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Brian Alexik goes free, Kinde Durkee's lifestyle, Baca listens in jail, Jerry Brown and running again, plus more HuffPost announcements and a local media death. And: is Henry's Tacos worthy of historic status?
Brian Alexik, last year's "Reserve Lofts fugitive" in downtown, received a suspended prison sentence and probation after pleading to five felonies and is now working with his county-provided private investigator. Downtown News
Kinde Durkee's modest lifestyle doesn't seem to reflect the charges of financial mismanagement against her, but she did have bills to pay. LAT
Sheriff Lee Baca listened to complaints from county jail inmates and said things would be better. LAT
Plus: Sandy Banks says Baca should get things together. LAT column, DN editorial
The local redistricting focus now turns to the city and calls for a new City Council district, possibly a Latino-targeted district, in the Valley. DN
Jim Newton declares the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy "a scrappy group of dedicated activists, none of them in it for the money, pressing a controversial agenda with energy, creativity and verve." LAT op-ed
Rick Orlov's Monday Tipoff: Will Jerry Brown run again, L.A.'s gross receipts tax and more. DN
Occupy Los Angeles and the Trespass Parade "transformed [Downtown] into a set for political theater over the weekend." LAT
The immigrants trying to cross illegally from Mexico these days tend to be older and with family already in the U.S., "the hardest lot," an expert says. NYT
Should Henry's Tacos in North Hollywood be given historic-cultural monument status by the city? LandUseLA
Yahoo News and ABC News are partnering to share stories and feature Web video series, with an "integrated" bureau in Los Angeles and elsewhere. NYT
NPR named its new president and CEO, replacing Vivian Schiller. It's Gary Knell, CEO of Sesame Workshop since 2000. NPR
The Huffington Post launched four new sections: on weddings, high school, gay voices and boomers, and said that its page views went over a billion last month for the first time. Romenesko
Gregg Miller, who led the art department at the Daily News until leaving the paper a couple of years ago, died in his sleep over the weekend. He was 57. Services are pending. DN
The lucrative drug trade inside county jail is aided by corrupt sheriff's deputies used by inmates to penetrate tight security. LAT
The city of Arcadia is reconsidering its ban on address changes because of pressure from Chinese residents over multiple occurences of the number four. SGV Tribune
"The Mozza Cookbookâ is out by Nancy Silverton; she joins "Patt Morrison" on KPCC at 2:40 p.m.
As much as two inches of rain could fall in local mountains later this week. Wires