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Topic Archive: Morning Buzz
Jimmy Fallon to take over for Conan O'Brien The SNL alum will slide in when O'Brien comes out here to take over for Jay Leno,...
Posted May 9, 2008 08:55 AM
Council happy with Lindsey Councilwoman Janice Hahn says, "We have great confidence in Gina Marie Lindsey," but acknowledges the way contracts are issued at LAX...
Posted May 8, 2008 09:10 AM
L.A. limits McMansions Homes in the flats, but not in the hills, would now be limited to around half the square footage of the lot....
Posted May 7, 2008 09:10 AM
Limbaugh mistakes Villaraigosa for 'shoeshine guy' Rush Limbaugh gives his side of the restaurant meeting last year, where Bill Clinton brought over the mayor for...
Posted May 6, 2008 09:10 AM
Latest media Latest politics Villaraigosa as L.A.'s Nero Urban scholar Joel Kotkin, no fan of the mayor anyway, writes that "As the city has continued...
Posted May 5, 2008 01:15 AM
Ramon Cortines assumes de-facto control of LAUSD The mayor's advisor, not Supt. David Brewer, now has all responsibility for day-to-day operations of the district, says...
Posted May 2, 2008 09:05 AM
It's May Day and you know what that means Three separate immigrant marches through Downtown starting at 11 am are due to converge in the...
Posted May 1, 2008 09:11 AM
Lindsey denies part of accusation over LAX work Los Angeles World Airports chief Gina Marie Lindsey says she did not ask for a new round...
Posted April 30, 2008 08:58 AM
Big LAX deal for DMJM questioned Art Marroquin at the Daily Breeze has been reporting that the L.A.-based firm was selected to run the LAX...
Posted April 29, 2008 09:02 AM
1,000 residents evacuated from Sierra Madre fire area The wildfire that broke out Saturday off Santa Anita Canyon Road near the Chantry Flat area in...
Posted April 28, 2008 08:58 AM
Toll carpool lanes are coming Mayor Villaraigosa talks up the plan to charge for using the carpool lane on the 210 between Pasadena and the...
Posted April 25, 2008 09:28 AM
Big plans to transform Dodger Stadium McCourts intend to spend up to $500 million adding retail shops and restaurants, parking garages and team offices in...
Posted April 24, 2008 09:15 AM
Variety's Adalian to TV Week Josef Adalian has been television editor at Variety for nine years. At Television Week he'll be deputy editor and write...
Posted April 23, 2008 08:43 AM
Guilty of both homeless murders Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, and Helen Golay, 77, were convicted of murdering two homeless men by running them over to collect...
Posted April 22, 2008 09:01 AM
Questioning gang programs L.A. spends $13 million a year on various anti-gang efforts, and really has no idea if they work. LAT County budget drops...
Posted April 21, 2008 09:00 AM
Bratton says he'll clarify Special Order 40 Chief says the policy that lets illegal immigrants report crimes and talk to police without fear of deportation...
Posted April 17, 2008 09:13 AM
Mayor and gangs Mayor Villaraigosa's focus on street gangs in the State of the City speech "points to both the promise and paradox of his...
Posted April 16, 2008 08:45 AM
State of the City and gangs Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's speech and budget cuts, his plan for a big trash fee hike to pay for cops,...
Posted April 15, 2008 08:35 AM
Español at City Hall Spanish-language lessons and bilingual press conferences are all the rage for L.A. elected officials, even the non-Latinos like Jan Perry and...
Posted April 14, 2008 12:55 AM
County health director abruptly quits Who would want that job? Anyway, Dr. Bruce A. Chernof said his resignation was unrelated to failed negotiations to find...
Posted April 11, 2008 08:57 AM
Over at Native Intelligence, Adrienne Crew interviews retiring Times "Then and Now" columnist Cecilia Rasmussen, Erika Schickel talks about the changes at CityBeat, and TJ...
Posted April 10, 2008 08:04 AM
Cardenas moves on gang funds Councilman Tony Cardenas is now open to moving gang programs into the mayor's office, but Controller Laura Chick remains unsatisfied....
Posted April 9, 2008 01:46 AM
Decline of the critics Patrick Goldstein writes that "for a generation that lives on the Web, even the most eloquent critics are distant thunder, rarely...
Posted April 8, 2008 01:10 AM
Daily News editor to be named today Rumor mill favors Carolina Garcia, a former Chicano activist who is now the executive editor at the Monterey...
Posted April 7, 2008 01:10 AM
MLK's last visit to Los Angeles Less than three weeks before his assassination on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached at Holman...
Posted April 4, 2008 12:40 AM
Judge refuses to block release of billboard list Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor tried to prevent the LA Weekly from obtaining the list of 11,000...
Posted April 3, 2008 09:10 AM
Four killed in East Los Angeles shootings Pair of double homicides less than a mile apart and within minutes of each are not considered related....
Posted April 1, 2008 09:05 AM
Joe Torre era begins "Opening Day never gets old," Torre tells Steve Herbert of City News Service. CNS via KNBC From the weekend Zahniser's car...
Posted March 31, 2008 09:24 AM
Should Marcus Allen be CAO? Daily News editorial says no, citing Allen's crossover from city service to lobbyist: "Allen's experience aside, he is a questionable...
Posted March 27, 2008 08:17 AM
Designing for drive-by bullets Planning for street shooting is becoming part of the L.A. architecture, according to the Times. "When we look at the pragmatism...
Posted March 26, 2008 09:02 AM
Ugly Downtown parking structure to finally go Parking Lot 17, the "Erector set" structure across from the courthouse at 1st and Olive, was reviled the...
Posted March 25, 2008 09:15 AM
Contents of SWAT report Reporter Eric Leonard obtained a copy from outside the LAPD, posts the PDF file and summarizes the conclusions, including a relaxation...
Posted March 24, 2008 09:02 AM
More planning commission patronage Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Fabian Nuñez aide Ricardo Lara to the city planning commission, which is mostly interesting because he recently...
Posted March 21, 2008 09:10 AM
Villaraigosa takes a furlough day The mayor asked other employees to do it, so today he goes off the books and will lose $858.26 in...
Posted March 20, 2008 09:11 AM
Explaining the homicide jump With 93 murders so far compared to 69 last year, the LAPD took the step of analyzing each and announcing that...
Posted March 19, 2008 09:04 AM
Director Anthony Minghella dies after surgery The Oscar winner, who directed "The English Patient," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain," died this morning in...
Posted March 18, 2008 09:06 AM
Tracing the hip-hop wars In another of his periodic investigative pieces on the murders of hip-hop stars, Chuck Philips says there is evidence that the...
Posted March 17, 2008 08:56 AM
Higher trash fees on City Hall agenda The last hike was unpopular but went through, so Mayor Villaraigosa has directed city budget experts to consider...
Posted March 14, 2008 09:09 AM
In-N-Out's traffic snarls The line backups at In-N-Out stands have been a fact of L.A. life for years, especially for nearby businesses and residences. But...
Posted March 13, 2008 09:16 AM
How NYT got the Spitzer story And kept it quiet. NY Observer From Tuesday Howard Berman gets foreign affairs Keeper of LA's saints Columnist blogs...
Posted March 12, 2008 08:56 AM
Latest round of Chick v. Cardenas Exchange of letters yesterday afternoon with City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo over gang programs. WitnessLA Jane Usher email invites suits...
Posted March 11, 2008 08:57 AM
Turf fight over gangs Controller Chick and Councilman Cardenas are still at odds over who should oversee the anti-gang funds available to the city. "I...
Posted March 10, 2008 09:04 AM
Other deadlines intervene today. But check out Mark Lacter's Friday morning headlines at LA Biz Observed....
Posted March 7, 2008 09:23 AM
LAPD addresses big jump in homicides Murder in Los Angeles is up 27% so far this year. "One death is one too many, but we...
Posted March 6, 2008 09:04 AM
Pellicano trial begins today Although the case has not lived up to its billing as Hollywood's biggest scandal in decades, it still will offer "plenty...
Posted March 5, 2008 09:06 AM
From yesterday Margaret B. Jones' whopper MediaNews on 'negative watch' 'Citizen McCaw' premieres Friday The week in sports Past 24 hours on LAO 2...
Posted March 4, 2008 09:02 AM
From the weekend Disappointed in Antonio Who's leaving Daily News Long Beach columnist whiffs Tales of County Jail All weekend posts Mayor cuts short...
Posted March 3, 2008 09:05 AM
Yesterday: New Line is historyDN alumni speak upSave Beyond Baroque? Naked girl on the Promenade Past 24 hours in brief City Hall sacred cows Everybody...
Posted February 29, 2008 09:10 AM
Eight shot at South L.A. bus stop If you missed it:Tears flow at Daily NewsBass to become SpeakerScript Project news Past 24 hours in brief...
Posted February 28, 2008 09:05 AM
Just a quickie today. Lopez can't get interview with the mayor Times columnist Steve Lopez says the Villaraigosa press office won't even return his calls....
Posted February 27, 2008 09:28 AM
Quarter of younger viewers dropped Oscars this year The total of 32 million national viewers did not include a whole bunch of 18-to-49s who watched...
Posted February 26, 2008 08:56 AM
Another Oscars comes and goes Deserved new reputations for Marion Cotillard, French winner of the best actress statue for channeling Edith Piaf, and Gary Busey,...
Posted February 25, 2008 01:24 AM
Avenues gang blamed for shootout in Glassell Park area A man who opened fire on LAPD officers with an AK-47 was killed and a big...
Posted February 22, 2008 08:52 AM
Variety for sale Reed Elsevier wants to sell Reed Business Information and get far away from the advertising-driven market. In addition to Variety, this puts...
Posted February 21, 2008 09:05 AM
Board of Supes keeps clinics open Plan to close nearly all county health clinics to save money was spiked for now. LAT Nicolas Cage has...
Posted February 20, 2008 09:10 AM
Montorio says he was 'surprised' at firing New boss Russ Stanton walked in on Friday and summarily fired the Times managing editor for features. "It...
Posted February 19, 2008 08:53 AM
Randal Simmons funeral and burial See last night's post for details and street closures. Burke makes Parks endorsement official Retiring Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke said...
Posted February 15, 2008 01:18 AM
County looks at closing clinics Health officials put forth a plan that would close all but one clinic and reduce hospital services to deal with...
Posted February 14, 2008 09:14 AM
Jet Blue to launch service at LAX Three daily nonstops to Kennedy and one to Logan begin in May. More flights also at Long Beach...
Posted February 12, 2008 08:12 AM
Rep. Tom Lantos dies The Northern California congressman, who was 80, said recently he wouldn;t run again due to cancer of the esophagus. He passed...
Posted February 11, 2008 08:58 AM
Valley shooter identified It appears that Edwin Rivera, 20, killed his Salvadoran father and his own two brothers before shooting two LAPD officers. LAT, DN...
Posted February 8, 2008 09:07 AM
Romney out Mitt Romney is suspending his presidential campaign, CBS News reports. OC beach toll road voted down The California Coastal Commission rejected plans to...
Posted February 7, 2008 09:30 AM
Not even close Super Duper Tuesday settles nothing in the presidential races, though John McCain emerges as a clear front runner on the Republican side....
Posted February 6, 2008 08:50 AM
Polls are open from 7 am to 8 pm for those who still vote the old fashioned way. Close to half of all California votes...
Posted February 5, 2008 08:45 AM
One year of The Homicide Report Jill Leovy's Column One today in the Times talks about the lessons learned in chronicling every murder in Los...
Posted February 4, 2008 08:49 AM
Regional airport panel disbands — again The Southern California Regional Airport Authority, revived in name by Mayor Villaraigosa in 2006, voted to put itself out...
Posted February 1, 2008 09:15 AM
Answer: 12 Question: How many LAPD motorcycle officers does it take to escort an ambulance carrying Britney Spears to UCLA Medical Center? She was collected...
Posted January 31, 2008 08:36 AM
Rash of street warfare in South L.A. kills three, wounds 13 Shooting of a Grape Street Crips leader at a party leads to retaliatory acts...
Posted January 30, 2008 08:15 AM
McCain and Clinton enjoy big California leads The Times Poll finds 39% of likely Republican voters favor John McCain in next week's primary compared to...
Posted January 29, 2008 09:06 AM
Striking writers turn to book projects Literary departments at major talent agencies are being inundated with proposals and story ideas for novels from out-of-work screenwriters....
Posted January 28, 2008 08:45 AM
Unions give most of the money to Prop. S The measure to continue the city of Los Angeles telephone utility tax has collected $1.9 million...
Posted January 25, 2008 09:10 AM
Snow and record rain Snow closed I-5 and the California 58 dodge around the Grapevine, while four inches of rain fell at Santa Barbara in...
Posted January 24, 2008 08:45 AM
29 LAPD officers may face May Day melee charges LAPD officials will submit a report naming 29 officers responsible for 72 different allegations to the...
Posted January 23, 2008 08:53 AM
It's Oscar nominations morning Witching hour is 5:30 am Hollywood time. Find out if you were nominated at the official site. For post-game analysis, take...
Posted January 22, 2008 12:50 AM
Arnold admits his early positions were bogus He says inexperience and naivete were behind things like calling for mass elimination of state departments. (But it...
Posted January 18, 2008 08:55 AM
Dubious media events most likely to make tonight's local news At 8 am, the media masses are invited to Burbank to observe the casting of...
Posted January 17, 2008 01:03 AM
City Council steps in on LAPD financial disclosure The Police Protective League gets through to council members with its protests over the rules for narcotics...
Posted January 16, 2008 08:55 AM
Quaids talk about the twins and Cedars-Sinai Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, sat for a 90-minute interview with L.A. Times health specialist Charles...
Posted January 15, 2008 01:05 AM
OC Sheriff Carona resigns Facing corruption charges and plunging support, Mike Carona posts on the OC Sheriff's Department website that "it has become clear to...
Posted January 14, 2008 08:56 AM
Truncated Morning Buzz today... Clinton in town Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Commerce to speak at the Electrical Training Institute, a facility affiliated...
Posted January 11, 2008 09:07 AM
Cedars-Sinai cited for endangering children State report looking into the over-medication of Dennis Quaid's infant twins and others found "multiple failures by the facility to...
Posted January 10, 2008 08:55 AM
State of Arnold's state Budget cuts to be proposed along with a hike in fees and a constitutional amendment that would impose a spending cap....
Posted January 9, 2008 08:55 AM
Will anyone miss the Golden Globes? Finally, one of the least meritorious award "competitions" in Hollywood is cut back to its essence: a press conference....
Posted January 8, 2008 08:58 AM
Examining the Board of Supervisors The five Supes who run Los Angeles County "may offer the best argument for" term limits, LAT opinion chief Jim...
Posted January 7, 2008 08:42 AM
Where's Jay Levin? The founder of last year's one-off magazine RealTalkLA resurfaced this week as an editorial consultant at CityBeat, brought in by parent Southland...
Posted January 4, 2008 08:36 AM
Leno, Letterman et al are back Watch video of all five late-night hosts returning to the air. HuffPost Whole lot of rain on the way...
Posted January 3, 2008 08:57 AM
Gavin Newsom gets engaged The San Francisco mayor popped the question over the weekend to actress Jennifer Siebel, and she reportedly accepted. That leaves one...
Posted January 2, 2008 01:02 AM
Taking sides in the Supes race The county Federation of Labor comes out for Mark Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor Gloria Molina says she'll help Bernard Parks. L.A....
Posted December 19, 2007 08:56 AM
Paying the price We knew Mayor Villaraigosa was going to put the screws on local business and rich guys to pay for his pet projects...
Posted December 18, 2007 08:44 AM
Woman found dead in towed away car — a day later The body of an elderly woman was discovered hidden under the deployed passenger air...
Posted December 17, 2007 08:35 AM
Congestion pricing in diamond lanes You know all those carpool lanes being built squeezed onto freeways, often requiring a year or two of construction traffic...
Posted December 14, 2007 08:52 AM
Skipping the Golden Globes Yes, in case anyone cares, the few dozen C-listers who make up the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have again published a...
Posted December 13, 2007 09:10 AM
Handicapping Parks vs. Ridley-Thomas The first seriously contested Board of Supervisors race since 1992 — when Kenneth Hahn was replaced — is "going to be...
Posted December 12, 2007 08:55 AM
Villaraigosa school plan comes to a vote Teachers and parents at Roosevelt, Santee and Jordan high schools, and at Hollenbeck, Stevenson, Markham and Gompers middle...
Posted December 11, 2007 08:50 AM
Digging in for a long strike Patric Verrone's plan at the WGA all along was for a bloody fight over respect, says Michael Cieply in...
Posted December 10, 2007 12:46 AM
Villaraigosa accepts the NFL won't come to Coliseum Time to forget the NFL dream and give a USC a long-term deal, the mayor says. LAT...
Posted November 29, 2007 09:24 AM
Airbus returns to LAX today An Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, will arrive at LAX at 11:45 a.m. on Runway 25L then taxi...
Posted November 28, 2007 09:15 AM
Yagman dances, sentencing delayed Civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman talked so long at Monday's sentencing hearing that it won't be until today that he finds...
Posted November 27, 2007 08:41 AM
Malibu toll: 53 homes County fire chief says this blaze could easily have taken 250 homes, but he credits firefighters. LAT, Here in Malibu Villaraigosa...
Posted November 26, 2007 12:57 AM
Cooley's mixed record on corruption District Attorney Steve Cooley took down corrupt officials in Compton, South Gate, and Vernon, but in Cudahy and Bell Gardens...
Posted November 21, 2007 08:58 AM
LAPD officer struck by hit-and-run Unidentified officer is believed to be in critical condition after being hurt near Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights. NBC4 City...
Posted November 20, 2007 09:10 AM
Mayor Bobblehead The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project sells a bobblehead doll of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for $30. It's a fundraiser for the group. Rick...
Posted November 19, 2007 08:45 AM
Yeah, LAPD won't map where Muslims live Who didn't see this coming? The department dropped the plan, but will still do outreach. "Muslim Americans were...
Posted November 15, 2007 09:20 AM
Coroner investigating Donda West's death The mother of Kanye West died under mysterious circumstances a day after undergoing cosmetic surgery from high-profile Brentwood plastic surgeon...
Posted November 14, 2007 08:50 AM
Weekend catch-up edition... City Council is gone to New Orleans No meetings this week with so many members off to a League of Cities confab...
Posted November 13, 2007 01:03 AM
LAPD plans to map Islamic neighborhoods "We are looking for communities and enclaves based on risk factors that are likely to become isolated. . ....
Posted November 9, 2007 08:15 AM
No progress in writers strike Yesterday was the day when stars were brought out to the picket lines to entice the media with tales of...
Posted November 8, 2007 08:34 AM
Studios to stop production deals Plans to suspend scores of long-term contracts with television production companies, as early as today, "underscores just how hostile their...
Posted November 7, 2007 08:40 AM
Kennard deal at LAX raises eyebrows When Lydia Kennard was still a consultant at Los Angeles World Airports when she talked to URS about joining...
Posted November 5, 2007 08:54 AM
Writers talks break down at deadline Writers Guild could be moving closer to striking Hollywood, and all that that entails. Variety, LAT, Deadline Hollywood Daily...
Posted November 1, 2007 08:58 AM
Three's a crowd Headline on the Daily News website says "Orange County Sheriff Carona, his wife, and alleged mistress expected to surrender in federal corruption...
Posted October 31, 2007 08:37 AM
Should the Valley get lower electric rates? It's an old, and potentially divisive, debate. The DWP is considering separate rates in summer that give the...
Posted October 30, 2007 08:35 AM
New talk station debuts This is the day that Michael Jackson returns as host on KGIL 1260 AM, a station with too weak of a...
Posted October 29, 2007 12:17 AM
Bratton begins second term Bagpipes serenade at the chief's swearing-in ceremony. LAT Urges more tough questions "L.A. Sniper" Alan Mittelstaedt liked the hard questions that...
Posted October 26, 2007 07:30 AM
Now the finger pointing With the fires claiming at least 1,165 homes in Southern California, some firefighters are saying the region wasn't prepared. "It is...
Posted October 24, 2007 08:46 AM
'That was my garage' Larry Himmel, a reporter for KFMB in San Diego, reported on video as flames burned down his own home. KTLA video...
Posted October 23, 2007 08:46 AM
Fire closures Public schools in Malibu, Topanga and Canyon Country are closed for the day, as well as Pepperdine and College of the Canyons. Hard...
Posted October 22, 2007 01:03 AM
Staph superbug kills more than AIDS A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association says methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has spread...
Posted October 17, 2007 08:30 AM
Victims of our geography As more people live beyond the mountain ranges that ring metro Southern California, expect more traffic chokes of the sort that...
Posted October 16, 2007 08:45 AM
Quick hits today: Fox Business Network launches Neil Cavuto is managing editor and on the air. Romenesko Jay Leno doesn't want to go Fears at...
Posted October 15, 2007 08:40 AM
It's May Day in October, as Chief Bratton reports on the costly events at MacArthur Park. Also Sheriff Baca, a threat of water rationing, and...
Posted October 9, 2007 08:42 AM
Some politics, some media, some books...click to go on in....
Posted October 4, 2007 08:44 AM
Quick round-up today on the region-wide immigration raids, Antonio's plan for the telephone tax, what the feds see wrong at the fire department and more....
Posted October 3, 2007 08:54 AM
Union deal at City Hall, the WGA asks for a strike OK, saving an old Van Nuys building and how to take your picture with...
Posted October 2, 2007 08:45 AM
Still looking for the mayor's million trees, more fallout from the Yom Kippur inspection in Hancock Park, new arrivals Downtown and a lot more....
Posted October 1, 2007 08:45 AM
Spector reaction abounds, plus Dominick Dunne, Zev Yaroslavsky and a BIG gift to Claremont McKenna College — and Fishbowl LA as tool again....
Posted September 27, 2007 09:41 AM
We've got Biggie Smalls, Antonio Villaraigosa, Frank McCourt, Derek Fisher and a bunch of other news topics. Click to head on in....
Posted September 26, 2007 09:15 AM
A director gets jail, Dodgers beat writers finally tell what they know, two more Marina eateries fail and it's awards day: Emmys, Ovations, genius grants...
Posted September 25, 2007 08:49 AM
Proposals to fix neighborhood councils, Mayor Villaraigosa's few thousand trees initiative, Seymour Hersh on blogs and much, much more for a catch-up Monday morning....
Posted September 24, 2007 08:22 AM
Geffen and Spielberg, Lincoln Place, Mary Mapes on Dan Rather and a whole bunch of other topics covered today. Click to go on in....
Posted September 21, 2007 08:16 AM
Busy morning elsewhere. Light posting day....
Posted September 20, 2007 08:35 AM
Where Bill Clinton and Antonio Villaraigosa were when the lights went out in Brentwood last night, plus Southwest goes kid unfriendly, a new Times feature...
Posted September 19, 2007 08:55 AM
Costly news for Wesley Snipes, a big reward in that infant murder, covering the Emmys like someone cares and more charges against Leland Wong —...
Posted September 18, 2007 08:51 AM
Where else do you get Tom LaBonge, O.J. Simpson and Sally Field in the same blog post?...
Posted September 17, 2007 08:12 AM
Turns out Supervisor Mike Antonovich has a hand in the Erwin Chemerinsky debacle, more signs that water rationing is coming, and O.J. is questioned in...
Posted September 14, 2007 08:44 AM
Some pretty amazing numbers on non-English speaking, more parsing of yesterday's Erwin Chemerinsky story, some City Hall moves and more....
Posted September 13, 2007 08:38 AM
Steve Barr gets Locke High, a late-night bill for Anschutz and more gang woes for the Valley. Plus a little imitation-cum-flattery from the New York...
Posted September 12, 2007 07:47 AM
Another outrage on Skid Row, NBC's plans to exploit its Spector juror, today's 9-11 commemorations and the new book on important Angeleno Franklin Murphy —...
Posted September 11, 2007 08:37 AM
The Phil Spector Show moves into its third act, in and out at City Hall, TMZ-TV goes live and the latest on paralyzed LAPD officer...
Posted September 10, 2007 08:05 AM
Some items in the news: Sam Zell's offer to perhaps overpay at $34 a share for the Tribune Company was accepted today by shareholders in...
Posted August 21, 2007 09:20 AM
There's queasiness about the Zell deal with Tribune, a who's who of L.A. political lawyers, a debate over sexual athletes and a new dispatch from...
Posted August 20, 2007 08:52 AM
Glendale's water went for a pot farm in the Verdugos, Merv Griffin's sexual orientation, and some advice to avoid the Century Freeway near LAX this...
Posted August 17, 2007 09:09 AM
Rosendahl's traffic hyperbole, Home Depot loses in Sunland, Mirthala has a new boss at Telemundo 52 and more on that lack of Spanish posters at...
Posted August 16, 2007 08:57 AM
Analyzing the LAX computer glitch and the failure of King-Harbor hospital, the Valley's West Nile breeding ground, Beckham claims he'll play and a close-up of...
Posted August 15, 2007 08:48 AM
Did Channel 5 pay to interview the pedophile at UCLA? Channel 4 says so. Plus a New York view of L.A.'s Manhattan envy, a link...
Posted August 14, 2007 08:30 AM
This morning's quake, another Hal Fishman tribute, MOCA admits what they denied last week, and unhappy departures at LA.com — plus Reggie the alligator gets...
Posted August 9, 2007 08:36 AM
Denser downtown sails through, Pedro Guzman comes home from Baja, Dymally takes the Fifth and yet another Theresa Duncan story....
Posted August 8, 2007 08:45 AM
Navy told to turn off its sonar for the whales, Marc Cooper reacts to the KPFK story and more....
Posted August 7, 2007 08:46 AM
Mayor Villaraigosa on forgiveness, up close and personal with school board prez Monica Garcia, and L.A.'s cheapest valet parking — plus more, of course....
Posted August 6, 2007 08:37 AM
Light day for a Friday with the LAPD turning to official videos, yet another Duncan-Blake story and more....
Posted August 3, 2007 09:13 AM
Henry Nicholas speaks a little, Marcus Allen comes back to City Hall through the consultants' door, Eric Garcetti profiled......
Posted August 2, 2007 08:16 AM
The mayor spent how much to get his people on the school board? That and more after the jump....
Posted August 1, 2007 09:04 AM
Times story on Supervisor Burke's mansion catches the DA's eye, the city wants to count traffic better, and Green Dot founder Steve Barr thinking national...
Posted July 31, 2007 08:49 AM
Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke admitted to the Times (after changing her story) that she doesn't live in the district where she represents most of...
Posted July 27, 2007 08:58 AM
The mayor's leverage with NBC and Telemundo, a possible discovery of Jeremy Blake's body and the return of L.A. Sniper — and a whole lot...
Posted July 26, 2007 08:46 AM
Brynn Cameron versus Matt Leinart, that Spanish burglar goes down, and the names of the LAT managing editor candidates. Plus more inside....
Posted July 25, 2007 08:05 AM
Is a young Spaniard L.A.'s most prolific home burglar? Should there be laxer rules for building downtown? Did Greece win in getting back an ancient...
Posted July 24, 2007 08:57 AM
Mayor Villaraigosa's thank you campaign, a candidate in the 5th council district and entries on a whole lot more. Click for the Monday buzz....
Posted July 23, 2007 08:16 AM
Big sale at the Archdiocese, Babydol Gibson shows up at the criminal courts building and a first review of Harry Potter — plus Victoria Beckham...
Posted July 19, 2007 08:22 AM
The Cardinal Mahony show tops the news, with District Attorney Steve Cooley and the newspapers all over his case. Also a chat with Aaron Sorkin,...
Posted July 17, 2007 07:55 AM
Cardinal Mahony apologizes but doesn't satisfy, the mayor skips out on personal questions, and much more in a good rich Monday installment of Morning Buzz....
Posted July 16, 2007 08:17 AM
Beckhams hit L.A., David Zahniser's first Times byline and more — just click below for the Morning Buzz....
Posted July 13, 2007 09:10 AM
Antonio makes Jay Leno's monologue again, plus cameras at stop signs now (not put there by traffic cops) and much more. Click to head on...
Posted July 12, 2007 08:32 AM
Ron Burkle's move on the Wall Street Journal, Italy's snit with the Getty and the passing of a longtime L.A. journalist. Those items and more...
Posted July 11, 2007 08:29 AM
The mayor tries to stay on message, the $165 million Beverly Hills estate, another bookstore closes...and more. Click to go on in....
Posted July 10, 2007 08:03 AM
We've got the next head of the Police Commission, Rocky Delgadillo, Cardinal Mahony, Tia Chucha, a "Jeopardy" appearance, even a wedding — and so much...
Posted July 9, 2007 01:23 AM
It's Buzz Lite today: Reilly talking to Fox Former NBC Entertainment head Kevin Reilly is in talks to become chief of programming for the Fox...
Posted July 6, 2007 08:40 AM
Welcome back from the holiday. Click below for the Buzz....
Posted July 5, 2007 07:45 AM
Light day in the Buzz, since let's face it, most of the local buzz today will be about the mayor and the city attorney. Click...
Posted July 3, 2007 08:56 AM
We've got Rocky, Antonio, Paris, Orlov and Hymon, Robert Heinlein, Daniel Pearl and more — just a typical Monday at Morning Buzz. Click to come...
Posted July 2, 2007 08:32 AM
How about some Morning Buzz? After the jump....
Posted June 28, 2007 08:50 AM
Click below for the Paris Hilton-is-free edition....
Posted June 26, 2007 08:26 AM
Monday's usual meaty helping of news and observations, after the jump....
Posted June 25, 2007 08:15 AM
Congratulations to Sean Roderick, who graduates today in the top tier of her class at Santa Monica High School. She begins at UCLA in the...
Posted June 21, 2007 08:47 AM
First take on the news, after the jump....
Posted June 19, 2007 08:20 AM
Full load after the jump, and I do mean a full load....
Posted June 18, 2007 12:55 AM
Bunch of morning news after the jump....
Posted June 14, 2007 09:04 AM
King-Harbor, Rockard Delgadillo and Phil Spector's groin are all in the news today. Click below for all the Buzz....
Posted June 13, 2007 08:22 AM
Whole bunch of good stuff, hidden after the jump....
Posted June 12, 2007 08:06 AM
Big helping for Monday, served up after the jump....
Posted June 11, 2007 07:59 AM
Sorry, other demands intervene. But Mark Lacter's morning headlines at LA Biz Observed include items on the Tesco stores that are coming to L.A., HBO,...
Posted June 6, 2007 08:55 AM
We keep it tucked after the jump so the page stays cleaner. Click the link to head on in....
Posted June 5, 2007 08:25 AM
A quick look at today's news — and Al Martinez's final regular column for the Times — tucked away after the jump....
Posted June 1, 2007 08:58 AM
Day's first cut at the news after the jump....
Posted May 31, 2007 08:36 AM
Today's Buzz lurks below the fold — just click the link to get there. There are also some new letters at We Get Email....
Posted May 30, 2007 08:25 AM
OK, the holiday is over. Click below for the Morning Buzz....
Posted May 29, 2007 01:02 AM
How about a little Buzz with your coffee? Click the link to join in....
Posted May 22, 2007 08:30 AM
Come on in by clicking the link. Also: Last week on News & Chatter Last week on LA Biz Observed Recently on Native Intelligence...
Posted May 21, 2007 08:02 AM
Election results, media moves and a lot more Wednesday buzz after the jump....
Posted May 16, 2007 08:56 AM
Today is election day in Los Angeles, though you wouldn't know it. Besides the big expensive school board runoff in the Valley that could give...
Posted May 15, 2007 08:56 AM
Today's first draft on the news is below the jump. For the review-minded, here are links to last week's entire run of News & Chatter...
Posted May 14, 2007 07:55 AM
Light day this morning after the jump....
Posted May 10, 2007 08:21 AM
Night-time helicopter drops are a new advance in the fight against fires here — and we like it. Pilots and ground crews saved many homes...
Posted May 9, 2007 08:40 AM
Come on in, the Buzz is tucked away after the jump....
Posted May 8, 2007 08:37 AM
Took the weekend off, but there's a full steaming mug of Buzz just below the fold......
Posted May 7, 2007 07:57 AM
It was just a few months ago that LAPD chief William Bratton argued that the department had learned its lesson and no longer should operate...
Posted May 3, 2007 01:03 AM
A little news, a little noting. After the jump....
Posted May 2, 2007 08:38 AM
Click below for a little news to start your day....
Posted May 1, 2007 08:45 AM
The weekend was too busy to put up an Editor's Dozen, but here's a quick link to browse all of last week's News & Chatter...
Posted April 30, 2007 08:06 AM
Not to say there's no news, it just won't be here. Morning Buzz returns Monday....
Posted April 27, 2007 08:48 AM
Plenty of news and notes today, just lurking beyond the jump....
Posted April 26, 2007 08:53 AM
Here's a little news bite to get the day going....
Posted April 25, 2007 08:37 AM
A spot of news to start the day, tucked away after the jump....
Posted April 24, 2007 08:42 AM
First glance at the news is down below the fold, along with a look back at the weekend....
Posted April 23, 2007 08:20 AM
Click below for the whole roundup of news, neatly tucked away behind the fold....
Posted April 19, 2007 08:57 AM
Noon our time is Pulitzer hour in newsrooms around the country. Here, the Times unofficially expects a prize for last year's Altered Oceans series, but...
Posted April 16, 2007 07:54 AM
Full plate of Friday news. After the jump....
Posted April 13, 2007 08:05 AM
Lots and lots of news to start the day, after the jump....
Posted April 12, 2007 08:45 AM
Click to come on in for today's opening news....
Posted April 11, 2007 08:57 AM
First slice at the news after the jump....
Posted April 5, 2007 08:41 AM
A quick breeze through the local news, after the jump....
Posted April 4, 2007 07:56 AM
Bit of new formatting in today's Buzz. Check it out after the jump......
Posted April 2, 2007 07:55 AM
Thank you to everyone who emailed while I was off. It was deeply moving and helpful to my family to receive such good thoughts from...
Posted March 30, 2007 07:58 AM
Come on inside for a first look at the day......
Posted March 27, 2007 08:22 AM
Lots of news to begin the week, sliced and diced after the jump....
Posted March 26, 2007 08:09 AM
Abbreviated edition today, after the jump....
Posted March 23, 2007 07:49 AM
We've got foie gras, rattlesnakes and a bunch of media and politics notes today. Come on in......
Posted March 22, 2007 08:51 AM
Is Los Angeles headed for racial conflict? That and more inside....
Posted March 21, 2007 08:10 AM
Start the new week with a jolt of news and observation. Click to enter......
Posted March 19, 2007 08:25 AM
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Posted March 16, 2007 08:19 AM
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Posted March 15, 2007 08:34 AM
Click below for the full Buzz, of course, but don't miss weekend posts on a new Doug Dowie profile, the death of Richard Jeni, Ruby...
Posted March 12, 2007 07:06 AM
Now we know the answer to the question: what if they gave an election and (almost) nobody came? Rest of the Morning Buzz is inside......
Posted March 8, 2007 08:00 AM
Latest L.A. city election results are here. In early results, Richard Alarcon was winning his race to rejoin the City Council and Mayor Villaraigosa was...
Posted March 7, 2007 12:32 AM
Would you believe it's election day again? Los Angeles and some surrounding cities will vote. Go ahead, try it for a change — in L.A....
Posted March 6, 2007 12:35 AM
Ton of media notes today, and a lot of other stuff. Click below to go on in....
Posted March 5, 2007 12:20 AM
Last Buzz of the week. Click to get the skinny....
Posted March 2, 2007 08:00 AM
Were you watching TV ten years ago this morning? Chances are you were. Click for the Morning Buzz....
Posted February 28, 2007 07:41 AM
Click to enter the neatly organized, nicely hidden away Morning Buzz for today....
Posted February 27, 2007 12:45 AM
Welcome to the new (post-Oscar) week. Last week's Editor's Dozen of posts is here. Click below for today's Buzz....
Posted February 26, 2007 07:20 AM
We all now know more than we ever wanted to about the love lives of the UCLA psychiatric residents. But a jury gets the final...
Posted February 23, 2007 02:22 AM
Drugs, sex and a couple of authors sell their books — you might as well click and come on in for the Morning Buzz....
Posted February 22, 2007 01:58 AM
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Posted February 21, 2007 02:10 AM
Sen. Barack Obama will separate Hollywood types from a cool million tonight at the Beverly Hilton. That and the rest of the Morning Buzz after...
Posted February 20, 2007 01:20 AM
Not so elitist after all? The most searched-for keywords on New York Times.com the past seven days are Anna Nicole Smith. Click for the rest...
Posted February 16, 2007 01:05 AM
David Geffen can keep his deck in Malibu. That and more inside......
Posted February 15, 2007 07:18 AM
Step inside for a bit of morning news......
Posted February 14, 2007 02:02 AM
Still time to email your captions for the best Grammys picture ever — I'll post the cleaner ones this afternoon and read the best of...
Posted February 13, 2007 01:38 AM
Welcome to the new week. Click to venture inside......
Posted February 12, 2007 01:14 AM
Is this city sick or what? Let the Times lede tell the story: A paraplegic man wearing a soiled hospital gown and a broken colostomy...
Posted February 9, 2007 01:13 AM
Ganging up on gangs — a bunch of politics. After the jump......
Posted February 8, 2007 01:34 AM
Take a look after the jump at a big, thick, juicy side of news....
Posted February 7, 2007 02:03 AM
Good day of items, including a new concept at county jail — those who are sentenced to 90 days have to stay more than a...
Posted February 6, 2007 02:12 AM
Click below to come in and see what we have for today. Remember, all of the recent Morning Buzz postings can be found here....
Posted February 5, 2007 02:02 AM
Whoa, Mayor Villaraigosa raised a lot of unrestricted cash for his schools crusade. That plus Jonathan Gold, the rising cost of parking and a city...
Posted February 1, 2007 02:10 AM
Looks like there's a deal on the living wage controversy at LAX hotels. And sexual predators in Long Beach? Click for the whole neatly arranged...
Posted January 31, 2007 02:03 AM
Mayor Villaraigosa got heckled a bit for using Spanish last night — and also got an ovation. Details and the rest of the Morning Buzz...
Posted January 30, 2007 02:38 AM
Today's Buzz incorporates some shorts from the weekend and a whole lot of Monday news. Just click to venture inside....
Posted January 29, 2007 02:12 AM
We filter, you decide. Come on inside for a neat and orderly start on the day's news and observations....
Posted January 26, 2007 02:43 AM
L.A. Times editors are busily trying to come up with a new beat attractive enough to keep Business section rising star Claire Hoffman away from...
Posted January 25, 2007 02:05 AM
Thousands of Los Angeles news makers, breakers and shapers have clicked on the Morning Buzz already this week. Join the rush and come on in....
Posted January 24, 2007 01:59 AM
Oscar nominations and the State of the Union. Go figure. It's also Mark Lacter's morning to talk biz on KPCC. Click for today's helping of...
Posted January 23, 2007 02:16 AM
Click for the whole big rich cup of Monday news and observations. It's a good one....
Posted January 22, 2007 01:17 AM
Last chance to take the reader survey and let me know what you think of the site and want more of — or less of....
Posted January 19, 2007 02:10 AM
Finally, Jonathan Gold weighs in on the great Du-Par's debate. Plus Villaraigosa, Zahniser, Boyarsky and even Lindsay Lohan — click past the jump for your...
Posted January 18, 2007 02:15 AM
L.A.'s Latino vs. black gang violence lands on the front page of the NYT, with a web slide show of photos. The county's choice for...
Posted January 17, 2007 01:12 AM
This is the day to sit down with the Column One story in the Times. Surprise and touching L.A. slice of life that begins with...
Posted January 16, 2007 05:23 AM
Government, schools, most banks and the U.S. Postal Service are closed for the Martin Luther King holiday. News, of course, continues. A scaled back but...
Posted January 15, 2007 02:27 AM
Sure, it's chilly out there. But that's not all. Lots of other news to talk about on a (somewhat late) Friday morning. What's the greatest...
Posted January 12, 2007 09:08 AM
What do you do if you're Frank McCourt and the Dodgers just sold 3.6 million tickets? Raise prices by a minimum of 11%, that's what....
Posted January 11, 2007 01:24 AM
The LAPD officer who shot and killed 13-year-old Devin Brown was cleared — in secret. There's a new Rampart reforms watch group, plus items on...
Posted January 10, 2007 01:53 AM
Let's see — some more details on City Hall's alleged Red Light Bandits, reports from the jam-packed Dowie-Stodder sentencing hearing, a KNX anchor returns and...
Posted January 9, 2007 01:18 AM
Can't remember the last time we posted so much on the weekend, including Mark Lacter's exclusive memo from LAT publisher David Hiller on rethinking the...
Posted January 8, 2007 01:16 AM
Mayor Villaraigosa picks up another tribute from People en español, a strange phone call to Channel 2 about Jim Lampley's arrest, Pellicano's day in court...
Posted January 5, 2007 01:23 AM
There's a full helping of media items after the jump today, leading with the arrests of El Cucuy and Jim Lampley, the dropping of Jamie...
Posted January 4, 2007 01:33 AM
Tucked away neatly after the jump are items on the Getty's threatened Aphrodite statue, Chief Bratton's future with the LAPD, scant details on Lydia Kennard's...
Posted January 3, 2007 01:25 AM
Big serving of politics, media and police beat items for a Friday — plus another reason to avoid 7-11 and more. All nicely hidden...
Posted December 15, 2006 02:20 AM
Babel leads Golden Globe nominations If you own a movie or worked on one, you should care. Otherwise... List State Sen. Alex Padilla has...
Posted December 14, 2006 08:35 AM
Chandler family trying to buy the Times They could be the worst option yet for editorial quality. The Chandlers who are left are mostly...
Posted December 13, 2006 01:54 AM
City of Future winner to be announced The contest sponsored by the American Institute of Architects challenged top architecture firms and students to design...
Posted December 12, 2006 01:45 AM
L.A. film critics pick 'Iwo Jima' Clint Eastwood's World War II drama Letters From Iwo Jima won the best movie nod from the Los...
Posted December 11, 2006 01:22 AM
Breeze sale '99% complete' Hearst will buy the Torrance paper but MediaNews will "operate" it, until eventually buying the paper from Hearst, the Breeze...
Posted December 8, 2006 11:15 AM
Development stories Only in L.A. would a pair of 47-story condo towers in Century City be rated by planners as good for traffic, and...
Posted December 7, 2006 01:48 AM
Courage on the witness stand Jill Leovy's lede on the LAT Column One: "Debra Johnson was poor, skinny, asthmatic, addicted to crack cocaine and...
Posted December 6, 2006 01:35 AM
Thinking through Prop. 83 Times reporter Peter Y. Hong wanted to hear out the convicted child molester before deciding whether to join his Altadena...
Posted December 5, 2006 02:02 AM
Acting fire chief Douglas L. Barry has been with the department 31 years and is African American. Mayor Villaraigosa will introduce him this morning...
Posted December 4, 2006 02:08 AM
Times says Bamattre to quit today Fire chief William Bamattre, never able to stem longstanding controversy over the racist and sexist extremes of the...
Posted December 1, 2006 02:05 AM
Council sustains veto of Pierce settlement Fire chief William Bamattre admits he can't get the department to see his way on pranks, and Villaraigosa...
Posted November 30, 2006 02:02 AM
Snoop Dogg arrested again — after doing Leno Burbank police pulled over Calvin Broadus outside the NBC studios and booked him on suspicion of...
Posted November 29, 2006 02:12 AM
Country moving to AM 1260 Saul Levine's KKGO starts imitating the old KZLA on Friday. Steve Hochman explains in the Times. LAT Dunleavy staying...
Posted November 28, 2006 01:45 AM
Father of the Prius dies in plane crash Toyota engineer David Hermance "championed hybrid gasoline-electric cars years before global warming entered the popular conversation."...
Posted November 27, 2006 02:14 AM
It's Buzz Lite for the pre-holiday. Look for the regular Morning Buzz to return Monday. Alarcon makes it official State Sen. Richard Alarcon said he...
Posted November 22, 2006 01:16 AM
Poll worker died with ballots in car Dorothy Ridlespriger's body was found in her apartment the day after the election. The ballots were from...
Posted November 21, 2006 01:12 AM
Tony Castro's piece on Antonio's father, the Monday political columns, the TMZ and Perez Hilton juggernauts and a letters-to-the-editor machine — all that and more...
Posted November 20, 2006 01:30 AM
UCLA student says Taser got him five times Speaks through attorney Stephen Yagman, who plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the...
Posted November 17, 2006 01:36 AM
L.A. to impose living wage on LAX hotels The City Council voted 11-3 to require hotels to pay $10.64 an hour in wages and...
Posted November 16, 2006 01:45 AM
Olmert still here Mayor Villaraigosa meets with Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Century Plaza at 11:30 am. Pool coverage only. LAT on...
Posted November 15, 2006 09:56 AM
Israeli PM in town Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gives the keynote address at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly this afternoon at the Convention...
Posted November 14, 2006 02:45 AM
KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz axed Backdated his stock options to increase his take, an internal investigation found. They're calling it retirement, but he...
Posted November 13, 2006 12:56 AM
Overbilling's other shoe The Lee Andrews Group and politically connected owner Donna Andrews will repay $1 million to the Department of Water and Power...
Posted November 9, 2006 05:04 AM
Up-to-the-minute results for selected races Click for the latest: Measure H (L.A. housing bond) — needed 2/3 to pass. Measure R (term limits/ethics) —...
Posted November 8, 2006 01:53 AM
Patt and Jill Jill Stewart, who doesn't actually take over at the LA Weekly until next Monday, will talk about her new gig and...
Posted November 7, 2006 01:23 AM
Welcome to the new week... King of the Amphitheatre Pistol-packing Vicente Fernández is back in L.A. for his annual packed run at Universal City, this...
Posted November 6, 2006 01:32 AM
Fifth firefighter dies Pablo Cerda had been the only one of a five-man crew to survive being overrun during the Esperanza wildfire in Riverside...
Posted November 1, 2006 01:56 AM
Koreatown on edge Crime has people scared. Worth noting Missed it last week, but former State Sen. Joe Dunn, a Democrat and a trial...
Posted October 31, 2006 09:48 AM
California Community Foundation gets $200 million! Even Joan Palevsky's daughter had no idea the size of her mother's fortune, or where it would end...
Posted October 30, 2006 01:11 AM
Lots of political items after the jump: Admiral Brewer meets (some of) the press and goes after teachers, Mayor Villaraigosa's salary shoots past the governor...
Posted October 27, 2006 01:53 AM
The biggest story of the morning actually broke last night: David Zahniser's scoop on where Miguel Contreras really died, and perhaps with who, followed by...
Posted October 26, 2006 02:18 AM
Admiral Villaraigosa and Mayor Brewer — or maybe it's the other way around — finally meet today. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, as we told you yesterday,...
Posted October 25, 2006 02:08 AM
Click below to see what's up here at the start of the day: more shouting over the Measure R mailers, another Daily News blog and...
Posted October 24, 2006 08:36 AM