Morning Buzz: Thursday 5.2.11

Just a short stack today.

  • Now comes the official trailer for "Girl With a Dragon Tattoo," with a green band and without Rooney Mara's nipple. YouTube
  • Different views on a new PPIC poll and what it says about how voters feel about Gov. Jerry Brown and his tax plan. Dan Walters, LAT, Capitol Notes, Chronicle, Healthy Cal
  • City Controller Wendy Greuel issued a subpoena for documents related to the workings of the Gold Card parking ticket review service, saying the transportation department had stalled in providing full access to records. LAT, DN
  • The City of Vernon is in a fight to the death with Assembly Speaker John Perez. LA Weekly
  • The Sheriff's Department released the names of two deputies involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed suspect in 2009, after a year and a half of litigation over whether their identities are public information. LAT
  • A charter flight carrying the Angels made a safe emergency landing at LAX last night due to a mechanical problem. Wires
  • USC's Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation made its debut. LAT
  • KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez profiles East L.A. music figure Ruben Guevara at 9:40 on The Madeleine Brand Show.

More by Kevin Roderick:
Ralph Lawler of the Clippers and the age of Aquarius
Riding the Expo Line to USC 'just magical'
Last bastion of free parking? Loyola Marymount to charge students
Matt Kemp, Dodgers and Kings start big weekend the right way
LA Times writers revisit their '92 riots observations
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