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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 after the jump, so click to go on in.
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Burkle meets with Dow Jones committee
He's considering making an offer for the Wall Street Journal to rival Rupert Murdoch's. NYT, NYO, LAT
The Burke exception
Once again Democrats in the Legislature are taking up the idea of lifting term limits so William Burke can stay on as chairman of the Air Quality Management District. It has been tried and rejected twice before. Capitol Weekly
Distraction burglars working the Valley
Criminals who pose tree-trimmers, DWP workers or neighbors who lost their cat ands who target seniors have pulled off the ruse 36 times this year in the Valley alone. "It's very frustrating right now in the Valley," said LAPD detective Leanora Lindsey. DN
Italy mad at Getty again
Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli reiterated a threat to break off relations with the Getty Museum unless all disputed antiquities are returned by the end of this month. CultureGrrl
Delgadillo served with recall papers
From ex-candidate Andrew Ahlering. LAT
School board passes flurry of Villaraigosa reforms
The new majority jams through motions written in the mayor's office that are of dubious impact. LAT
LAUSD payroll system still broken
"Only" 1,100 checks had errors in the last pay period. This has been going on for five months now, under a new payroll system. "I'm warning you, come September, if this isn't fixed, you're looking at a massive work stoppage," said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles. DN
LAPD begins crowd training
Part of the reaction to May 1 melee at MacArthur Park. DN
Covering the City Council's retreat
Only one TV camera. DN
Noted
Steve Lopez drops — and breaks — their hookah
"Don't worry about it," said Abdula. "Nice of them to say," Lopez writes, "but I could tell that the reaction of their customers was along the lines of: 'What's up with this nitwit?'" LAT
Beckham as subject
Alexi Lalas, president & general manager of the Galaxy, guests on "Patt Morrison" to talk about the impact of adding David Beckham to the team. 2 pm, KPCC. Also, Gary Andrew Poole has a piece at Time on the soccer star.
Paul Weeks, journalist was 86
Weeks joined the original Los Angeles Daily News in 1940s as a rewriteman and feature writer, then when it folded moved to the Mirror, then when it folded joined the Times. He left to work for the War on Poverty in the 1960s, then became director of public information at Rand. He died of liver cancer at an Oceanside hospice. Daily Mirror blog
