• President Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Souter opening on the U.S. Supreme Court. NYT, NPR
• The California Supreme Court will announce its decisions on appeals regarding the legality of Proposition 8 and the marriages of same-sex couples already performed. Stormy reaction is expected either way. Last May the court ruled that the state Constitution protects a fundamental "right to marry" that extends to same-sex couples. LAT, NYT, AP, Press-Telegram
  Plus: Why justices are hard to predict. LAT
• Carmen Trutanich said he wants to have "an aggressive agenda and hit the ground running" as City Attorney. No transition team appears to be in place yet. DN
• "Something really monumental happened last week in the San Gabriel Valley" when many Latino Democrats voted for Judy Chu over Gil Cedillo, says columnist Hector Tobar. LAT
• What various city officials said and what they meant are very different, says Jon Regardie. Downtown News
• The major content businesses of the world and the most talented creators of that content -- music, newspapers, movies and books -- have all been seriously harmed by the Internet, says Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. HuffPost
• The New York Times is appointing a social media editor, a top newsroom editor announced on Twitter.
• The new issue of L.A. Youth, the newspaper by high school students, is out. L.A. Youth
• Manny Ramirez worked out at Dodger Stadium while the team was in Denver Monday, for the first time since his drug suspension. LAT, AP

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