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Trutanich says what ails him, new life for Kirkus Reviews and the water main break du jour.
- City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has been diagnosed with gallstone pancreatitis and said Monday that he probably would have an operation to remove his gallbladder. LAT
- Assemblyman Paul Krekorian will become Councilman Paul Krekorian today, nearly a month after his election. His first meeting willbe tomorrow. Rick Orlov/DN
- Today's water main break undermined a street in Wilmington. Breeze wires
- Construction projects funded by federal stimulus money are being delayed as much as two months because of a bureaucratic backlog, Inspector General Laura Chick said Monday. LAT
- LAPD chief Charlie Beck is OK with the reporting of drunk driving checkpoint locations. LAist
- The LAPD is looking into the death of Casey Johnson, the 30-year-old heiress to the Johnson & Johnson business empire who was found dead Monday at her Westside home. LAT
- Kirkus Reviews will continue publishing as usual while talks continue with a possible buyer. Daily Finance
- The Bay Guardian is still trying to collect its $21 million award against Village Voice Media for illegal price fixing. SF Chronicle
- Controversial Long Beach State psychology professor Kevin MacDonald is part of as group trying to start a political party "modeled after England's fascist British National Party, a new party created explicitly to oppose and deport non-whites." OC Weekly
- Variety will celebrate the life of columnist Army Archerd starting at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Variety