• Our southern end of the San Andreas Fault has accumulated enormous stress that could blow in the form of major quake at any time, a Scripps geophysicist writes in the journal Nature after studying years of ground movement data. The problem is that the two sides of the San Andreas (us here on the Pacific plate, and them over on the North American plate) have not been slipping past each other as fast as they should. The result is a "fully loaded" quake waiting to happen. Nature, Reuters.
• Hoping to stop the hemorrhage of movie ads, the Los Angeles Times created the new position of VP for entertainment advertising and hired Lynne Segall, vice president and associate publisher of The Hollywood Reporter.
• Times Orange County veteran Jean Pasco is leaving the paper for an archivist job with the county.
• Los Angeles Magazine won thirteen National City and Regional Magazine awards, including for "The Recruit" profile by Jesse Katz, food and dining criticism by Patric Kuh and feature design for "In the Raw." Los Angeles finished just behind sister magazine Texas Month for general excellence. Full list.