May you have an interesting weekend:

• Attorney General Jerry Brown is getting involved in the Michael Jackson homicide case.  That seems perfectly sensible and needed.

• Northern California lawmakers would rather get Brown to pay some attention to Sutter Health’s business practices, which could threaten the San Leandro hospital’s ER.

• Rep. Dennis Cardoza is pushing hard for federal relief in the Central Valley, calling his district an “economic disaster area.”  Obviously the threat of a half-decent challenger in 2010 is making him do some extra leg work, but Cardoza is representing his district here.  And clearly, the Central Valley faces unique challenges at this time.

• This is GOTV weekend for the CA-10 primary.  Howie Klein talks about his support of Anthony Woods.  Calitics has not made an endorsement in this race.