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- The attempted putsch of LAUSD Supt. David Brewer was put on hold because Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, the lone black member, did not attend the board's closed session. LAT, DN
- The state says more than 60% of eligible Californians — 80% of registered voters — voted in November, the most since 1972. LAT
- State Senator Gloria Romero takes a step toward becoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Witness LA
- The City Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee rejected calls for a moratorium on new digital billboards. DN
- Don Knabe takes the gavel as chairman of the Board of Supervisors this time around. Sausage Factory
- Eric Bauman, chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, is vying to stop John Burton from becoming chairman of the state Democratic Party. PolitickerCA
- The Geffen Contemporary will close for at least six months as part of an emergency budget cut at MOCA, but new shows will open in the main museum. Culture Monster
- The clarity of the red light that was run before the Chatsworth Metrolink crash is in question by investigators. LAT
- When Measure R funding could kick in on the Expo and Gold Line projects. LA Visions
- USC Annenberg dean Ernest Wilson took a leave of absence to join the Obama transition "leading a team reviewing America’s international broadcasting services, including the Voice of America and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and I will advise the transition team working with the U.S. Department of State on public diplomacy issues." Witness LA
- Will comedy change during the Obama years? Adam Baer in GQ.
- Architecturally speaking, Christopher Hawthorne says the new phase of L.A. Live "seems to rule out for good the prospect that L.A. Live might bring a fresh, forward-looking model of mega-development to downtown." LAT
- Patt Morrison calls for renaming the Marina Freeway the Ballona Freeway. LAT Op-Ed
- Services for Ethel Bradley will be Friday at 1:30 p..m.. at First AME Church, with viewing the night before, from 6 to 7:30, at Angeles Funeral Home on Crenshaw, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel announced at the end of yesterday's City Council session.
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As newspapers and television pull back from investigative reporting, foundations and other organizations are beginning to fill the void. One of the most interesting is Accountable California, a project of Local 721 of the Service Employees International Union.
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