Follow LA Observed on Twitter here
Bit of new formatting in today's Buzz. Check it out after the jump...
News
EMI and Apple free up music
No more copying restrictions on EMI artists over iTunes. LAT
Schwarzenegger's way of governing
The governor has appointed his dentist to the state dental board and his former chiropractor chairs the chiropractic board. Hey but I'm sure they are great guys. LAT
LAX south runway reopens today
Project to move the south runways further apart came in a week late but 7% under budget. LAT
Monday politics columns
Hymon/LAT: Solar streetlights, Studio City neighborhood council, L.A. River.
Orlov/DN: Voting by mail, Sacramento newbies.
Orlov/DN: Voting by mail, Sacramento newbies.
News-Mess refugees start news site
SantaBarbaraNewsroom.com launches today with backing from the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. One of the fired Santa Barbara News Press reporters, Melinda Burns, has an op-ed piece about unionizing newsrooms in today's Times.
Couple an issue in Burbank
Lawn signs oppose the husband and wife who are running for seats on the Burbank City Council. DN
Another 76 ball goes down
This one was in Orange County.
Nic Harcourt in the WashPost
The KCRW music director is called an increasingly important anointer of Latin alternative musicians.
Working in a company town, for a station whose listeners have historically included record executives and Hollywood music supervisors and late-night TV bookers, he serves as something of an early-warning system. Since he arrived at KCRW in 1998, Harcourt has helped break Coldplay and Norah Jones, both of whom became multi-platinum international stars. He's also been an important, early supporter of countless other acts that have achieved at least a modest level of success: Dido, Damien Rice, Sigur Ros, the Shins. He's America's answer to the legendarily influential BBC Radio 1 presenter John Peel. In a Sunday magazine profile two years ago, the New York Times dubbed Harcourt "The Starmaker of the Semipopular."
Lately, the list of Harcourt-approved semi-stars has grown to include some of the leading players from the Latin alternative genre.
Tom Martin, 61
The longtime field deputy to Supervisor Don Knabe and former state Sen. Bob Beverly died of cancer complications. Breeze
Change at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
Brant Houston steps down as head of IRE to take the Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Noted
So you want to be fire chief?
Waters-Odani Executive Recruitment is looking for you. Via LAFD blog.
Correction o' the day
In yesterday's LAT:
The item with photo No. 9 on today's Party Page in Calendar misspells singer Amy Winehouse's last name as Weinhaus.
Resurrected as a podcast
L.A. journalist Shana Ting Lipton didn't kill her blog so much as bring it back as a weekly podcast.
Impact of fewer illegals in L.A. County
Daniel Hernandez of the LA weekly blogs on the recent piece in The Economist arguing that the number of local undocumented residents has peaked and that the shift toward the Inland Empire could be bad news for our economy. Hernandez also recommends some Latino-oriented blogs.
Treadmill time
"I told myself that if I ran ten miles yesterday, I would be allowed to brag about it on the Internet," Lori MacBlogger posts.
"The Daily Show's" black correspondent
Larry Wilmore lives here and used to write for "In Living Color” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” created “The PJs” and was executive producer of “The Bernie Mac Show." NYT
