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6th Street Viaduct, LA Observed file photo.
Selected items from the media, our in box and other LA Observed sources. Posted occasionally — often in the morning. An abbreviated offering today.
Good read: the debate behind the new designs for the forthcoming replacement of the 6th Street Viaduct (above) connecting the industrial district of downtown and the Eastside. LA Times
California Sunday magazine profiles Anne Gust Brown, the wife of Gov. Jerry Brown: "The most powerful first lady in the country because she didn’t want to be one."
City Hall officials are thinking about exempting Homeboy Industries trainees from the $15 minimum wage in addition to letting companies with union agreements get out of it too. LAT
Do L.A. council members pay their gardeners and cleaners at least $15 an hour? Daily News
A cluster of five zip codes in Central and West Los Angeles has accounted for one in three complaints of outdoor water waste since the beginning of the year. KPCC map
The Daily News has reactivated the Sausage Factory politics blog started by the late Rick Orlov, with two posts in the past week by City Hall reporter Dakota Smith.
Two LA County sheriff's deputies have broken ranks and changed their stories in a jail beating case that is hiding to trial. LAT
Steve Lopez continues to hear from very unhappy DWP customers. Column
The shady City of Industry is holding its first council election in 17 years. LAT
The state Senate now provides late-night drivers to Senators who are too drunk to drive. Sacto Bee
Austin Beutner announces changes to try to revive interest in the Los Angeles Times Business section.
Fox News added an hour of news on Saturday to cover the presidential campaign announcement of Hillary Clinton rival Martin O'Malley, per Howard Kurtz.
The New York Times covers Nikki Finke's conversion to entertainment fiction.
Murray Fromson looks back at his storied journalism career. Jewish Journal
The Los Angeles Press Club posted the list of finalists for the awards to be handed June 28.
They held CicLAvia in Pasadena for the first time and it was popular there too. Former mayor Rick Cole on Twitter:
Everyone knows Pasadena is the Paris . . . of the West San Gabriel Valley #ciclavia #mydayinLA pic.twitter.com/ec9LlhtVAc
— Rick Cole (@AngelenoRick) May 31, 2015The crusty, dusty old places that Angelenos love and hope stay around. Zocalo/KCRW collaboration
Shelly Sterling talks for the first time in the year since the clippers sale, to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN LA.
The Anaheim Ducks were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by losing Game 7 at home on Saturday. And the Dodgers fell out of first place for the first time since April.
And some tweets of the day:
Breaking news -- we found the snowpack near Tahoe pic.twitter.com/IoRaAaHQxc
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) June 1, 2015Tonight's #GameofThrones was quite possibly the most satisfying hour of TV I've seen since the One Day at a Time Reunion
— Richard Rushfield (@richardrushfield) June 1, 2015