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Brown's support slipping, Feinstein's too, Montiel's severance, Ed Harris as McCain, press photographer honors, La Villa Basque and more.
New PPIC poll shows support for Gov. Brown's tax extension plan slipping. LAT, California Watch, Political Blotter
For the first time since her initial 1992 election, less than half of the Californians surveyed in a Field Poll consider themselves leaning toward Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Bee
KCET's "SoCal Connected" will air a special investigation on the city housing authority on tonight's show, at 9 p.m.
Fired Housing Authority director, Rudolf Montiel, may get $405,000 severance. DN
Councilman Paul Koretz and the leaders of several Century City-area homeowner associations will join developers to announce plans for a high-rise condominium tower at 10000 Santa Monica Boulevard. DN wires
Ed Harris will play John McCain, opposite Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, in HBO's campaign movie "Game Change." LAT
The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles named Mark Zaleski from the Press-Enterprise in Riverside as still photographer of the year. Arturo Quezada from KMEX TV won television photographer of the year honors. The staff of KMEX TV earned 2010 Television Station of the Year. DN
Maria Elena Fernandez, who quit the L.A.Times Calendar section recently, will be senior entertainment reporter at the Daily Beast. Fishbowl LA
There's more money missing in the city of Bell. LAT
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan-Pacific Park reflects "some of the challenges that will face Holocaust museums when there are no longer any remaining survivors and they commemorate a receding historical trauma," says a review in the New York Times.
The new operators of Vernon's La Villa Basque are giving the restaurant a new name, "Vivere," and a sign in front boasts "New Chef, New Menu, New Vibe." LAT