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It's the coming-out-of-a-long-holiday-weekend edition.
Mayor Eric Garcetti vows to extend the film and TV production tax credit and include categories such as premium cable, commercial production and multimedia. The Wrap
Garcetti has announced a 10:30 a.m. meeting with general managers of city departments, with limited media coverage allowed.
Jim Newton column: Finally, we have a mayor and a city attorney who are on the same page. LAT Op-Ed
Rick Orlov's Tipoff: Garcetti's "consensus government," Alex Padilla, AD 45 election, Monica Ratliff. DN
Wendy Greuel might join the race for county Supervisor in Yaroslavsky's third district. KPCC
New Councilman Curren Price will hold his ceremonial swearing-in on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Trade-Tech. Radio personality Josefa Salinas will serve as mistress of ceremonies.
Jenny Chavez was named chief of staff for Councilman Joe Buscaino.
The Times endorsed Cindy Montañez in the July 23 special election runoff for City Council in the Valley. LAT editorial
Despite officials' assurances that the transition to Medi-Cal would not jeopardize their autism services, activists say hundreds of children are losing coverage for applied behavior analysis. LAT
LAUSD superintendent John Deasy's rocky relationship with the newly chosen president of the Board of Education, Richard Vladovic. LAT
The Wrap announced that Joseph Kapsch has been promoted to Executive Editor, Josh Dickey has rejoined as a Managing Editor, and Diane Garrett has been promoted to Senior Editor. The Wrap
Jace Lacob, deputy west coast bureau chief for the Daily Beast, has been named Entertainment Editorial Director at BuzzFeed. He will oversee entertainment coverage in LA and New York. Via Gorkana
Also: Roxana Kopetman recently transitioned to immigration reporter at the Orange County Register.
Frank Snepp, recently an investigative producer at NBC 4, is the author of two CIA memoirs and writes in an opinion piece that the Edward Snowden shows again that "the First Amendment can be a fickle friend for anyone who dares defy the guardians of 'official secrecy.'" CNN.com
Heather Havrilesky on a birthday trip to the DMV and discovering she had grown older: "I’m 43 years old now, goddamn it, and my life is amazing. So why do I keep comparing myself to some styled professional?" Aeon
Ten agencies and producers making Los Angeles "an epicenter of the converging worlds of marketing, technology and entertainment." Ad Week
How columnist Chris Epting of the Huntington Beach Independent became the leading voice against a ban on beach fire rings in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Corona del Mar. OC Weekly
Photographs of black Los Angeles by Harry Adams, Charles Williams and Guy Crowder are housed in the African American Photography Collection at Cal State Northridge's Institute for Arts & Media. LAT
Good line on Facebook on the Army coup that deposed Egypt's president, by Chris Parker: "When I was Daily News City Editor, I told my reporters that EVERY story had a Valley angle; they just needed to find it. They were doubtful. Fast-forward to today's biggest story: Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is a former CSUN professor."
TJ Simers has now been missing from the pages of the Los Angeles Times Sports section since June 13, and reportedly had a meeting with the paper's editor. Earlier: Peter Guber's Mandalay Sports Media is "developing a TV comedy loosely based on the life of acerbic Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers." Awful Announcing.com
Harry Shearer tweeted that "2 1/2 months off the air in Los Angeles will end imminently." Twitter
Barbara Bogaev guests again for Alex Cohen today on KPCC's "Take Two."
Sinai Temple rabbi David Wolpe's announcement that he will perform gay marriages "has set off a storm of protests in recent days, particularly from Persian Jews, reflecting not only the unusual makeup of the congregation but also the generational and cultural divisions among some Jews over how to respond to changing civil views of homosexuality." NYT
Casey Wasserman is "a sports agent with Hollywood in his blood." NYT
When boys grow up in Hollywood as Casey did — rich, surrounded by celebrities, with V.I.P. concert tickets a phone call away — they often emerge as world-class jerks. Casey somehow came out a mensch....Astoundingly, Wasserman Media represented the No. 1 overall draft pick last year in five professional sports: men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, soccer and football.
The "silent epidemic" of Valley Fever is spreading in the Southwest with more than 20,000 reported cases annually, especially in California and Arizona. "Although most people exposed to the fungus do not fall ill, about 160 die from it each year, with thousands more facing years of disability and surgery. About 9 percent of those infected will contract pneumonia and 1 percent will experience serious complications beyond the lungs." NYT
Q&A with Los Angeles sports collector Gary Cypres by Tom Hoffarth. DN
It appears based on signage that the Cahuenga Boulevard studio of car customizer Dean Jeffries, who died in May, is for sale.
Crews to put boulders at Port Hueneme Beach to ward off sand erosion. Ventura County Star
The Dodgers may be in no better shape with Guggenheim than they were with McCourt, asserts Mike Ozanian. Forbes
