Afternoon news

• Joe Scott on the closeness of Tuesday's Democratic primary for governor, with Steve Westly and Phil Angelides in a dead heat for polling purposes and 26% of Democrats undecided: "In the Field Poll’s 60-year history, there has never been as large a proportion of voters undecided so close to the election in a top-of-the-ticket major party primary."
• Speaking of, Westly gets the last word on Warren Olney's Which Way, L.A.? this evening at 7 pm on KCRW. Angelides was on last week.
• David Markland at blogging.la is, quite admirably, pulling together information on the candidates you are least likely to know anything about when you vote tomorrow: the men and women running for judge.
• LA Weekly led with six finalists in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards to be announced June 16. Pasadena Weekly and OC Weekly have two finalists, and the Ventura County Reporter one. Full list.
• AIDS at 25 in IN Magazine: The contributions of Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Sandy Gallin, and Barry Diller; press agent Dale Olson on Rock Hudson, Karen Ocamb interviews Dr. Michael Gottlieb, plus remembrance pages from friends and loved ones.
• The LAPD's blog mentality is still a work in progress. News of officer Kristina Ripatti's shooting on Saturday night was not posted until 9:30 this morning, well after it had been reported in many of the local media.
• Own the estate around the site of Frank Zappa's Laurel Canyon cabin for $2.6 million and change.
• Contessa Kellogg Mankewicz's new job is Director of Communications and Marketing at the California Women's Law Center. She starts in mid-July.
• Unhealthy By Design?: How Buildings and Neighborhoods Can be Planned and Built to Promote Health opens at 6 pm at the Center for Healthy Communities at the California Endowment. Conference schedule.
• Turning 30 was a lot like turning 26 for one Los Angeles blogger.