Follow LA Observed on Twitter here
Boxer v Fiorina, labor rests on Brown spending, enviros lick their wounds, Baca says pot shops are crime dens, the New Yorker's coming stories on AOL and Facebook, and a blogger gets mugged in her Hollywood neighborhood. Plus more, inside.
- Boxer and Fiorina, the debate. AP, Bee, Dan Walters, LAT, Register, CalBuzz, NYT, DN
- The labor groups that have spent $8.6 million on behalf of Jerry Brown over the summer suspended their ad campaign. Bee
- Environmentalists are stunned by their losses this week in Sacramento. LAT, Steve Lopez
- Sheriff Lee Baca says week's triple murder in West Hollywood was an example of how criminals have infiltrated medial marijuana dispensaries. LAT
- The LA Weekly has a feature on women turning to legal Nevada prostitution to support their familis in the recession, with a photo gallery by Kevin Scanlon. LAW
- Vernon's top city attorneys, already among the highest-paid public employees in the state, have received an unusual pension deal under which they would get the same enhanced "safety employee" benefits as police officers and firefighters. LAT
- Santa Clarita is poised to join a growing movement of budget-strapped cities that are turning over their libraries to private management. DN
- Janice Min's Hollywood Reporter is spending money like it has a good plan to make money, which it doesn't, says Sharon Waxman. The Wrap
- Associated Press says it will start attributing more of its news reports to blogs and other sources that broke stories or originated the news. AP
- The Register's D.C. writer Dena Bunis is leaving after 14 years to be managing editor of Congressional Quarterly's HealthBeat magazine.
- The New Yorker has major pieces coming up about AOL (by Ken Auletta) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (by the Huffington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas.) All Things Digital
- L.A. blogger E*star describes being mugged by another woman while walking in her new Hollywood neighborhood. E*Star LA, Blogging LA
- A mother black bear and two cubs entertained a Glendora neighborhood, going through trash cans and splashing in a spa. SGV Tribune