• Steve Cooley, Carmen Trutanich and David Zahniser analyze what the election results mean for the mayor and City Hall. KCRW/WWLA, KPCC/Airtalk
  • Raphael Sonenshein guesses that "this train wreck is going to help us fix California government once and for all. All the gimmicks that have marked the Schwarzenegger era have now gone belly up." Jews Choose
  • Chief Bratton vs LA Weekly over crime stats. Witness LA, LA Daily
  • The Police Protective League, continuing a run of getting its press releases reprinted more than any other local union's, now wants the San Diego Union editorial writers fired for having the wrong opinions. LAT
  • Should the New York Times bureau chief have her book party at the Brentwood home of the Sony Pictures CEO? Gawker
  • Plan to fix a choke point on Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood by widening 4/10s of a mile on the eastbound side ran into opposition, so Councilman Rosendahl killed it. LAT, Curbed LA
  • San Francisco Chronicle political writer John Wildermuth takes early retirement after 34 years at the paper. Carla Marinucci
  • All voting is by mail in Sierra County, and 53% turned out this time. LAT
  • Tough times for high-end boutique retailers in L.A. The Wrap
  • Touring the John Fante archives. KPCC

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