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Friday short stack:
- The Obama administration will review the deportation proceedings for 300,000 illegal immigrants to identify "low-priority" offenders — including the elderly, crime victims and people who have lived in the U.S. since childhood — with an eye toward allowing them to stay. LAT
- The U.S. Justice Department will investigate allegations that the sheriff's office discriminates against minorities in low-income housing in Palmdale and Lancaster. LAT, AP
- Thousands of Southern California grocery workers will take a strike authorization vote today and Saturday while the major supermarket chains finalize contingency plans in case of a walkout. DN, KPCC News
- City Hall machinations over a new bus bench contract, with conflicts of interest and revolving-door politics, and inevitably fewer benches for L.A. bus riders. LAT, DN wires
- Councilman Tom LaBonge has proposed that Los Angeles annex East LA’s Whiteside neighborhood. Eastern Group
- What to do about the hazards in Eaton Canyon. Altadena Patch
- Author Gary Phillips revisits his old African American neighborhood around Slauson Avenue and Figueroa Street, now with more of a Latino feel. LAT/Hector Tobar
- UCLA grad student Kjerstin Gruys blogs about swearing off mirrors for the year before her wedding. Fishbowl LA
- Retired former Dodgers Brad Ausmus talks in detail about being a catcher in the major leagues for 18 seasons. Fresh Air
- Literary commentator Marc Haefele argues on Saturday's "Off-Ramp" that Carey McWilliams is required reading for anyone who is serious about understanding Los Angeles. KPCC, noon.