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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 — and more.
Infant dies after county worker goes home
A social worker for the Department of Children and Family Services was told to take a starving baby from the Union Rescue Mission to a 24-hour clinic, but she made the call to wait after working a long day without a break. The coroner rules the death a homicide. LAT
"Dateline" readies hour special on Spector case
Eric Longabardi's ERS News website says that the NBC show is gearing up to make use of inside info from Spector juror Adam Gorfain, a Dateline producer.
Hollywood Boulevard at Highland closed for filming
Will Smith's new movie John Hancock affected traffic around LAX last month. This week the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Orange Avenue can be closed from 5 am to 9 pm through Wednesday. ABC-7
9-11 events in L.A.
The Los Angeles Fire Department news blog has a round up. Also CBS-2
L.A. admired from the air
I've always liked checking out the urban topography from the sky, and so does Mack Reed.
New book on Franklin Murphy
Margaret Leslie Davis, author of The Culture Broker: Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles, talks about the former UCLA chancellor and Times Mirror CEO on Larry Mantle's Airtalk at 10:30 on KPCC.
L.A. author in NYT
Jordan Belfort served 22 months in prison for swindling investors out of more than $100 million as head of the Stratton Oakmont brokerage house. His book The Wolf of Wall Street, coming Sept. 25, "describes how he and his cronies bamboozled small investors by selling them artificially inflated stocks. Much of it was done while cruising along on a Quaalude high, and when regulators became suspicious, Mr. Belfort moved his money to Switzerland." NYT
Boyarsky review
LA Observed's Bill Boyarsky reviews John Dean's new book Broken Government in the Times Calendar section.
Julius Shulman photos at LAPL
Some 150 rarely seen photographs by Shulman will hang in the Getty Gallery at the Central Library from Oct. 6 to January 20, 2008 in honor of the Los Angeles photographer's 97th birthday. He was born on 10-10-10.
Journalist honored
Claudia Peschiutta of KNX Radio won the Howard S. Dubin Outstanding Professional Member Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. She is on the board of the Los Angeles SPJ chapter.