Morning Buzz: Wednesday 10.15.08

The L.A. wildfires made no dramatic advances during the night and are now at 18,000 acres and 49 (or 62) structures burned. LAT, DN
Sidebar on Twin Lakes, which used to have lakes as part of a 1920s Mayan-themed resort but doesn't any longer. LAT
Here's why keeping $12,000 in a shoebox at home is a bad idea. DN
LAFD crew narrowly escapes in Porter Ranch. LAT
Pasadena woman facing foreclosure kills herself in her home. SGV Tribune
Dorsey High School rejects reform help from ex-Mayor Richard Riordan. LAT
Parke Skelton will manage the Paul Koretz campaign for City Council in the 5th (Jack Weiss) district. Sausage Factory
DWP union chief Brian D'Arcy and politicians are behind a ballot measure to be proposed today to use DWP workers to install rooftop solar power around the city. LAT
Reports from the Congress of Neighborhoods. CityWatch
CNN story tying the Palins to Alaska secessionists was "reheated, overwrought and misleading," says the Times' James Rainey. LAT
And: Maria Shriver shocked that Sarah Palin avoids press. SF Chronicle
LAPD chief William Bratton talks with Patt Morrison on KPCC at 2 pm, with a question expected about the jail death of Japanese murder suspect Kazuyoshi Miura.