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- Los Angeles city officials are considering the immediate layoffs of 400 workers and eliminating an additional 2,800 positions in the months ahead, according to union officials. LAT
- A 30-year-old woman arrested in the hit-and-run death of USC student Adrianna Bachan was driving with a suspended license and an infant in the car. LAT, LA Weekly
- The New York Times Co. has threatened to shut the Boston Globe unless the newspaper's unions swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, union leaders said. Boston.com via Romenesko
- Emmis-owned KMVN-FM at 93.9 has been leased to Grupo Radio Centro and will go Spanish, meaning Rick Dees is out of a job again. Radio & Records, Franklin Avenue
- The Part of Sherman Oaks (or Still in Van Nuys) debate continues on the blog and the comments at Here in Van Nuys.
- Police chief Bill Bratton weighed in on another political race, endorsing Gil Cedillo for Congress, via release.
- The Los Angeles Police Protective League endorsed Carmen Trutanich for City Attorney and Paul Koretz for the City Council, via release.
- The Citizens' Campaign to Fix the Expo Rail Line launched a petition campaign to secure federal stimulus funds for grade separations along the line, via release.
- Susan Denley, the LAT's longtime head of editorial hiring and development, is returning to the newsroom as Associate Features Editor.
- The Milken Institute Global Conference, April 27-29 at the Beverly Hilton, is offering 15 free tickets to laid-off workers by random drawing. Info
- The AQMD issued a notice of violation over the use of a bulldozer to clear wetlands near Los Cerritos Channel. LongBeachReport
- Heal the Bay boss Mark Gold visits a fish farm in Israel and lives to blog about it.
- All five L.A. Kings who have had their numbers retired — Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitallie, Dave Taylor, Marcel Dionne, Rogie Vachon — will be on the Staples Center ice for the first time before Saturday's game to honor Lou McClary, the NHL's security man in Los Angeles for all 42 years of the Kings' existence. Kings [Added: Helene Elliott story on why players like him and figure skaters such as Michelle Kwan will also be on hand. LAT]
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