Morning Buzz: Friday 4.6.12

By Kevin Roderick | April 6, 2012 9:22 AM
  • The Metropolitan News-Enterprise legal paper endorsed deputy DA Alan Jackson for District Attorney. Met-News
  • Rep. Brad Sherman met with the Daily News editorial board. [Fixed]
  • Farmers Field traffic EIR: the good, the bad and the ugly. Streetsblog
  • Playa Vista unveiled plans for a shopping center complex on Jefferson Boulevard with a grocery store, 10-screen movie theater, restaurants, shops and apartments. LAT
  • Most Americans feel religion coverage is too sensationalized, and other thoughts on how the media cover religion. USC Annenberg study
  • Arianna Huffington's editorial role at AOL has been reduced, not increased. Poynter
  • Magic Johnson and Frank McCourt attended the Dodgers season opener together in San Diego. Dodgers, T.J. Simers
  • The 1938 post office at 5th Street and Arizona in Santa Monica is targeted for closure and sale. Santa Monica Patch

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