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The McCourt divorce battle enters another inning, Gavin Newsom's money, Jonathan Gold on the street fest lines — and is Maxine Waters trying to drum up a candidate against Karen Bass? Those and more after the jump. Oh, yeah: and Tiger Woods is sorry.
Tiger Woods is, of course, very sorry for the affairs he now admits and will return to treatment. CNN
The divorce battle between Jamie and Frank McCourt "entered another contentious inning Thursday" when she accused her estranged husband of trying to understate his net worth by hundreds of millions of dollars. WSJ, LAT, Dodger Thoughts
Open question: If Gavin Newsom runs for lieutenant governor against Janice Hahn, can he re-tap campaign donors who gave to his campaign for governor? CalBuzz
LAX is one of America's least favorite big airports, according to a study of passenger satisfaction by J.D. Power. DN
The West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission ruled against two digital billboards on Westwood Boulevard and another on Santa Monica Boulevard. LAT
Ron Kaye calls for recall petitions to be circulated against City Council members after they vote to begin the process of 3,000 more city employee layoffs. RK
Rep. Maxine Waters is "trying to pull together something that would pit Councilman Herb Wesson in the race against Assembly Speaker Karen Bass to replace Rep. Diane Watson in Congress," says Soulvine columnist Betty Pleasant. L.A. Wave
Columnist Hector Tobar located his African American godfather and has a discussion about black-Latino tenstion in Los Angeles. LAT
A 10-page response from the City of Carson argues that the mayor does not use his mute button to censor speakers at the City Council. Daily Breeze
The LAUSD is proposing to eliminate bus transportation for about 1,180 students who travel to Palisades Charter High School from more than 100 Los Angeles zip codes. Palisadian Post
Variety is apparently no longer for sale. Folio
Jonathan Gold reviews the long lines at the L.A. Street Food Fest and concludes "I had made a few new friends, met a dozen food bloggers, exchanged some business cards and acquired a really fine duck taco with mandarin segments. It was the longest I have ever waited for food in my life. And I'd do it again in a flash." LA Weekly
The L.A. Times has weighed in with its obituary for Mary Susan Herczog, who had written about her breast cancer in the paper. LAT