Morning Buzz: Monday 1.5.09

Michael Hiltzik asks the question: what is the succession plan for Apple after Steve Jobs, who has been treated for cancer of the pancreas? LAT
There's a new LAPD division in the Valley: Topanga, covering 32 square miles formerly part of West Valley and Devonshire, with a new station on Schoenborn Street near Roscoe and Canoga in Canoga Park. DN
The city's new parking policy is wreaking unintended havoc on the North Hollywood theater district. LAT
Paris Hilton's jewelry burglar was probably familiar with the inside of her Sherman Oaks home, police say. LAT
The Mitsuwa Marketplace in the Little Tokyo Shopping Center is closing as of Jan. 25. Eating LA
Patt Morrison adds her appreciation of Glenn Goldman and Book Soup. Opinion L.A.
Though every artist's death "diminishes us, Robert Graham's loss impoverishes Los Angeles in a deep and particular way," Tim Rutten writes. LAT
D.J. Waldie writes, "Given the interlocking tiers of transit in Los Angeles...there should be a clean, well-lighted place at every transfer point. And the bus or train to has to arrive there with convincing regularity. Of course, none of that is true of the Metro system." KCET Local
KGIL AM 1260 goes all righty today except for Alan Colmes from 7 to 10 p.m. So Cal Media Scoop
USC Annenberg's Marc Cooper is still waiting for the L.A. Times to write about the "butchering" of the LA Weekly and the Village Voice chain: "But to date, the media writers over at the Times are far too distracted by their ongoing wallowing in self-pity." Marc Cooper (end of post)
The Getty has reclassified several years of deficit spending as...something else. CultureGrrl
Details of the new no texting while driving law — that's no writing or reading. L.A. Can't Drive
Tracey Ross has closed her boutique in Sunset Plaza, with a whole rationale for why its time has passed. Image
Herman Melville fan Sara Lippincott has some fun tracing his travels on a cruise in the South Pacific. LAT
High school and college journalism advisors in California are now protected against retaliation. LAT
Former Dodgers executive Derrick Hall was promoted to CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks. MLB.com