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Taxi contract at LAX, campaign endorsements, Nikki Finke on medical leave, Jonathan Gold's obituary of Nate Dogg and more — plus I'm on a blogging panel at Loyola Marymount University this afternoon.
Some of the 53 Republican demands in exchange for support of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget would add to the deficit. Prop Zero
The City Council is scheduled to vote today on raising the LAX taxicab surcharge to $4 and give a new 10-year contract to Authorized Taxicab Supervision, the firm that was accused in a 2007 city audit of mismanaging funds and other irregularities. LAT, City Maven
A. Alan Post, California's legislative analyst under five different governors over 28 years, died of natural causes at age 96. Bee, Dan Walters
Janice Hahn was endorsed for Congress by the Police Protective League, and Debra Bowen by former Democratic official Howard Dean. City Maven, PolitiCal
The agreement reached by the City of Los Angeles and a group of unions representing more than half of the city’s employees sets an example for other unions at this time of budget crisis. La Opinión editorial
From yesterday: Alice Walton speculates on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky as candidate for mayor, and he says city is a mess. City Maven, LA Biz Observed
Nikki Finke posts that she'll be away from Deadline on medical leave until April 5: "Play nice while I'm under the knife." Deadline
Louis B. Fleming, one of the L.A. Times' first foreign correspondents and later its chief editorial writer, died Sunday at his Pasadena home after a brief illness. He was 85. LAT
Jonathan Gold's obituary of Nate Dogg. LA Weekly
If the Sacramento Kings are successfully able to move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Lakers' lucrative 20-year television deal with Time Warner Cable won't be as lucrative as it once was, ESPN LA
The intersection of First Street and Grand Avenue will be formally named Ernest Fleischmann Square in honor of the longtime managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl. DN wires
The Cudahy City Council fired its longtime city manager and its city attorney. LAT
Noted: A woman facing nearly five years in prison for forging drug prescriptions showed up for sentencing with a phony doctor's note seeking a delay in the proceeding. Breeze wires
Baseball, like America, is based on a lie: that the past doesn’t hold us back; that the old ties and old bonds can be cast away; that each new season offers a fresh opportunity for all contestants to triumph. Joe Mathews/Zocalo
The Dodger Stadium shuttle bus began with last night's exhibition game against the Angels. Metro
Here's an idea out of nowhere: rename the Dodgers for the Yang-na that used to live in Chavez Ravine and a lot of other places. LAT op-ed
I'm on panel today at 4:30 p.m. at Loyola Marymount's LAy Of The LAnd Conference, billed as "a celebration of Los Angeles' unique literary landscape, aiming to bring together writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences to talk about the various challenges of practicing the craft in the Southland." Info
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles’ first Mexican American cultural center, will celebrate its grand opening with activities on April 16. But the debate continues over remains at its site. Website, SoCal Focus
Eli Broad will receive the Pat Brown Lifetime Legacy Award when the Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Institute holds its 30th Annual Awards Dinner on April 28 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Website