Morning Wrap: 6/27/11

Campaign for Ed Lee gears up, cable cars are back, ‘baggy pants passenger’s' mom speaks out, plus, did the Warriors really pass on a chance to deal Andres Biedrins? And more after the jump.



Top of the morning’s news

• Of the 208 people aboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr, in which at least six people died after a collision with a truck near Reno, 109 had Emeryville as their final destination. AP
• The Supreme Court rules this morning that California can’t ban the sale of violent video games to children. AP 

Politics

• The well-funded campaign to draft Mayor Ed Lee to run in November got off to a rollicking start Saturday, led by Chinatown maven Rose Pak and Chronicle columnist Willie Brown. The Bay Citizen
• Jerry Brown may have angered fellow Democrats by vetoing a gimmicky budget, but he apparently helped himself with voters. Contra Costa Times

Media

• Sunday talk show question of the day, from Fox News’ Chris Wallace to GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachman: “Are you a flake?” And yes, he apologized. HuffPo
• How’s this for bald self-promotion? CNBC tonight will air a documentary on Jack Welch, the former General Electric CEO and CNBC’s former boss, with Maria Bartiromo hosting. TV Newser
• Hearst Magazines begins an elaborate ad campaign today intended to burnish its brand image, not promote individual magazines like Esquire or Good Housekeeping. Media Decoder 

Other

• Just in time for tourist season, the California Street cable cars are back in operation after being idled six months for rehabilitation. Chronicle
• Two teenagers were arrested in that Saturday shooting near Seventh and Market streets during the Gay Pride celebration in which five people were wounded. Chronicle
• The NYT visits the Shanghai company responsible for building the giant steel modules for the new Bay Bridge eastern span.
• The Santa Clara County supervisor who championed a policy of not jailing juveniles under the age of 13 is furious over the month-long jailing of a 12-year-old boy. Mercury News
• An environmental group is challenging state approval of a landfill near Novato saying it could release contaminated ground water into nearby streams. Marin IJ
• The mother of Deshon Marman, the college football player tossed from a US Airways flight at SFO for allegedly refusing to pull up his baggy pants, talks to ABC 7.
• The Chronicle’s photo gallery from Sunday’s Gay Pride Parade.
• The Golden State Warriors blog cites a French website as saying the team passed on several trade offers from Houston involving Andres Biedrins.