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President Obama's remarks at the public rally, as released by the White House, are after the jump.

As expected, Randy Michaels has resigned as CEO of the Tribune Company and L.A. Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein is part of the replacement team.

KCRW commentator Diana Nyad had to make the difficult call last week and postpone her plans to swim from Cuba to Florida.

Crowds are already forming, and streets already closing, in the USC area for President Obama's campaign rally this afternoon. But some new plans to be aware of: the White House...

Whitman up to $163 million, Steve Cooley is leading but somehow portrayed as a victim of Roman Polanski, Ridley-Thomas and Antonovich on the hyping of child deaths, plus Lindsay Lohan sent back to rehab.

What President Obama talked about in the Bay Area tonight, in advance of Friday's rally at USC.

Democrats have risen to 51.4% of L.A. County voters, with Republicans at 23.6%.

Applications are being accepted until Dec. 17 for the Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion.

A Brooklyn blogger says that the cover image on the Best of NYC issue of the Village Voice is of Downtown L.A.

KTLA reporter Lu Parker decided to finally talk to the media a little about her high profile as the girlfriend of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The Times sent over Calendar reporter Greg Braxton, but it appears from the story they didn't talk about very much.

Roger Ailes throws a three-year deal worth $2 million at Juan Williams after he's fired by NPR.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck this morning toward the southern end of the Gulf of California, about 85 miles from La Paz.

This brings Robert Rizzo, the former city administrative officer in Bell, to 55 felony charges, mostly of misappropriation of public funds.

The next executive director of the Art Walk will be expected to meet a lengthy list of skill and experience requirements.

NPR president Vivian Schiller's note to stations says that the network had been concerned about commentator Juan Williams' positions before he said on Fox News that the sight of airline passengers in Muslim dress makes him a little nervous.

So, people are bothered that actors who unconvincingly play high school kids pose for a sexy photo spread in a glossy fashion magazine for men?

State Sen. Jenny Oropeza died overnight at age 53, new PPIC poll numbers have Brown and Boxer ahead, plans for Obama's USC rally and more.

My favorite tweet of the day, from former New York Times restaurant critic (and author) Frank Bruni.

Guccione, the onetime New Jersey artist who gave the world Penthouse, the movie "Caligula" and the late Omni magazine, died Wednesday in Plano, Texas after a long battle with cancer.

The designated tweeters for the candidates for governor have weighed in on tonight's playoff game. Note the subtly different styles.

With the McCourts wearing out their civic welcome, Councilwoman Janice Hahn's public ownership idea being possibly the worst idea in the history of municipal ideas, and a certain ex-jock in the market to buy something, artist Stuart Rapeport has a suggestion for a new owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Los Angeles magazine's Ultimate Guide to Mexican Food in L.A. in the November issue is heavy on tacos, apparently, but also has more — including critic Patric Kuh’s selections of the city’s top 10 Mexican restaurants.

Organizers of an L.A. event to coincide with the Oct. 30 Rally to Restore Sanity being put on in Washington, D.C. by Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" say they have a new venue.

City traffic officials promise there will be fewer jams with Friday's campaign visit by President Obama, plus more inside.

Cullins, 28, was a Marine reservist with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment in Marja, in Afghanistan's Helmand province. He was killed Monday by a roadside bomb.

Ellen Alperstein writes at Native Intelligence that the world is in love with Zenyatta, the mare featured inside the same issue of W Magazine that has a naked Kim Kardashian on the cover.

Well, there's this from tonight's Chicago Tribune story. Brown described an incident in 2008 when she had been given the task of organizing a Mardi Gras lunch for people on...

A day after selling his 4.5% share of the Lakers to L.A. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, Magic Johnson reportedly has divested his interest in 105 Starbucks franchises.

This sentiment from L.A. Times columnist (and former Sports Editor) Bill Dwyre would have been unthinkable before the McCourt era at Dodger Stadium.

On the occasion of a new cookbook from Sunset, the New York Times heaps praise on the former booster publication of the Southern Pacific Railroad as the ultimate definer of California cuisine and the California image.

The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times are reporting that embattled Tribune CEO Randy Michaels has decided to resign, and that LAT publisher Eddy Hartenstein will be one of four executives tapped to run the company.

San Gabriel mayor Albert Y.M. Huang said he would resign from the City Council following his arrest on suspicion of robbery, assault and battery, citing the pressure on his family.

The county Board of Supervisors today gave unanimous final approval to rules that will let health department inspectors inspect and assign letter grades to food trucks.

Sounds as if Jerry Brown playing ball with the editorial board, and Meg Whitman declining, mattered in the end.

Lee Abrams, whose goofy tenure as the Tribune company's in-house innovation advocate ended over that sluts video last week, sent an email that calls the video parody "brilliant" and suggests he's the victim of a cultural fight for control of Tribune and of newspaper dinosaurs who just didn't get his style.

Obama on the air for Boxer, Daily News endorses Brown, Laura Richardson's house in the news again, more on KCET's big move and a new hire at THR.

More children have died in each of the last two years from abuse or neglect after being under the eye of Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services despite assurances by county officials that the problem was getting better, the LAT finds

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund brand will disappear and its staff and $2 million in grants are being absorbed by the Center for Public Integrity, based in Washington.

Kholos began volunteering with Tom Bradley's campaign for mayor in 1969 and became the first press secretary after Bradley was elected in 1973.

Earlier today, Milken Institute communications director Jennifer Manfre reported on Twitter that her refusal to give a media pass to the institute's State of the State Conference had at least one repercussion.

Both the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune are reporting tonight that the Tribune company board is expected to seek the resignation tomorrow of CEO Randy Michaels.

My KCRW column tonight wades into the big divide in Los Angeles between those who see L.A. as a car culture city and those who crave a more transit-fed urban culture. There are no winners in the debate, only a need for co-existence.

Harry Pallenberg, longtime producer for Huell Howser and the director of "Shotgun Freeway," is making a documentary on the racing years in Southern California, based in part on Harold Osmer's book "Where They Raced."

Weekend campaigning in the state races, last day to register to vote, Yaroslavsky will only say he's thinking about a run for mayor, Neon Tommy on NPR and the new Hollywood Reporter website launches.

The Daily News is celebrating next year's 100th anniversary with a series of centennial stories on the paper's and the Valley's history.

City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana warned the City Council on Friday that spending is running $63 million more than expected.

ESPN's Dodger Thoughts blogger, Jon Weisman, ties together his adoration of John Wooden, his mixed feelings on the play of Matt Kemp since becoming Rihanna's boyfriend and some self-reflection on his life into a readable closer on the Dodgers season.

Jim Rainey's media column in the weekend LAT agrees with my KCRW column from a week ago that KCET needs to come up with kick-ass programming — and fast — to give the station's newly declared independence a chance

The New York Times Travel section checks in on the Bay City with an update on what's interesting since Santa Monica Place reopened.