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Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Sunday joined a growing list of Democrats calling on San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign due to allegations that he has sexually harassed women. LAT, U-T San Diego
In New York, Anthony Weiner lost the campaign manager for his fading race for mayor. AP
Mayor Garcetti's Monday: He attends the 9 a.m. groundbreaking for a new fire station in Panorama City and at 10:30 launches "the first L.A. 'Neighborhood Blitz' repair day, kicking off an operation that will dispatch a city pothole repair truck to every neighborhood in the city twice over the next year." That's at 10:30 at the corner of Woodman Avenue & La Maida Street in Sherman Oaks.
Cindy Montañez campaign consultant Parke Skelton said he was "bewildered" by how his team, which expected to beat Nury Martinez by at least 8 points, lost. "In retrospect," he said, "We could have done polling. It might have shown us the danger we were in." DN
Rick Orlov's Monday Tipoff column. DN
An interview with religious scholar Reza Aslan about his new book, "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth," on why he would write it as a Muslim "may just be the single most cringe-worthy, embarrassing interview broadcast on Fox News." Slate
Jacob Soboroff's landing spot after leaving HuffPost Live is as co-host (with Cara Santa Maria) on a new flagship daily news and talk show on TakePart TV.
Patt Morrison is the guest host all week for Larry Mantle on KPCC's "Airtalk."
KCETLink named two more vice presidents, elevating Palencia Turner to Vice President of Development and Ariel Carpenter to Vice President of Communications.
WeHoVille's Kickstarter campaign to raise $35,000 for a print edition expired with just $850 in pledges. WeHo News
Beverly Hills Courier publisher Clif Smith says in his print edition that the LA Times' James Rainey is doing a "hit piece" on him and his small newspaper. BH Courier
Dennis A. Winston, a founding director and president of Californians Aware, died July 17 of cancer. CalAware
Eight people were arrested following what police called a major disturbance that injured several officers after the U.S. Open of Surfing event in Huntington Beach. ABC 7, LAT, AP
U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte "strongly implied" on ABC 7's "Newsmakers" there would be criminal indictments coming in the county jail brutality scandal, while on NBC 4 "News Conference" the ACLU's Mark Rosenbaum called for Sheriff Lee Baca's removal. Also: a possible challenger to Baca's reelection. Witness LA
Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh is under investigation by the sheriff's department for allegedly hindering the Christopher Dorner manhunt by landing his helicopter at a sheriff's facility. He says this is payback for his support of Baca challenger Paul Tanaka. LAT
Steve Lopez goes out with a Neighborhood Watch group formed after a rash of burglaries in Cheviot Hills. LAT
LA's 1930s Chinatown "has the feel of a museum. Grimy storefronts gather dust, abandoned by second- and third-generation locals and ignored by a shrinking trickle of tourists....But a new Chinatown is emerging — one that is less Chinese." LAT
Asiana Airlines pilots have an unusually high rate of aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport — six to eight times more "go-arounds" than would be expected given the airline’s number of flights. This comes amid concern about the training of some foreign pilots. SF Chronicle, LAT
Luis J. Rodriguez is the first Latino and first active public defender elected to head the State Bar. DN
Sean "Diddy" Combs wants to create an LA version of NYC's New year's Eve ball drop for his new music-centric cable channel Revolt. Franklin Avenue
The Twelfth Church of Christ, Scientist congregation in Van Nuys that dates to 1914, has sold its 1932 Meyer and Holler-designed church for $2.2 million to the Canoga Park Spanish Seventh-day Adventist congregation, which did not have a home. The final services were Sunday. DN
Chinatown photo: LA Observed
