhanced "safety employee" benefits as police officers and firefighters. LAT
Santa Clarita is poised to join a growing movement of budget-strapped cities that are turning over their libraries to private management. DN
Janice Min's Hollywood Reporter is spending money like it has a good plan to make money, which it doesn't, says Sharon Waxman. The Wrap
Associated Press says it will start attributing more of its news reports to blogs and other sources that broke stories or originated the news. AP
The Register's D.C. writer Dena Bunis is leaving after 14 years to be managing editor of Congressional Quarterly's HealthBeat magazine.
The New Yorker has major pieces coming up about AOL (by Ken Auletta) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (by the Huffington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas.) All Things Digital
L.A. blogger E*star describes being mugged by another woman while walking in her new Hollywood neighborhood. E*Star LA, Blogging LA
A mother black bear and two cubs entertained a Glendora neighborhood, going through trash cans and splashing in a spa. SGV Tribune