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Prop. 8 in court and on TV, DWP news, Villaraigosa blew off the Hollywood Christmas parade, plus bedbugs, shots fired at the Arclight, a riff on Silver Lake and Scoops opens on the Westside.
- A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, including liberal judge Stephen Reinhardt, meets today on live TV (C-SPAN, 10 a.m.) to hear arguments in the Proposition 8 gay marriage appeal. LAT, Sacto Bee, Mercury
- Meg Whitman's campaign consultants won't take part in the traditional post-election debriefing sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies at Berkeley. Calbuzz
- Under First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner, the DWP is quietly revising Mayor Villaraigosa's goal to to generate 40% of its power from renewable sources by 2020. LAT, Ron Kaye
Plus: An organizational psychologist paid $50,000 to look into problems at the DWP found a a high level of tension between former general manager David Nahai and his number two, Raman Raj. LAT - Rick Orlov's Monday Tipoffs: Mayor Villaraigosa was a no-show at the Nov. 28 Hollywood Christmas Parade and aides won't say why, Steve Poizner visits the Daily News, Mike Gatto's plans and Steve Cooley's leftover t-shirts. DN
- To cover a projected shortfall of nearly $88 million this year, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana on Friday said the city will need to reduce its workforce by another 230 positions. DN
- The county library system faces a $22 million annual deficit and wants to raise property taxes to avoid deep cuts in services. LAT
- County officials are already confirming as many as 55 bedbug cases a month, but the incidence is expected to rise. LAT, Daily Breeze wires
- Examining the current status and future of L.A.'s 92 neighborhood councils and the department that works with them. DN
- An early morning report of shots fired in the Arclight parking structure in Hollywood led movie patrons to be held in the lobby during a search. LAT
- The Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers switched to Facebook-linked comments on news stories, causing some consternation among the regulars. Gary Scott
- Tim Leiweke will pitch AEG's stadium plan at a Wednesday luncheon of the Central City Association. Downtown News
- Look, the first step in the Realization and Suppression of the Silver Lake hipster culture. LA Eastside
- Scoops has opened a Westside ice cream shop at 3400 Overland Avenue. la.foodblogging