Morning Buzz: Friday 12.12.08

The Chatsworth crash of Metrolink 111 was a legacy of "decisions two decades ago that -- knowingly or not -- gambled with passenger safety." LAT
What Machine Project might do with MOCA if given control, as is rumored. LA Weekly
Former Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus has his first column on the Times Op-Ed page, about Obama and Chicago. LAT
An LAPD officer has been accused of jury tampering for telling two alternate jurors outside court about a robbery defendant's criminal history. LAT
Sierra Club's Carl Pope likes what he sees of the Obama environmental team so far. Huffington Post
Robert Greene explores "whose fault is this whole mess between Controller Laura Chick and City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo?" Opinion L.A.
Washington TV station replaces news crews with one-person "multimedia journalists" paid much less. Washington Post
The physician who stopped his car in front of cyclists in Mandeville Canyon will be tried for reckless driving and battery. LAT
Monica Lozano of La Opini�n and ImpreMedia will serve on Gov. Schwarzenegger's new tax commission. Capitol Alert
Needy families are overwhelming local homeless shelters — already. DN
Barbara Dixon, who runs the Paley Center in Beverly Hills, is leaving at the end of the month to move to Sonoma. Cynthia Littleton
Gwyneth Paltrow's favorite Los Angeles area restaurants are mostly expensive. Daily Dish
Ethereal night photo of Downtown Los Angeles. Jimson Weed Gazette