Morning Buzz

Morning Buzz: Thursday 11.3.11

O'Malley and other possible Dodger buyers, Occupy Oakland, Jerry Brown shuts down transparency website, more Gensler fallout, Walter Mosley's L.A. childhood, Google opens in Venice and more.

Top of the news

Add Peter O'Malley, former owner of the Dodgers, to the potential buyers of the team. He wants to lead an investment group and run the team. LAT

Possible Dodgers suitor Dennis Gilbert "got rich selling tax avoidance schemes to the super-wealthy." LA Weekly

Some more potential buyers of the Dodgers. DN


Politics and politicos

Occupy Oakland protesters blocked the entrance to the Port of Oakland on Thursday morning after a night of violent clashes with police. LAT

Lobby spending in Sacramento already is on pace to touch new highs this legislative session, according to third-quarter filing totals released by the secretary of state’s office. California Watch

Gov. Jerry Brown has shut down the government transparency website created by his predecessor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a repository for financial disclosure statements and other records. Sacto Bee

More political fallout fallout from the Villaraigosa administration's decision to devote $1 million in federal poverty funds to Gensler's move from Santa Monica to Bunker Hill. LA Weekly

The political war in Marina del Rey over big projects. LA Weekly


Media and media people

Author Walter Mosley on his L.A. childhood in the Home section of the New York Times

In "Unreal Estate," Michael Gross tells a version of UCLA's 1920s siting in the hills above Westwood. Curbed LA

Jim Kennedy, the former press secretary for the Clintons and the current executive vice president of global communications at Sony Pictures Entertainment, is the opposite of slick. Zócalo Public Square

NBC 4's Conan Nolan in the Zócalo green room: the Emmy is not in the bathroom.

KFWB's popular "On Your Corner" series of events is moving to KNX. Register

Lawrence Weschler talks about his new book, "Uncanny Valley," on "Bookworm: at 2:30 p.m. on KCRW.


More

Top LAPD officials renewed their call for help from the public in identifying possible victims of alleged serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr., suspected of being the Grim Sleeper murderer. LAT

The Monterey Bay Aquarium announced the death of the young great white shark that was caught off Marina del Rey, relocated to the aquarium for an exhibit and then released last month off Goleta. Daily Breeze

Google today marks the opening of its new 100,000 square foot "campus" on Main Street in Venice. LAT

Kaiser Permanente executive Dr. Diana Bontá was named president and CEO of the California Wellness Foundation. Witness LA

Members of a Maywood family tested with high levels of eight dangerous heavy metals and 17 industrial byproducts in their bodies, possibly due to living near the industrial plans of southeast LA County. California Watch


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