Weekend shorts

Former mayor Richard Riordan endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president, despite feeling "Giuliani is too liberal for the solid, right-wing Republicans in California, that part of the party."
Washington Post discovers Downtown: "There are lifelong Angelenos who have never been downtown after sunset...Downtown L.A. was where you went on trial, not on a date. But now? Downtown is one of the hottest residential real estate markets on the West Coast."
Saturday's LAT folo on the missing freeway murals followed blogs and La Opini�n, where reporter Jazmin Ortega had stories Wednesday and Friday.
L.A. Can't Drive blogs about the clueless and oblivious on city streets.
I'm blabbing and signing at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday at 11 a.m. My panel on blogging is moderated by Daniel Olivas of La Bloga and includes Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation, Adrienne Crew of L.A. Brain Terrain and blogging author Margo Candela.