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DA's race field set, no answers in Mitrice Richardson death case, sheriff's staffers are blocked from seeing Witness LA blog, 70,000 stop sign tickets from those cameras in the mountains, plus dependency court on "SoCal Connected" and more.
The first race for district attorney without an incumbent in 50 years features Carmen Trutanich and five deputies in the DA's office, and a potential lawsuit over Trutanich's demand to be on the ballot as "chief prosecutor. LAT
Plus: Los Angeles City Councilmembers Mitch Englander, Jose Huizar, and Bill Rosendahl endorsed Trutanich for DA.
Sheriff's deputies and other staffers say their work computers have been blocked from reading Celeste Fremon's Witness LA website, which investigates the department and the jails. Her logs show the traffic from LASD work stations dropped off a cliff on Feb. 22. WLA
This week's "SoCal Connected" on KCET goes inside the L.A.County Dependency Court, showing for the first time the proceedings involving children and families.
After a yearlong probe, the sheriff's internal watchdog cannot resolve conflicting stories over whether deputies moved the skeletal remains of Mitrice Richardson without permission from the coroner. LAT, AP
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck explained in nice detail on "Patt Morrison" the department's original failure to connect detective Stephanie Lazarus to the murder of her boyfriend's wife, and the investigation that finally led to her conviction. KPCC
Those ticket-issuing cameras at rustic stop signs posted in the Santa Monica Mountains by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority collected $2.4 million in 2010 and have nabbed 70,000 drivers since 2007, says the LA Weekly.
The city of Hawthorne decided to keep its red-light cameras. Daily Breeze
Korean Air no longer wants to build two high-rise towers at the site of the former Wilshire Grand hotel, consolidating the project to one tower, 900 hotel rooms and fewer offices. The developer also parted ways with Thomas Properties Group. Downtown News
A Superior Court judge will allow the media full access to cover the civil trial of David Coppedge, the former Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee who alleges he was laid off due to his advocacy of the universe's creation through "intelligent design." SGV Tribune
Kelly Candaele on Samuel Beckett and "Waiting for Godot," which is now playing at the Marl Taper Forum. LA Review of Books
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw will be presented with the 2011 Sportsman of the Year award tonight at the LA Sports Awards, at Club Nokia.
