Morning Buzz: Thursday 6.18.09

Gov. Schwarzenegger won't defend Prop. 8 in court, meaning no state official will carry that particular hot potato. LAT
Another farewell to 20th Century Props in the Valley, this one by Brooks Barnes in the New York Times.
Sandra Tsing Loh talks about the end of marriage and especially her own at 2:20 p.m. on KPCC's Patt Morrison.

Gov. Schwarzenegger says he'll veto the latest budget package from the Democrats. LAT, Mercury, Register, Capitol Weekly
Pretty good detail on how an organized-crime ring infiltrated a Redondo Beach Arco station with an employee who implanted a tiny, high-tech “skimmer” to steal customers’ credit-card information. LA Weekly
Convicted private eye Anthony Pellicano and his alleged helper, Alexander Proctor, pleaded not guilty to charges that they threatened reporter Anita Busch in 2002 to scare her off a story. LAT
Perez Hilton is starting a new, more ad friendly website. Fishbowl LA
KIIS still on top in the latest L.A. radio ratings. Franklin Avenue
How renaming a neighborhood to sadly sound more like New York begins. LA Eastside
Earl Ofari Hutchinson invited Lakers owner Jerry Buss and players to a noon press conference at the shoe store damaged by looters at Pico and Flower.
Angeleno and former UC Regent Velma Montoya was named chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights's California Advisory Committee. PR Newswire
Pat Brown granddaughters Hilary Armstrong and Sascha Rice screened the trailer for California State of Mind, their documentary on the former governor, for about 200 people poolside at the Beverly Hilton.