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Day one of the Mayor Eric Garcetti era: meetings with the public and with business groups, but not the old ones. DN, LAT, KPCC
His day two schedule includes interviews with KNX, KFWB and KCRW's "Which Way, LA?"
As Garcetti comes into office, most Angelenos are still getting to know him. Despite nearly two years of campaigning, his public image remains indistinct. Garcetti hasn't really decided who he is and what kind of mayor he wants to be. LA Weekly/Maddaus
The day after Los Angeles voters elected Eric Garcetti mayor of Los Angeles, something astonishing happened: He became Jewish. Zocalo Public Square
It was very much a “first day at school” kind of feeling at Los Angeles City Hall on Monday, with five new City Council members, a new city attorney and a new city controller taking over. DN
Editorial writer Robert Greene argues that the locked main entrances to City Hall should be opened again. LAT Opinion
Sheriff Lee Baca yet again "embraces a new round of department reforms pressed on him by an outside watchdog agency—in this case, the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division." But where was he when the suits were being filed? Witness LA
The Walt Disney Co. extended Robert Iger's contract as CEO for an additional 15 months after the chief executive weighed and decided against a possible run for governor of California, sources say. The Hollywood Reporter
Lessons for Texas politics in California's recent past: How to turn a red state blue. NPR
The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group Inc., is leaving California's individual health insurance market, the second major company to exit in advance of major changes under the Affordable Care Act. LAT
The U.S. Department of Justice demanded that Los Angeles County, Lancaster and Palmdale pay a total of $12.5 million to residents who the federal government found were victims of harassment and intimidation in the Antelope Valley. LAT
A BART strike in Northern California is really affecting the commute for thousands. SJ Mercury
What was Councilman Paul Koretz thinking when he "orchestrated a backroom, sweetheart deal to lease the million dollar vacant Fire House 83 to the Armenian Cultural Foundation for $1 a year for 50 years without even reaching out to or consulting with the Encino community and Encino Charter Elementary School and its parent body?" Jack Humphreville/CityWatch
Amy Nicholson was named a new chain-wide film critic for Village Voice Media, to be based at the LA Weekly. PR Newswire, Deadline
The obits on Elisabeth Coleman didn't mention that she was briefly an anchor on KABC Channel 7 here. A story is told in her circles: On her first day, the producer stopped her to give her two important words of advice. "Knockers up."
KPCC is advertising for an environment correspondent who "will lead SCPR’s two-reporter environment team in its coverage of environmental issues facing southern California, including climate change, water policy, the urban-wildlands interface, pollution, and more." American Public Media
Details are coming out on the daily newspaper we told you about last month that the OC Register plans to publish in Long Beach. LB Business Journal
The Board of Directors of the Society of Professional Journalists has selected Al Martinez to become a Fellow of the Society. It happens publicly at the SPJ conference at the Anaheim Marriott Aug. 24-26.
Reporter Amy Silverstein on The Most Bizarre Things I've Witnessed Living at Hollywood and Highland. LA Weekly
LAPD homicide detective Sal Labarbera on dealing with death as a way of life. Los Angeles Magazine
LAX Flyaway service has opened at the La Brea station of the Expo Line. Release
Former Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley faces a term of up to seven years and six months in jail when he's sentenced today for multiple misdemeanors for attacking and threatening his estranged wife. City News Service
UCLA Associate Athletic Director Michael Sondheimer resigned before a report on Channel 2 that he “attempted to engage children in sexual chats” online. CBS LA, LAT
Mirabelle on Sunset and Waffle Chix in Westwood are among the restaurants to close in June. Squid Ink
