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Moving LA's summer vacation, housing director controversy, Don Novey's gamble, Rick Orlov's Tipoffs, Abbot Kinney's food trucks and more.
- The school board is mulling whether to go against L.A. tradition and shift summer vacation to June 1 through Aug. 15, putting kids in class in mid-summer heat. LAT, DN
- City Hall housing director Rudolf Montiel is being called both "a brilliant reformer who saved a struggling institution that had been plagued by scandal for decades" and "paranoid and vindictive." His $450,000-a-year compensation package includes ten weeks of annual vacation. LAT
- Political consultant Don Novey gambled a lot of other people's money on Meg Whitman beating Jerry Brown. Bee
- Rick Orlov's Tipoffs: Councilman Tony Cardenas and gang stats, Valley Vote to honor Bert Boeckmann, City Council recess until Dec. 6. DN
- City Council members seemed just as perplexed as voters are likely to be by all the measures they put on the March ballot. LAT
- Bill Boyarsky praises the choice of Heather Holt to be executive director of the city ethics commission. DN
- Yeah, state health officials are suspicious of 87 hospitals that have yet to report any medical-care errors under a new law. LAT
- The LAPD will practice a zero-tolerance policy against jaywalking in Downtown through the holidays. The fine is $190. Downtown News
- Abbot Kinney in Venice has become a tech start-up hot spot. LABJ
Plus: No food truck parking to be allowed on Abbot Kinney for the upcoming First Friday. Yo Venice - Former radio talk host Adam Carolla takes shots at Mayor Villaraigosa and the City Council in Los Angeles Magazine. The Informer
- Channel 7's news team continues its dominance of the local TV ratings, but there is good news for KCAL, KCBS and KTLA. Franklin Avenue
- Daniel A. Olivas on becoming a published author in his 40s. La Bloga
- NPR has named Luis Clemens its first Senior Editor for Diversity. NPR