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A summary of news, notes and observations to kick off the week.
A Daily News editorial praises LAPD chief Charlie Beck and criticizes the Dodgers over their responses to the beating at Dodger Stadium. DN
John Emerson, chairman of the city's Citizens Reapportionment Committee ten years ago, talked about what to expect this time around as new districts are drawn based on the 2010 census. DN
Possible mayoral candidate Rick Caruso joins Twitter. City Maven
More from the weekend on the LA Observed Politics page.
"Atlas Shrugged" comes to the big screen without the graphic sex but with the Ayn Rand ideology. LAT
Los Angeles magazine re-launched its website with a new design and more features. LA Mag
Ophelia Chong returns to KCET's blogroll to write about being an Asian hyphenate in L.A. for SoCal Focus.
Up close and personal with Keren Taylor, founder and executive director of WriteGirl, the nonprofit organization that pairs professional women writers in Los Angeles with at-risk teenage girls. LAT
Former KPCC reporter Patricia Nazario is working on a documentary about food trucks in Los Angeles. LA Weekly
"Autistic-Like:Graham's Story," a documentary about a Manhattan Beach toddler mis-diagnosed with autism, aired Sunday on a Los Angeles PBS station (KLCS) for the first time. It airs on KOCE on April 23 at 5 p.m.
Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen, the filmmakers behind the documentary “Marwencol,” guest on "The Business" on KCRW at 2:30 p.m.
American Apparel chief Dov Charney sat down with the Los Angeles Business Journal to defend his company, his handling of recent events and his turnaround plans. LABJ
Inside the new LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes that opens on Saturday, but not without protests. Downtown News
A community garden for Glassell Park's Drew Street? LAT
How many local trash haulers will actually pay to send L.A. County's trash to the desert by rail? SGV Tribune
Preserving a Paul Revere Williams apartment in Miracle Mile North. LAT
Terry Knowles, long-time executive director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, was promoted to President and CEO. Via release.
Jonathan Handel discusses his book, "Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age - The Writers Guild (WGA) Strike and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Stalemate," on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Southwestern Law School.
Deborah Vankin of the L.A. Times has a party for her new graphic novel, "Poseurs," at Skylight Books. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
"God of Carnage” opens April 13 at the Ahmanson Theatre, with the original Tony Award-nominated Broadway cast of Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden.
The Kings squeaked into the NHL playoffs and will play games 3 and 4 at home against San Jose on April 19 and 21. If game six is necessary, it will be at Staples Center on April 25. A Lil Wayne concert set for April 21 will be rescheduled.