Rick Orlov gives a sneak peek at tomorrow's Tipoff column in the Daily News to LA Observed video blogger Jacob Soboroff — psst, there's a good item about City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. We also get to see Orlov's office in the third floor press rooms at City Hall and hear him chat about the differences between covering Antonio Villaraigosa and previous mayors. They are all, uh, entertaining in their own way, Orlov says. See the video

Add City Hall: LA Observed columnist Bill Boyarsky supports neighborhood councils — "they are all we have to defend ourselves against the power of city hall and the developers and unions" — but knows they are weak and don't represent Los Angeles’ ethnic and social diversity. He went to a meeting last week that "seemed to be people like me, older white people with nothing better to do." Full post

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