A gunman apparently opened fire in Terminal 3 this morning. NBC reports one TSA agent has been killed and another wounded. The gunman has been identified and reportedly is in a hospital.

Electronics on flights. Santa Monica sues FAA. Lawmakers distance themselves from Calderon. Changes at City Hall. Hillary Clinton in Hollywood. Aja Brown sees Compton as new Brooklyn. Army Corps pressured over Sepulveda Basin clearing. New lawyer at LA Times. Plus more.

The UC Santa Barbara researchers who dissected tissue from the mysterious 18-foot oatfish that washed up last month on Catalina Island found some interesting parasites along for the ride.

Clifford V. Johnson steps out for the afternoon to draw.

She lets Kingsley Smith off easy, I think -- but his eyes might be bleeding anyway.

"Last week I promised Lou to get him out of the hospital and come home to Springs. And we made it!"

Or is it Wendy Greuel? Just kidding.

You might remember a couple of years ago when we posted a video featuring two throwback businesses that have survived in the Westlake neighborhood: McManus and Morgan, purveyor of fine art papers, and its neighbor on 7th Street, Aardvark Letterpress.

The newest northern white-cheeked gibbon — born Monday at the Santa Clarita center — will be on display at this Saturday's open house and fundraiser.

I'll be posting later in the day.

Al Jazeera America calls its scoop on a sealed FBI affidavit that accuses State Sen. Ron Calderon of taking more than $60,000 from phony Hollywood producers in exchange for legislation on better tax credits "an investigation that could become California’s biggest legislative scandal in more than two decades."

Forty-five minutes before landing, the pilot asked the cabin to remain seated when they reached Los Angeles so the military escort could deplane first. He also warned passengers not to be alarmed by the fire trucks. The LAFD, he said, greets all fallen soldiers with a water cannon salute.

Huizar accuser sues to prevent testimony. Garcetti's Washington report. Pushing for LAX transportation center and people mover.Bill Moyers to end show. New SoCal bestseller. Ex-NYT editor takes over at Mashable. Nasty Gal HQ in downtown. And more.

Mark Berry was 17 when he and a friend stole some dynamite and, in Sept. 1976, blew up the Alabama Spillway gate on the Los Angeles Aqueduct in the Owens Valley.

Brazilian extreme surfer Carlos Burle may have successfully ridden the biggest wave known to have been surfed — estimated at about 100 feet high. But first he saved top female surfer Maya Gabeira, unconscious and drowning after a wipeout.

Days of backstage political drama end with the district's top official and the school board agreeing that he will continue to run the place until 2016.

The announcement this afternoon by Fox 11 general manager Kevin Hale that Smith had resigned to pursue that magical career path — other opportunities — ends a 20-year association with Fox stations. It also smacks of being pushed.

It's Deasy day at LAUSD. Sheriff deputy survives gun shot thanks to cellphone charger. California to coordinate global warming policy with Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Garcetti, Greuel, Santana, Noguez, Fleischman, Oney and more.

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives are working to solve the homicide of a woman that took a macabre twist on Monday.

Mountain lion photographed during the day in the San Gabriels. More on Griffith Park's P-22. And it's tarantula mating season, so step lively.

LA writer and political blogger Mickey Kaus was the instigator of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground performing in 1968 at a student assembly. He recalls the day.

Erica Jong is out marking the 40th anniversary of "Fear of Flying." The tickets are for Wednesday evening.

Installment number eight gazillion in a series, but not unamusing. From a writer at Gothamist.

Well done — nails a minor scourge of our time. From XKCD: The comic of romance, sarcasm, math and language.

The way the online world, the media and local institutions abuse both the subject of LA history and the generally lazy news trope of anniversary stories, it's surprising this doesn't happen more.

Lou Reed tributes. City of LA's highest paid employee. Greuel's new gig. USC not all happy about Villaraigosa. Gawker outing falls flat. LAPD officer hurt in late-night crash. LAT film writer leaves. Texting penalties state by state. And more.

Murray served two years of his four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson.

Harvard-Westlake is the tony private academy that produced Eric Garcetti. Westlake High School is a public school.

David Allen, the columnist for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, recently went on vacation in Northern California. For him, nine days on the road means stops at record stores and bookstores.