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Jerry Brown, more Golden Globes reaction, showbiz numbers down, Regis Philbin retires, Alycia Lane settles, Dodgers add another cheap alternative and much more.
Los Angeles police shot and killed a robbery suspect early Tuesday morning outside a gas station on Topanga Canyon and Roscoe boulevards in Canoga Park. LAT, CBS 2
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to transfer state inmates to county jails faces a simple obstacle: Many jails don't have the space to hold them. Sacto Bee
Salaries for top posts in Brown’s office are down by about 11 percent from the pay scale set by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, records show. California Watch
The LAPD's Olympic Division, located in the heart of a Korean neighborhood ravaged by the 1992 riots, is rightfully among the department's most acclaimed, says Jim Newton. LAT op-ed
Mayor Villaraigosa talks about his priorities at 10:06 a.m. on "Airtalk" with Larry Mantle on KPCC.
The City Council is expected to confirm Ron Nichols as DWP chief today. DN
The Community Alliance for Open Space submitted a Writ of Mandate in its lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles over approval of a truck driving school at the former Lopez Canyon landfill. Sunland-Tujunga Alliance
As it prepares to enter one of the largest construction booms in its history, the MTA is operating with an internal watchdog staff that has been cut by more than half since 2000. LAT
Tonight at the Venice Neighborhood Council meeting, LADOT and the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition will present a plan to cut the traffic lanes on Main Street from four to two in order to add bike lanes. Streetsblog
The Metrolink Board of Directors elected Richard Katz as its new chairman. Via release
Broad swaths of the entertainment business declined in 2010. DVD sales: off 13%. Music CD purchases: down 19%. Video game sales, concert and theater attendance, baseball and NASCAR ticket sales all were down. LAT
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association says that despite Ricky Gervais going "too far" on some zingers, the group is pleased with Sunday's Golden Globes broadcast. The Wrap
The Nielsen Co. says Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony was seen by almost 17 million TV viewers, beating all network competition in its time period and slightly exceeding last year's audience. AP
In praise of green gowns on the Globes red carpet. Deep Glamour
Stephen Randall, Playboy magazine's deputy editor in Los Angeles, has had enough of people's opinions: "We live in an era in which it is important to have opinions. Not necessarily smart or original ones; almost any opinion will do as long as it's forcefully expressed. When it comes to opinions, we're all living in an intellectual Costco, where it's volume, volume, volume." LAT op-ed
Regis Philbin announced today that he will be retiring from the weekday talk show "LIVE! with Regis and Kelly" after nearly 25 years. AP
NBC 4 reporter Alycia Lane agreed to a settlement with one of the Philadelphia journalists she was suing over disclosure of private emails and photos when she was a news anchor there. Philly.com
Journalists John Johnson Jr. and Joel Selvin have sold "Peppermint Twist: How The Mob Learned To Dance," a forthcoming book on the rock and roll nightclub the Peppermint Club, to Thomas Dunne Books. Publishers Lunch
Patrice Apodaca, a former business writer for the L.A. Times, will write a column for the Daily Pilot in Orange County.
The 26th annual Kingdom Day Parade held Monday in the Crenshaw District and Leimert Park evoked a range of emotion. LAT, South LA Report, Leimert Park Beat
The drop in homicides sweeping America extends to Compton, which saw its 36 murders in 2009 fall to 24 last year. In 1991, the small city had 87 homicides.LAT
On board the tour bus with James Ellroy, who has found a new audience with "James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons" on Investigation Discovery at 10 p.m. Wednesday. LAT
If you heard the "Off-Ramp" story on Saturday about the homeowner doing battle with Sierra Madre over the giant excavation under his house, here a bunch of photos. KPCC
The Yankees were through with journeyman outfield reserve Marcus Thames, so the Dodgers signed him. ESPN
Rock music promoter and song writer Don Kirshner died in Florida at 77. Arts Beat, Variety
Historian Anna Sklar, auithor of "Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers 1860-2008," speaks at the Wilshire Ebell at noon on January 24.