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Airbus returns to LAX today
An Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, will arrive at LAX at 11:45 a.m. on Runway 25L then taxi to the Flight Path Learning Center/LAX Imperial Terminal. Breeze
Yeah, LAUSD needs communications consultants
On top if its six-person communications office with a budget of nearly $1.4 million, and an ongoing government relations contract with consultant Darry Sragow, L.A. Unified has retained Victor Abalos at $178,000 a year, Michael Bustamante at $90,000 for six months and the Rogers Group at an undisclosed amount. Abalos was ineligible to be hired due to lack of a college degree, but Supt. David Brewer brought him on as a consultant. DN
LAUSD also in trouble over P.E.
How badly does the school district violate the state requirement for daily physical education for most kids? At South Gate High School, 1,600 students took the state Fitness test and not one passed. Forty LAUSD schools could not report a single physically fit student. WitnessLA.com
Planner's assurance proves correct
The City Council approved the Valley Village condo project where a planning department staffer had mistakenly told one of the opponents that it would be allowed "no matter what." LAT
Busted by OnStar — his own
Redondo Beach City Councilman Steve Aspel was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after a minor accident last week. Police were called by the OnStar service installed in his car. Breeze
Picking up on the Glendale trees story
Steve Lopez in the Times grabs the ball and runs with it.
Key Santa Susana data becomes available
Meteorological records have been found which might show which way the wind was blowing during and after a 1959 nuclear meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills west of Chatsworth and Canoga Park. Neighbors have long pointed to the incident as the cause of a rash of cancers, while the owner — now Boeing — says no radiation escaped. DN
Ritz-Carlton Pasadena to change names again
The classic old Huntington Hotel — designed by the same architect who did the Ambassador Hotel, with some similarities — will be renamed the Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa, Pasadena, and will undergo another renovation. LAT
State lawmaker gets engaged
Assemblyman Lloyd Levine of Van Nuys proposed on Thanksgiving to Sacramento television reporter Edie Lambert and she accepted. They met two years earlier in the Seattle airport while traveling on Thanksgiving visits. Sausage Factory