Good morning -- here's what's happening 4.11.08

Snooping into medical files -- old news, to UCLA anyway. Officials there have known of the problem since at least 1995, says Charles Ornstein.

Have you heard the name Roger Snoble? He's head of the MTA (a.k.a. the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and Fabian Nuñez, speaker of the assembly, wants him gone. How, why, and what are the chances, from Patrick McGreevy.

Which is a perfect time to let you know what George Skelton is thinking these days: TIME FOR BIG CHANGES AT THE CAPITOL! (Well, he doesn't shout like that, but lawmakers might, if Skelton ever got his way.) The column is here.

Are local news anchors an endangered species? Greg Braxton thinks maybe so.

Tiny, yellow ducklings, stuck in a storm drain in Garden Grove. We've got video -- and a happy ending. (Might not be a bad idea to take a look, enjoy some good news, before moving onto the next item.) 

What if the Chino slaughterhouse responsible for the largest beef recall in U.S. history can't come up with the $67 million the feds say it costs to handle the mess? Taxpayers (a.k.a. you and I) will get stuck with the bill. (And guess what -- it could climb as high as $117 million.) AP via LAT.

Beverly Hills says yes to a huge condo-and-retail project that has some residents saying, "Oh no..."

Want to know more about people so rich, a yacht is an "impulse buy"? Then Susannah Rosenblatt has a story for you.

-- Veronique de Turenne