- Sheriff Lee Baca wants to charter a plane and fly 347 deputies to Washington to work four days on the Obama inauguration. Cost to Los Angeles County: $1 million. LAT
- Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley is expected to be named Obama's chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality. LAT, AP
- President-elect Obama gave his first post-election newspaper interview to reporters from the Tribune Washington bureau. LAT
- Writer Greg Critser says new science on the health problems caused by air pollution raises doubts about L.A. continuing to approve projects next to freeways. New Geography
- Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein is due to be on "Patt Morrison" at 1:45 p.m. on KPCC, 89.3 FM.
- Sam Zell didn't file for bankruptcy because the newspaper business is being battered by the recession or by online competition. "He went into Chapter 11 because of the irresponsible and boneheaded deal he made to take over Tribune Co. in the first place," says USC's Martin Kaplan. Huffington Post
- Judith Regan settled her lawsuit against HarperCollins for firing her in 2006 for $10.75 million, according to a court filing. Bloomberg
- Esteban Nunez, the 19-year-old son of the former Assembly Speaker, was released from jail on $1 million bail. He's facing a murder charge. LAT
- Construction of the proposed NFL stadium in Industry has been pushed back at least a year. SGV Tribune
- The Beverly Center pet store is closing under pressure from activists. LAT
- Would-be school board candidate Ben Austin says he failed to quality for the ballot because his consultant collected signatures in the wrong district. LAT
- Recall against three Maywood city officials fails. LAT
- Former Daily Pilot publisher Tom Johnson and ex-LAT editor and reporter Bill Lobdell are trying to start up a newspaper in the Newport Beach area of Orange County. Bubbling Cauldron
- Eyetracking research shows how younger readers view news websites. Online Journalism Review
- LACMA's cameos in films and TV shows listed. LACMA Unframed
- Stories Bookstore & Cafe, newly opened in Echo Park, recycles shelves from the shuttered Dutton's Brentwood. The Eastsider LA
- LAT art critic Christopher Knight will discuss the MOCA situation with Jon Wiener on KPFK 90.7 FM at 4 p.m.
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