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Bus benches start to disappear, USC's veto power over NFL in Coliseum, an anchor in London, News-Press loses again and Tobar calls L.A. a third-world city.
The California Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review the state's redevelopment overhaul and delayed most provisions until it can decide the matter. Capitol Alert
Facing years of complaints from golfers and city officials, the city is once again looking at ways to revamp its golf course operations to make the system more efficient and even profitable. DN
One more note on Peter Sanders, the incoming press secretary for Mayor Villaraigosa: he is the son of Barry Sanders, the lawyer who led L.A.'s unsuccessful bid for the Olympics a few years ago.
Norman Bench Advertising, the company that provides and manages roughly 6,000 bus benches in Los Angeles, began removing them last week because it was not awarded a new contract. LAT
USC has veto power over an NFL team playing in the Coliseum, as one might wish to do while Farmers Field is being built. LAT
KTLA anchor Frank Buckley blogs the view from London, where he is on a family vacation. KTLA
In a 55-page decision released Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board ordered Wendy McCaw's Santa Barbara News-Press to reinstate eight reporters that the paper fired for union activities. LAT, Craig Smith, SB Independent, News-Press
As of Aug. 15, phone calls from staffers at the New York Times will no longer show up on caller ID as from "111-111-1111." Media Decoder
Nancy Rommelmann's novel "The Bad Mother" and publisher Dymaxicon as the future of publishing. HuffPost
Tru TV has ordered the series "California DMV: Field Offices" (working title) from Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst production company. Franklin Avenue
Times columnist Hector Tobar looks at the contrast between L.A. Live and the run-down housing a few blocks away and writes he "arrived at the sad realization that L.A. is indeed becoming a Third World city." LAT
Forty-six years after the start of the Watts riots in 1965, people there "are feeling that familiar angry bubbling stirring up as the gap between rich and poor grows ever wider," argues Lyneva Mottley acting chair of the Watts chapter of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. CityWatch
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thursday sentenced Prestige Parking owner Sohrab Sahaba to serve almost 18 months in jail for defrauding the city of more than $600,000 in taxes.
Author Hunter Drohojowska-Philp guests on The Madeleine Brand Show at 9:25 a.m. to talk about "Rebels in Paradise," her book on the L.A. art scene of the 1960s. KPCC