Here's the Orange County Register newsroom email that went out looking for volunteers to cover Los Angeles.

Pat Kingsley talks. Californians' view of labor sours. Family connections in California politics. Los Angeles County surpasses ten million people. June Mountain reopens and the Proud Bird stays open. Plus more.

The leak was accurate: the Orange County Register is planning to expand into Los Angeles County. The new paper will publish seven days a week after the first of the year, and they are thinking big.

Former city of Bell administrator Robert Rizzo will plead guilty to federal felony charges and face a maximum of eight years in prison, prosecutors just announced.

After the fire department shut down its popular Twitter feeds, citing some new lawyer advice, Mayor Eric Garcetti's spokesman told them to not be ridiculous. The feeds are back up.

Hollywood development plan may be tossed out. City Council drops gift hike. Council members in Jerusalem. Brown gets extension of prison deadline. Paul Tanaka's concealed weapons record. Two LAPD officers arrested. Sriracha shortage begins. Loyola Law gets fashionable. Plus more.

The renowned Crenshaw High School Elite Choir sang today for President Obama and the holiday celebration in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

Jerry Hairston Jr. retires as a player at 37 to join the TV crew, according to reports. "Game will not miss me but I will miss it," he says on Twitter.

$5.9 million for LAPD cops given ticket quota. DWP worker contract ratified. Duck boat tours on the LA River? Baca's ill-timed fundraiser. HuffPost changes its comments practice. Ex-LAT president lands at Sirius XM. Speaking with Benedikt Taschen. Jimmy Kimmel on when it's cold in LA. Plus downtown's long-ago war on hills. And more.

KPCC is continuing to hire in strategic areas, but the Sacramento bureau is closing and three reporter slots were eliminated. The growing newsroom is now 95 strong, one of the biggest in LA in any medium.

One source says the topics will include expansion into Los Angeles.

The Tribune Co. took concrete steps on Tuesday to formally spin off its newspapers from the parent company and, some would argue, cast them adrift from the more profitable TV stations until someone comes along to buy the LA Times and other papers. But Times reporters and editors have already gotten a new look at life as a corporate orphan, and it isn't reassuring.

There are two winners from print, two from broadcast, and a new media representative. Plus a special award to a local public information officer.

More sheriff arrests fallout. LAPD cracks down on downtown jaywalking with $250 tickets. Delta water tunnels may not deliver. Recount dropped in the Valley. Striking social workers to hit Board of Supes meeting. In praise of LAT's David Willman. USC gets its OJR back. Plus more.

While today's indictments were not unexpected, Baca said, "it is nevertheless a sad day for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. We do not tolerate misconduct by any deputies."

Angela Spaccia, the former assistant city administrator in Bell, was found guilty today on 11 of 13 counts of felony corruption, including misappropriation of public funds. She was found not guilty on one charge; another ended in a hung jury.

Weisman and the team announced he is leaving Variety (where he is a senior editor covering television) to become the Dodgers director of digital and print content. Dodger Thoughts will suspend publication.

The FBI moved in this morning to start arresting current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and officials on criminal corruption and civil rights charges. U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. has scheduled a 1 p.m. news availability in the downtown federal building.

LAX rail line. City Council members get a raise. Garcetti chief of staff could be looking to run. Robert Sam Anson remembers his five months as editor of Los Angeles Magazine. Bicyclist killed in collision with sheriff's car. Paul Walker tribute in Valencia. Plus more.

The former manager of the Dodgers, now a baseball official, was chosen by a special veterans committee to enter the Hall of Fame next year. He was elected along with retired managers Bobby Cox and Tony LaRussa.

It was last December 9 that the news came out of Mexico that the popular LA-based singer Jenni Rivera had died in a plane crash. The news led to a crushing outpouring of emotion by her fans and by music critics who knew and admired her, followed by the public struggles of the mainstream news media to figure out the meaning of this mega-star in the Latino world living among us in Encino.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association could not decide between "Gravity" and "Her" for best film of the year, but they gave the director award to Alfonso Cuaron for "Gravity."

It's the first time the Bruins have a won a national title in women's soccer, despite regularly placing women on Olympic teams. It's the 110th national athletic title overall for UCLA, an NCAA record.