Afternoon news and notes

George Kieffer, partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and former chair of the L.A. Chamber of Commerce, was appointed a University of California regent, according to Shane Goldmacher of the Sacto Bee via Twitter.
Also, Goldmacher is leaving the Bee to join the Los Angeles Times Sacramento Bureau in June. At 25 he'd be the youngest member, I believe. Capitol Alert
Fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski will not return to the U.S. this week to meet a court deadline for his surrender, his attorneys said Monday. LAT
The business mags are so thin this month it's hard to be optimistic about their futures. LA Biz Observed
Business Team LA sent out a release saying the firm has been retained by the estate of the late Glenn Goldman to broker a sale of Book Soup.
Santa Anita will be sold at auction, attorney says. SGV Tribune
The staff that produces the monthly Los Angeles Times Magazine will edit a new lifestyle weekly to be called LA Etcetera and delivered in the Sunday paper starting May 10. Laura Stegman
Lawyer Gloria Allred has sued Octomom Nadya Suleman, supposedly to protect the babies. TMZ
Maggie and Peter are now officially the Gyllenhaal Sarsgaards of L.A. and NYC. AP
"Which Way, L.A.?" tonight at 7:30 discusses shocking differences between the cost of healthcare in Los Angeles and San Diego — and how L.A. is being studied by policy makers as a model of of how not to deliver efficiency and quality. KCRW