Brunch News: LA vs. Silicon Valley, Gehry & More

Noah Kagan at Okdork.com explores the differences between LA and Silicon Valley. "Do you think MySpace would have succeeded if it was started at Stanford? Do you think Google would have come out of USC?"

"A settlement has been reached between the Disney Hall contractors and Gehry Partners LLP over the enormous cost overruns the building incurred." (Martini Republic)

We're not really sure what to make of this yet, but LACityNerd finds ValleyNews.com, which is owned by the Daily News.

News stations are warning of a Red Flag Warning, but LAFD says there has been no Red Flag issued. To LAist's eyes, it's not final until LAFD says so.