Writers talks break down at deadline

Writers Guild could be moving closer to striking Hollywood, and all that that entails. Variety, LAT, Deadline Hollywood Daily

UCLA professor explains her work with primates

Edythe London, professor of psychiatry, bio-behavioral sciences and molecular and medical pharmacology, had her home flooded by an animal rights group that later said it considered burning her out instead. "I have devoted my career to understanding how nicotine, methamphetamine and other drugs can hijack brain chemistry and leave the affected individual at the mercy of his or her addiction...To me, nothing could be more important than solving the mysteries of addiction and learning how we can restore a person's control over his or her own life." LAT Op-Ed

Alatorre files as a lobbyist

Two weeks after Times story identified him as a behind-the-scenes lobbyist at City Hall, ex-Councilman Richard Alatorre said he began lobbying Sept. 28 and that his lone client is Advanced Development and Investment, Inc. LAT

Torre deal close

All the reports were correct, despite the denials and Dodgers' silence. Deanne Stillman remembers when she saw rocks in the shape of Billy Martin at Joshua Tree. Native Intelligence

Case dropped against last of L.A. 8

No more deportation efforts &mdash after 20 years — against men who allegedly supported Palestinian causes. LAT

Lane Garrison gets 40 months

The actor will serve time in state prison for vehicular manslaughter in the crash that killed a Beverly Hills High student. LAT

Last farmers in the Valley

It's John Forneris and the Tapia Brothers. Dennis McCarthy in the Daily News.