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Leap Downsizes in L.A. After DWP Loss CHICAGO--Lack of business has led The Leap Partnership to fire three of the 11 employees in its Los Angeles office, which was opened in February with former staffers of TBWA Chiat/Day. The shop's lone account, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which hired Leap in July, has withdrawn its business following client management changes. Leap president Thomas Sharbaugh in Chicago will assume increased control of the L.A. operation, which will continue to be managed by Steve Rabosky and Carisa Bianchi. O&M Hires Car Vet Cavanagh for Mazda Pitch LOS ANGELES--Ogilvy & Mather's Los Angeles office has tapped Tom Cavanagh to help pitch the $250 million Mazda North American Operations account. Cavanagh's experience includes managing the Mazda account at Foote, Cone & Belding, and the Acura account at Ketchum Advertising in Los Angeles. O&M is competing for the business against W.B. Doner & Co., Southfield, Mich., and GSD&M, Austin, Texas. Mazda incumbent FCB, which will resign the account at the end of the year, breaks a new campaign for the car maker on Oct. 5. Reviews Roundup. . . Kendall-Jackson, a winery in Santa Rosa, Calif., is talking informally with agencies in Northern California to decide whether to conduct an agency search. There is no incumbent. Billings are estimated at $5-10 million. Ramona Cappello, former vice president of marketing for Celestial Seasonings, Boulder, Colo., recently joined the winery as director of marketing. She said a review is not imminent, but hiring an agency "is definitely something we are considering for the future." . . . Baskin-Robbins in Glendale, Calif., has named four finalists for its estimated $18 million account: the Los Angeles office of Foote, Cone & Belding; Deutsch/L.A. and Rubin Postaer and Associates, both Santa Monica, Calif.; and The Persuasion Group, Venice, Calif. Suzuki Launches Campaign for Esteem Wagon LOS ANGELES--Asher/Gould in Los Angeles will break an interim print and TV campaign this week for American Suzuki Motor Corp.'s new Esteem subcompact wagon. The TV spot, which does not feature a tagline, describes the features family members desire in a car and the fact the Esteem retails for "a grand" less than the competition. Monsanto Consolidates Media Buying CHICAGO--Monsanto has consolidated media buying for consumer and lawn and garden products at Young & Rubicam's Media Edge unit in New York. This follows a review involving two other roster shops, BBDO and Ogilvy & Mather. Y&R had handled media buying for its Benevia unit's Equal sweetener; BBDO West in Los Angeles handled Solaris lawn and garden products; and O&M here had NutraSweet. Creative assignments remain with those agencies. St. Louis-based Monsanto spent $67.7 million on advertising last year.

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