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Mehserle gets out of jail, Brown takes to YouTube again, a resignation at Airports, Michelle Obama and Republicans come to town, HuffPost hires again and much more for a Monday.
Johannes Mehserle, a BART officer when he shot and killed unarmed suspect Oscar Grant III in 2009, was released from a Los Angeles County jail this morning after serving 11 months of a two-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. AP
Gov. Jerry Brown posted his latest update on the state budget negotiations in a video running 2:30. YouTube
Two front-page politics stories in the L.A. Times over the weekend said that the new state and congressional districts put pressure on California Republicans to become more moderate or lose power, and that Democrats are losing ground with Latinos.
Mike Molina announced his resignation as deputy executive director-external affairs at Los Angeles World Airports to join an unnamed "LA-based public affairs firm." He was formerly the chief of staff to Councilwoman Janice Hahn.
City Council members are planning low-key celebrations of their new terms that start on July 1. Rick Orlov's Tipoff/DN
Plans for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System, to link Los Angeles County's 50 law enforcement agencies and 31 fire departments, "are beset by sloppiness, recriminations and politics," says Jim Newton. LAT
First Lady Michelle Obama will be in Los Angeles to support an Entertainment Guilds program that supports military families and to attend Democratic fundraisers in Pasadena and Beverly Hills. She's also to film a special appearance on Nickelodeon's "iCarly." NBC LA
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a potential Republican presidential candidate, accused the Obama administration of transforming abortion into a U.S. export and breaking faith with the nation’s founding principles by supporting taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research. He spoke Sunday to a mostly Hispanic crowd at a Los Angeles anti-abortion rally. AP
Newt Gingrich spoke Sunday night in Beverly Hills hoping to reboot his presidential campaign. CBS LA, AP
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, announced the birth Sunday of a son weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces.
The Patch.com local news effort is still very much a work in progress, says James Rainey, in a column posted shortly after he solicited Twitter feedback. LAT
Michael Hogan, Executive Digital Editor of Vanity Fair, has jumped to Executive Features Editor of AOL Huffington Post Media Group and Editor-in-Chief of Moviefone and AOL TV. Via release
Theater critic Charles McNulty writes about how he began to learn about the theater, starting as literary intern at the Public Theater in New York. LAT
Dr. Karen S. Sibert, a Los Angeles anesthesiologist, argues that the decision by doctors to work part-time "has serious consequences for patients and the public." NYT op-ed
Former L.A. Times sports staffer Robyn Norwood wrote about USC and the NCAA for USA Today.
Berkeley Square is a blog about the West Adams neighborhood. Franklin Avenue
Freakonomics Radio will air on KCRW for five Sundays starting June 19 at 11 a.m.
The W. M. Keck Foundation will announce its largest gift ever, $150 million to boost scientific research at USC's medical school and at two affiliated hospitals. LAT
"Book of Mormon" was the big winner at Sunday night's Tony Awards in New York. NYT
The city's crackdown on unlicensed dogs has created a bureaucratic and legal mess for many Los Angeles dog owners. DN
Frederic Rosen, the creator of Ticketmaster, is trying again in the tickets business. NYT
Historically speaking, Angels Flight ran like clockwork. Blogdowntown
Imagining the design of new parks in Los Angeles. LA at Home
James Arness, the "Gunsmoke" actor who died last week, was a big surfer in Orange County. Register