LAT's Gold jumps to Washington Post
Annual issue is out this week- Some top LAPD officials pushed hard, but unsuccessfully, to get the coroner to change the finding that a SWAT bullet killed 19-month-old Suzie Peņa in 2005. LAT, Witness LA
- City Council members started covering their butts now that the big jolt in parking rates and hours — with the intent of increasing tickets at expired meters, and thus revenue — has hit the public. DN
- Rounding up the Silicon Valley tech veterans who may want to run for governor in 2010. WSJ
- Contributing editor Lloyd Grove talks with Sumner Redstone about his family, many rivals, and slowly unraveling empire. Portfolio
- Mayor Villaraigosa, as expected, wants to advance that timeline for building transit projects. But can he? LAT, LAO
- Planning commissioner Mike Woo says the city should fight back against the "assault by a wave of electronic billboards." LAT Op-Ed
- Chief Bratton wins Queerty.com's "homo hero of the year" award. NBC 4
- Blog Code 6 Charles, "scattered thoughts and musings on Southern California's scannerland," has come back to life. C6C
- The statue of a gold miner has been returned to the grassy plot in Carthay Circle and its thieves have been sentenced to state prison. L.A. Now
- Interview with Democratic National Committee member Ed Espinoza. LAist
- Jo Caines, KOCE-TV's former Director of Community/Government Relations & Outreach, died on Saturday. KOCE.
- Funeral services for sculptor Robert Graham will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Also, the Times gets to its Betty Freeman obituary. LAT
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