Steve Soboroff shared a photo after last week's news about the e-book of "Fahrenheit 451." Plus: a typewriter documentary?

He cites distractions and blames enemies and the media, of course.

San Fernando Mayor Mario Hernandez is expected to face a crowd calling for his resignation at next week's City Council meeting, but his girlfriend will be in Israel.

Media and politics notes, plus a Hollywood obituary and more.

Over half the specimens at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden suffered some kind of wind damage. Sobering pictures.

Tonight's report, at 8:30 p.m., focuses on extravagant spending by the agency and its officials, including on personal items.

Confirming what we reported in October, Barnes & Noble stores CEO Mitchell Klipper says the only reason the store is leaving Westside Pavilion is the mall's rent hike when the...

The state has taken the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve off the parks closure list.

The National Weather Service update for Mammoth Mountain contained a startling fact.

The animal sanctuary on Little Tujunga Canyon Road is again on the verge of financial collapse and closure, founder Martine Colette says.

San Gabriel Valley catches a break from winds, Occupy LA arrestees still in jail, Villaraigosa headed to Asia and Cuomo coming to town, plus more.

Main Street, Santa Monica by Judy Graeme.

Protesters occupy railroad tracks in a German forest to block a train carrying nuclear waste.

What's that, half a million people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area bedding down for a second night without electricity?

A couple of hardy surfers hit the waves today on Lake Tahoe — at 6,225 feet above sea level.

DWP's map of outages is impressive. Plus: historic Los Feliz deodars down.

Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Phil Spector, even Conrad Murray — Sgt. Steve Wheatcroft has walked them all past the paparazzi and into court.

Ed Fuentes, the Downtown photographer and muralist, examines the case for preserving the mural created on the plywood box that city crews had erected in the Occupy LA camp to protect a fountain.

Pasadena really took the brunt of last night's wind storm.

The air over the Pacific Northwest has been at his highest barometric pressure in a long time. Instant wind down here.

Winds close schools and more, Baca was told of jail abuse but did nothing, Occupy LA aftermath and more.

Image consultants hired by the city of Glendale reported back this week after a year of marketing research. Bad news.

So windy in LA that twice the usual amount of sad tumbleweeds made of broken dreams just blew down my street.

All passenger terminals and runway 25R were affected by an hour-long power outage tonight at Los Angeles International Airport.

The red flag restrictions that limit parking on many streets in the hills and canyons kick in at 8 a.m. Thursday. I'm kind of surprised they are not in force tonight.

The Expo Line has taken its next big step on the path from construction project to actual light-rail transit line.

Sue Grafton, Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography and "The Tiger's Wife" by Téa Obreht lead their respective bestseller lists in Southern California again, but there's a new leader in trade...

"I'm so proud," she told co-host Steve Edwards during the live feed of the ceremony on "Good Day L.A."

Photographer Iris Schneider has been documenting the Occupy LA camp almost from the start, and she went back this morning to see what remains.

Before the Wilshire boys, Gaylord and William, became known more for the street they put their name on in 1887, they ran a safe company in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

High winds, Westwood loses four movie screens, an old local pol dies and more.

The breakdown is 290 booked for failure to disperse, one for battery on a police officer and one for interfering with an officer.

Raid looks like it's about to happen.

The Island of Long Beach is promoting a huge 'shopping, dining and entertainment district" around the Queen Mary and promising to create 300,000 jobs.

Yes, Ray Bradbury used to say that he would never embrace e-books or the Internet. But, well, you know.

Dr. Conrad Murray was just sentenced to four years in L.A. County jail for his part in the death of Michael Jackson.

Gov. Brown on pepper spray, mayor tested by Occupy LA, Chief Beck tweets, blaming the tar pits and more.

KPCC's head office has wanted to do something with a Latino flavor for awhile. Read the job posting.

Jim Romenesko contacted Jasna Hodzic after her photo of campus police Lt. John Pike using pepper spray on passive students hit the web.

Are any of the small cities in Los Angeles County not havens of crazy or worse?

Arellano moves up from managing editor after the resignation, effective Dec. 2, of editor Ted Kissell.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is telling the media today that last night's deadline on Occupy LA came and went as planned, and that there will definitely be an eviction showdown if protesters refuse to leave, but he repeated that the eviction would come when it "makes sense: for police officers and the protesters.

UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero relieved football coach Rick Neuheisel of his duties this morning.

Rep. Waters is next in line to become ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services committee.

The U.S. Border Patrol is planning to spend $4.3 million trying to extend the border fence with Mexico 300 feet into the Pacific Ocean off Imperial Beach, but it's not easy to do.

Police said the arrests were of protesters who refused to get out of the street opposite City Hall or who threw things at officers. The camp remains, but smaller.

Villaraigosa hits the airwaves, somebody is polling on Rick Caruso, Arianna Huffington interviews Scarlett Johansson and more.

Some campers have left, the crowd has grown with sympathizers, and there has been milling in the traffic lanes of 1st Street at Spring, inhibiting passing cars but no actual trouble. Police presence: light.

Supporters of Occupy LA have been sounding the alarm all day about a supposed LAPD raid of the encampment after tonight's midnight deadline. But the LAPD says: who, us?

The Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers are reporting, based on "multiple sources close to the program," that UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel will be let go after the Pac-12 Conference championship game on Friday.