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Monday notes: O.J. at the Emmys, Rams win, Bob Hope and more

lamag-immig-issue.jpg Our occasional roundup on media, politics and place.

Noteworthy baseball items out of, yes, San Francisco

tim-flannery-sfgate.jpg Even fans in LA can appreciate the emotion about Pablo Sandoval leaving the Giants, and a third-base coach deciding to leave the game.

Bryan Stow speaks on field before World Series game 4 (video)

bryan-stow-2014-world series.jpg Stow welcomes the fans and kicks off the game with "play ball!" The Giants won 11-4 to even the series.

News and notes: Wednesday 5.28.14

Auletta sums up Jill Abramson vs the NYT. Maya Angelou dies. Garcetti endorses Duran for Yaroslavsky seat. The mayor also nominated a shipping exec to run the harbor department. Plus more.

Bryan Stow family coming to LA, plea deal possible *

Tyler-and-Bry.jpg NBC and the LA Times are reporting that the two suspects in the Dodger Stadium beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow on Opening Day in 2011 may accept a plea bargain in court on Thursday. NBC4 says that Stow's family will be in court.

Red city vs blue city in the NLCS

Thumbnail image for dodger-stadium-42812-srr.jpg A quick look at the upcoming National League Championship Series. (Little known secret: neither side is morally superior.)

Bryan Stow's road isn't getting any easier

Thumbnail image for bryan-stow-tksgiving.jpg The Dodger Stadium beating victim has returned home to Santa Cruz after more than two years in hospitals and rehab facilities. Insurance stopped paying for his care at his latest facility in Bakersfield. Why aren't the Dodgers paying for all of this?

Quentin won't play at Dodger Stadium tonight

robinson-johnson-davis-dodgers.png Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin dropped his appeal Sunday and began serving an eight-game suspension by baseball for charging and tackling Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke. Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis urged calm in a tweet. And the team tried to turn the focus to Jackie Robinson Day, celebrated across baseball today.

Magic Johnson says he put $50 million into Dodgers deal

HBO's "Real Sports" on Tuesday night is a double Dodgers episode, with Magic talking about his role with the team and an update on Bryan Stow, the firefighter and Giants fan who was left brain damaged by a beating in the Dodger Stadium parking lot.

Morning Buzz: Monday 8.6.12

Where mayoral race money comes from, Jim Newton on the Board of Supes, Noguez' employees want him to resign, a new co-anchor at NBC4, sucking seawater at the Aquarium of the Pacific and more.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 5.31.12

Short stack today due to the SpaceX news this morning.

Dodgers release statement on latest parking lot beating

The Dodgers are concerned enough about Sunday night's parking lot incident — and the memories of last season's Bryan Stow assault — to put out a statement this afternoon. Full statement

giovanni-ramirez-dailynews.jpg When Giovanni Ramirez attended the first game at Dodger Stadium in April — his first ever — fans asked for his autograph or to take a picture with him. A television crew taped an interview. "Of the all the 56,000 fans who bought tickets for opening day at Dodger Stadium," writes J.P. Hoonstra in the Daily News, " it's possible that none were treated as well" as Ramirez.

Bryan Stow a year later: 'we try not to cry in front of him'

stow+and+kids.jpg Bryan Stow's family website marked Saturday's anniversary of the attack outside Dodger Stadium that left the father of two and Giants fan from Northern California brain-damaged and unable to live outside a care facility.

Morning Buzz: Friday 3.23.12

Short jokes at the Herb Wesson roast, Jackie Robinson's history in Sanford, Kim Kardashian gets flour-bombed, and more.

Dodger debt total: $573 million

Everybody will be paid off once the team is sold. The Chapter 11 reorganization plan is set for court approval on April 13. From the LAT: The Dodgers say they intend to exit bankruptcy by April 30, the same day by which outgoing owner Frank McCourt has to satisfy two obligations: (1) close the sale of the team, under his agreement with Major League Baseball; (2) pay his ex-wife Jamie $131 million, under his divorce...

Bryan Stow speaks on camera for first time

bryan-stow-tv-grab.jpg NBC bills it as an interview with the Santa Cruz paramedic who was beaten at Dodger Stadium on opening day of the past season, possibly because he was a Giants fan.

Bryan Stow has Thanksgiving with family

bryan-stow-tksgiving.jpg Bryan Stow's familyposted a photo showing the Dodger Stadium beating victim surrounded by smiling relatives and friends on Thanksgiving.

Reaction to McCourt's surrender pouring in

mannyfrank.jpg As you could guess, people are generally thrilled that Frank McCourt has agreed to put the Dodgers up for sale. The excitement is tempered by the realization that last time...

Before you celebrate too much about the Dodger news...

Just remember what troubles Fox had in selling the team seven years ago.

Morning Buzz: Friday 10.28.11

Brown's pension reform, John & Ken at Occupy L.A., Occupy SFV is next, the City Maven Radio Hour and more.

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 10.12.11

Bust in Hollywood cellphone hacking, Jerry Brown and labor, L.A. County is hiring, woman defends LAFD over naked pictures and we now know the schedule for Farmers Field environmental review.

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 9.28.11

Is Sly Stone really homeless? Reports of abuse by jail deputies, Controller powers, Christie here to raise money, Fox sues the Dodgers and more.

Bryan Stow able to carry on a conversation

Stow, the victim of the Opening Day assault at Dodger Stadium, progressed this week to speaking with relatives and asking to see his children.

Morning Buzz: Tuesday 9.13.11

John Calley dies, more Durkee victims, Feuer files to run in L.A., a new Villaraigosa press secretary and more.

Sports Illustrated: The day that damned the Dodgers

SI's Lee Jenkins has landed a major piece reconstructing the day when Bryan Stow was attacked at Dodger Stadium, and analyzing how it became such a big story both for Dodger fans and the culture.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 8.11.11

Peter Douglas' exit from the Coastal Commission, California's electoral vote, the view from London, covering high-speed rail, the City Council re-votes on Farmers Field, James Franco and porn, plus "Los Angeles Plays Itself."

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 8.10.11

State budget already in trouble, bullet train gets even more expensive, remapping politics at county, dinner at Rupert's, an ovation for "The Help," and invoking God to get through the news. Plus good news from Bryan Stow's hospital room.

Key witness in Bryan Stow beating case suddenly dies

Matthew Lee, who was with Stow for the Dodgers home opener and had been considered an important witness, died Sunday after an allergic reaction to nuts.

He calls the arrest "regrettable," but also defends the decision to bring in Ramirez.

Morning Buzz: Tuesday 7.26.11

Brown nominates Goodwin Liu to state high court, Democratic gains under new districts, red-light cameras likely ending, websites of ex-TV reporters and more.

There never was any physical evidence linking Giovanni Ramirez to Dodger Stadium or the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, just weak eyewitness IDs, says an L.A. Times story. Then...

Two Inland Empire men charged in Stow beating

Prosecutors today charged two Rialto fathers, Louie Sanchez, 29, and Marvin Norwood, 30, with felony mayhem, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and battery with serious bodily injury in connection with the opening day attack on Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium.

New Dodger Stadium suspects arrested, parolee exonerated

The L.A. Times story saying Giovanni Ramirez is off the hook in the Bryan Stow beating is attributed to an unnamed law enforcement source

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 7.20.11

Zev, AEG's stadium, Maxine Waters, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, this month in Los Angeles magazine, Paris Hilton walks out then come back, plus more.

A Dodgers LA-ment

la-ment.jpg Eddie North-Hager spotted this sign under a display of Dodgers bobbleheads at King of New York Pizza in Koreatown.

Bryan Stow breathing, moving, upgraded to 'serious'

Guarded good news out of San Francisco on Bryan Stow, the victim of that brutal assault at Dodger Stadium on this season's opening day.

LAT sources: bloody jersey not linked to Bryan Stow

The L.A. Times has been reporting all weekend that anonymous "law enforcement sources" are contradicting NBC 4's report that blood stains on a Dodgers jersey match Bryan Stow's blood.

Blood-stained Dodgers jersey linked to Bryan Stow **

NBC 4 reports tonight that police have a jersey with blood stains that was dropped off at a cleaners.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 6.9.11

Robbery-Homicide takes over Bryan Stow case, 29,398 fewer state cellphones, John & Ken OK a tax vote by Republicans, Times and Daily both say no on red-light cameras, and more.

Report: Brooklier on the state's delinquent taxpayer list

Anthony Brooklier has been in the news recently as the lawyer for Giovanni Ramirez, the parolee who the LAPD thinks is a top suspect in the Bryan Stow beating at Dodger Stadium.

Morning Buzz: Tuesday 6.7.11

New Weiner disclosure involves a porn actress, Loretta Sanchez may lose her district, Lacey makes a campaign video for DA, plus Schwarzenegger, Frank Buckley, Marc Cooper, D.J Waldie, Ron Kaye and more.

Friday desk clearing

Mayor names new DOT head, stadium suspect stays in custody, Greuel on TV, James Arness dies and more.

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 6.1.11

Ramirez a suspect in Nevada shooting too, Parks wants to split City Attorney office, what people don't know about Prop. 13, plus David Bergstein, Roger Ailes, David Folkenflik, Nikki Finke, Pandora Young, David Beckham, Charles Fleming and more.

Morning Buzz: Friday 5.27.11

School board race decided, saga of Streisand's Malibu compound, McCourts talk settlement, the Brattons send off Elaine's, and a new baby in L.A. media land. Plus more.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 5.26.11

Briefly: LAPD "satisfied" with lineup involving suspect in Bryan Stow case, but still no charges filed. LAT Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas urges that the Crenshaw light-rail line stop at Leimert Park...

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 5.25.11

Lakers close in on Mike Brown, LA's vanishing children, housing commissioners living the good life, CNBC anchor Mark Haines dies and a local TV anchor tweets her lunch with political analysts. Plus much more.

Case against Stow suspect needs more time

Authorities are using a parole hold to keep Giovanni Ramirez in custody, without criminal charges, while the police investigation continues.

Does Bryan Stow's family have a case against Dodgers?

Seems open and shut in the court of public opinion, but the Dodgers may have some case law on their side.

Bryan Stow family to sue the Dodgers

bryan-stow-kids.jpg The beating victim's family will sue today in L.A. Superior Court, the Daily Journal says in a story.

Morning Buzz: Tuesday 5.24.11

What the SCOTUS ruling on prisons means, searching for more Dodger Stadium suspects, Antonio and Zev face to face, a new NYT columnist and more.

OK, the statement shapers got their work done in time for the LAPD to announce this afternoon they have formally arrested a 31-year-old man in the Bryan Stow beating.

Police detain suspect in Bryan Stow assault*

stow-suspects-lapd.jpg A suspect was extracted from an East Hollywood apartment building in a SWAT operation this morning, the LAPD says.

2 N.E. 'locals' arrested in Dodger Stadium beating

Northeast Division takes two into custody for questioning.

Morning Buzz: Friday 5.20.11

A quickie round-up today.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 5.19.11

A quick roundup this morning.

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 5.18.11

Arnold follows, Cooley follows, Fujioka follows, a marriage engagement in L.A. media land and more.

The Northern California paramedic severely injured in a beating at Dodger Stadium in March was flown from Burbnank today.

Morning Buzz: Friday 5.13.11

Interrogating LAUSD librarians, Sean Clegg on Caruso's speech, Drudge Report hires, Al Martinez on the "assassination" of bin Laden, plus Phil Jackson and more.

Bryan Stow needs new brain surgery

The Giants fan who was beaten into a coma in the Dodger Stadium parking lot has been experiencing major seizures.

Morning Buzz: Thursday 4.21.11

More on President Obama's visit, baseball v. McCourt, the subsidy behind the downtown NFL stadium and Riordan's backing of Beutner, plus Rick Dees, WeHo's John J. Duran and more.

McCourt responds, mildly defiant

The Dodgers just released a statement from Frank McCourt. Short and sweet.

Bryan Stow put back in coma after seizures

bryan-stow-kids.jpg The San Francisco Giants fan who was severely beaten outside Dodger Stadium was placed back in a medically induced coma after suffering seizures Saturday.

Dodgers won't include beer on half-price days

As part of the response to the Bryan Stow beating, the Dodgers had been thinking about whether to exclude alcohol from the half-price promotions offered at six day games this season.

Tonight in San Francisco

dodgers-giants-41111.jpg Before the game in San Francisco, the Giants and Dodgers gathered on the field to stand for a moment of silence in honor of injured fan Bryan Stow. Then the players spoke to the fans.

Friday desk clearing

Clearing out the backlog, with more to come.

Dodger Stadium atmosphere a big media event *

mav-dodgers-4811.jpg It's confirmation, if you needed any, that the beating of a Giants fan and the spreading perception of a violent tone at the stadium is a big issue that City Hall and the Dodgers hope to contain.

Dodgers hire Bratton as security consultant *

bratton-cropped.jpg It's hard to know whether ex-LAPD chief William Bratton and Kroll, where he is chairman, will be actual security advisers or they are there as Frank McCourt's latest in a series of image consultants.

opening-day-2011-ted-soqui.jpg Los Angeles and San Francisco leaders issue a joint statement, but will it be enough to assure fans who are leery of Dodger Stadium violence?

Rambis leaves for Minnesota

The Lakers need a new heir to Phil Jackson as Kurt Rambis is set to coach the Timberwolves.