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LAT calls for stadium approval, Rutten on KPCC, KFI leads morning ratings, inside The Wrap, production begins on "Mad Men," plus zombies in Topanga.
Detectives will expand their search for possible links to Grim Sleeper murder suspect Lonnie Franklin to 230 missing persons cases, but there is zero evidence linking him at this point. LAT
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that would award all of California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a move intended to ensure that the winner of the popular vote becomes president. Bee, AP
An L.A. Times editorial calls on the City Council to approve a memo of understanding with AEG for the Downtown stadium. "The most important questions now have been asked and answered as well as they can be in such an early stage of such a complex project." LAT
After city approval of the MOU, what's next for Farmers Field? Blogdowntown
Former L.A. Times columnist Tim Rutten talks about AEG's downtown stadium plan on "The Madeleine Brand Show," 9:22 a.m. on KPCC.
By next year Estuardo Ardon could become the most beloved or hated man in Los Angeles, as the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit challenging the city's telephone users tax, says Kerry Cavanaugh. DN
Facebook has agreed to work with law enforcement agencies to remove accounts set up by inmates or posted on their behalf, in part because prisoners are using the social networking site to stalk victims and direct criminal activity, California prison officials said. AP
In San Francisco, interim mayor Ed Lee changed his pledge not to run and filed to seek election to the post. LAT, Chronicle, Bay Citizen, Prop Zero
KFI's talk programs led the morning drive-time Arbitron ratings, with 7.3% of the radio audience in those hours. LAT
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas was on "Which Way, L.A.?" last night talking about the furor over the role of Fullerton police in the death of Kelly Thomas. KCRW
Linda Dishman, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy, guests on "Airtalk with Larry Mantle" to talk about Richard Neutra's Kronish House and other preservation issues. 11:30 a.m. KPCC.
Howard Kurtz, formerly a colleague of Sharon Waxman's at the Washington Post, featured an inside video look at The Wrap and its newsroom on Sunday's "Reliable Sources" on CNN. The Wrap
Email from Sitrick's Glenn Bunting: "Effective immediately, I have left Sitrick And Company to start my own strategic communications firm." His new letterhead lists venues as San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland.
Production began on the fifth season of "Mad Men." LAT
Zombie outbreak in Topanga Canyon? Witness LA