Morning Buzz: Wednesday 4.1.09

• More than 400 judges in Los Angeles County make more than the chief justice of the U.S. AP
• Bob Hertzberg is back in Sacramento reinvented as a government reformer, Daniel Weintraub observes. Sacto Bee
• KTLA Channel 5 is adding newscasts at 4:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the latter anchored by Frank Buckley and Michaela Pereira with reports from Times staffers. This weekend a 6:30 p.m. show will debut, with Cher Calvin and Lu Parker. Jason Ball has been promoted to News Director. Greg Braxton/LAT
• LAUSD's school board made $140 million in budget cuts but delayed for two weeks the big decisions pushed by Supt. Ramon Cortines, who raised the specter of quitting if the board doesn't make necessary cuts. LAT, KPCC/Patt Morrison
• Silicon Valley political consultant Jude Barry announced his departure from the Garamendi campaign for governor on his Facebook page. CalBuzz
• LAX workers were told to prepare for short furloughs and they may affect other city workers as well. L.A. Now, Daily Breeze
• What will California's much higher sales taxes do to car sales? KCRW/Which Way LA
• While reading Richard Riordan's Op-Ed rant against the tax measures on the state ballot, Joe Mathews' first thought was "they need to decaffeinate the coffee at the Original Pantry." Fox & Hounds
• The Times joins in, late, on the Koreatown-Little Bangladesh story. LAT
• Looks like the Pulitzer committee has finally plugged its leaks, or so many have been laid off that E&Ps Joe Strupp has lost his sources. NY Observer
• Ten business mistakes that newspapers must avoid as they go online-only. OJR

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