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My KCRW segment on Monday was about the LA Times' front-page Minions ad. Also, LA Observed's Jenny Price was on KCRW's Which Way, LA? talking about the public finally getting easy access to Malibu's Carbon Beach.
Bill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and "other people," according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The story led the CBS Evening News last night and is being widely reported as coloring all of the subsequent allegations against Cosby. AP
Producer and former studio executive Jerry Weintraub died in Santa Barbara at age 77. THR, LAT, NYT
The World Cup-winning U.S. women's soccer team will attend a victory rally at LA Live starting at 11 a.m. Parking is free in the West Garage after 9 a.m. NBC 4, AP, City News Service
A flyer for the Hollywood conservatives' group Friends of Abe says that Donald Trump will speak Friday at a dinner at the Luxe in Brentwood. LA Weekly
Fallout from Trump's demonizing of Mexican immigrants as criminals continues: ESPN pulled its upcoming ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic from the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, moving instead to Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach. ESPN, TV Newser, DN
The LA Galaxy also pulled its golf tournament from Trump's course. THR
Donald Trump's troubles and Spanish language media, with guest Veronica Villafane of Media Moves. KPCC Take Two
The murder of a woman in San Francisco by a multiple deportee, a crime also cited by Trump, is focusing attention on that city's sanctuary policy. LAT, SF Chronicle, KQED
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety has signed off on geology reports that found that no active earthquake fault runs under the site of the Millennium Hollywood development, even though the state geologist last year concluded there was one. LAT
Eric Garcetti, Janice Min and Jay Penske are included in a New York Observer stab at designating the LA Power 25. NYO
The future of digital billboards in Los Angeles. KPCC Airtalk
The murder of a 30-year-old woman by shotgun while walking on a street in Hollywood with her boyfriend has residents upset and police confounded. "On the one hand, she didn’t have any known enemies. On the other hand, it looks like it was directed toward her.... We’re looking at all angles.” LAT
Number of L.A. County police killings climbs to 22 this year. LAT
The United States' 5-2 win over Japan to capture its third Women's World Cup title drew 25.4 million viewers to Fox on Sunday night, according to Nielsen. That massive audience makes it the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history, surpassing the previous record set during last summer's men's World Cup. AdWeek
Add in Telemundo's record audience for the Spanish-language broadcast and the total of 26.7 million viewers exceeds the peak audience for this year's NBA Finals on ABC. No NBA game has drawn a larger audience since 2010 and no Major League Baseball game has drawn more viewers since the 2004 World Series. Variety
Lowell Bergman claims that PBS Frontline killed his team's documentary on gambling in Macau, "Bigger than Vegas," out of fear of lawsuits by Las Vegas moguls Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson. PBS execs says they killed it for editorial reasons: "[W]e tried over many iterations to reach an acceptable final edit….Despite more time, Lowell and his team were not able to provide strong enough sourcing and reporting to support key elements of the film." Daily Beast
Linda Douglass, the former KNXT reporter in Los Angeles, later Washington correspondent for CBS and ABC, director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform and senior advisor to Obama's 2008 campaign, is joining Bloomberg Media in September as Global Head of Communications, based in New York. She has been Senior Vice President for Global Communications at Atlantic Media. Her husband, former LA lawyer John Phillips, is U.S. ambassador to Italy and San Marino. Bloomberg release
Photographer Mike Kelley is funding his book of Los Angels aerial photos, "LA Airspace," on Kickstarter. MPKelley.com
The 10 best lessons she learned as a sex writer. Salon
The former King-Drew Medical Center in Willowbrook reopens today as Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, "significantly smaller than the old hospital and lacking a trauma center that can handle severe car crash victims and those with gunshot wounds." LAT, KPCC
Retired Superior Court Judge David Finkel, a Santa Monica city official and activist for many years, died at age 83. Tribute website, SM Mirror
Starbucks is raising prices again starting Tuesday, with the increases ranging from 5 to 20 cents for most affected drinks. AP
American Apparel to close underperforming stores, lay off workers. LAT
A 51-year-old homeless woman who made more than 50 time-wasting 911 calls from a payphone in Santa Monica was arrested mid-call. SM Mirror
Columnist Bill Dwyre's paean to the Sports Arena's place in Los Angeles sports lore — and a last chance to see boxing there this weekend. LAT
Rookie Joc Pederson and three others Dodgers were named to the All-Star team. Clayton Kershaw is not among them. Albert Pujols was selected from the Angels.
More grist for Steyer for Governor rumors: Enviro activist hires former @JerryBrownGov spox @gilduran76
— Anthony York (@anthonyyork49) July 6, 2015Video #LAPD Officer Saves Man Choking Inside Restaurant http://t.co/sbfubRFSN2 .@LAPDChiefBeck
— Eric Rose (@EricWRose) July 6, 2015Whoa. If Cosby hadn't settled, his accuser would have explored how the William Morris Agency was using other celebs pic.twitter.com/62Nbd5V3MB
— Eriq Gardner (@eriqgardner) July 6, 2015