Morning Buzz

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 12.8.10

USC wants to buy Coliseum land, Villaraigosa vs UTLA, HIV positive porn actor speaks out, plus more inside.

  • USC is in negotiations with the state to buy the land under the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sport Arena. LAT, CBS, We Are SC
  • Mayor Villaraigosa may have organized for United Teachers of Los Angeles, but he unloaded on the union in a speech Tuesday at a conference in Sacramento sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California. Top-Ed
  • Assemblyman Gil Cedillo filed a claim to regain pay and benefits taken from state lawmakers. LAT, Bee
  • Derrick Burts, the porn actor who tested HIV positive in October, called for mandatory condom use in productions, improved testing and follow-up care for fellow performers. LAT
  • The City Council reduced city taxes on local filming that could save small productions more than $12,000. DN
  • Neon Tommy reporters fanned out across Southern California and made unscheduled visits to the district offices of members of Congress "to see what was on constituents’ minds in these testy times." Neon Tommy
  • Convicted SEIU Alejandro Stephens said he's "ashamed of what I did" and talks about the scheme to defraud a labor nonprofit. LAT
  • The ashes of 1,440 people whose remains were never claimed will be buried today by Los Angeles County in a mass grave at a Boyle Heights cemetery. DN wires
  • James Rainey on how the press blew the origins of the public pension crisis. LAT
  • The victim of a campus lab stabbing at UCLA last year filed suit against her attacker and the UC Board of Regents, alleging the campus should have warned other students about the attacker's mental issues. LAT
  • The city may study whether to allow parking by permit in front of your own driveway. LAT
  • The Times' Bill Plaschke columnized that the McCourt era at Dodger Stadium is over, it may just take a few years to happen. LAT

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