Morning Buzz

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.

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