Morning Buzz: Monday 1.26.09

A Times editorial gives more detailed coverage to the March 3 city election than the news pages have offered as yet, but says that with so many candidates the pre-endorsement interviews won't be done before voting begins by mail. LAT
Sheriff Lee Baca endorsed both Jack Weiss and Carmen Trutanich in the City Attorney race, and this will be a big week in the Billy the Elephant controversy. Rick Orlov/Tipoff
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on spending $2 million to start up a county TV channel.DN
A flurry of recent stable closures has raised doubts about the future of horse culture in the L.A. area. LAT
Many immigrant day laborers in the Valley would like to go home to Mexico or Central America but can't afford a ticket, Tony Castro finds. DN
The DA is investigating allegations that the Temple City mayor and two City Council members solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and a condominium from a developer in exchange for their support of a $75-million mall project. LAT
The developer of Evo in downtown's South Park section says a a penthouse condo unit sold for $3 million. DT News
Former Speaker Willie Brown talks about crying at the Obama inauguration. SF Chronicle
Andrew Wallenstein was named to the newly created position of editor, digital media at the Hollywood Reporter, reporting to publisher Eric Mika.
If nothing else, the trial of former Orange County sheriff Mike Carona "illustrated the foibles of American jurisprudence." Police Issues.com
Jerrianne Hayslett, the fomer PIO for the L.A. Superior Court, has a book out called "Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson," from the University of Missouri. Website
"Particular books both define a topic and become the defining book on that topic," KPFK's Andrew Tonkovich says on "Bibliocracy Radio" of Deanne Stillman's "Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse." Blog

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