This is the first promotion I've seen for the LA Register. It ran on the video scoreboard at Dodger Stadium before the Kings-Ducks game tonight.

It turns out if you plant Mexican fan palms in Utah, they freeze and die. Go figure. Plus Mojave's two bent palms, Moorpark's two criss-crossed trees, and palms for the Bay Bridge?

The American snowboard racer has now won more X Games gold medals than any other female athlete. She seems recovered from a torn ACL and meniscus.

Eric Rose posted to Facebook this view of Dodger Stadium tonight from LAPD Air 3.

For many Hollywood Democrats, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is apparently their number two choice for president in 2016, after Hillary Clinton. He was in Brentwood Thursday night for a fundraiser.

In the annals of weather records, this is one nobody wanted to break, says the Bee. Not since 1884 has Sacramento gone this many winter days without rain or snow.

The high pressure ridge keeping us dry also left Mavericks with the ideal combination of big swells and no wind or weather.

Everything is ready for Saturday's outdoor Kings-Ducks game at Dodger Stadium. The rink is up and the media have done their job promoting the event. Remember, this is not the first outdoor hockey game in LA.

Media analyst Ken Doctor got his latest briefing from Aaron Kushner on the progress of the experiment at the Orange County Register and Freedom. Doctor adds some research and analysis of his own and concludes, in essence, it's on track.

Christensen gives LA credit as a good enviro partner in an essay in High Country News, and she's not impressed.

The National Park Service said Thursday that the cub was untagged — not one of the cougars they have been following. Which is interesting.

Asra Q. Nomani was a close friend and Wall Street Journal colleague of Daniel Pearl. It was from her house in Karachi that the Los Angeles native left on January 23, 2002 for the interview he never returned from.

Here are two more LA palm trees that don't fit with their current locations -- plus one I do admire and KPCC's "Off-Ramp" takes on the subject.

SoCal leads both houses of the legislature. Smith and Wesson stops selling in California. The campaign for sheriff. A pilot episode of KCRW's "Press Play." The Palm to move. Media notes and more.

"California saved my life," the "Good Day LA" entertainment anchor says of the tumor discovered after she moved here and got bonked on the head by a surfboard.

Next Speaker looks to be from San Diego. Metro breaks ground on Crenshaw line. Expo Line a hit so far. Fares may be going up. Ridley-Thomas acknowledges some work on his house. Bobby Shriver's stock holdings. City Hall and media moves. New president of the LA Press Club. And much more.

UCLA Law professor Eugene Volokh — he graduated from college at age 15 — takes his popular center-right law, culture and politics blog to the Post, which loses Ezra Klein.

Times editors joke that BuzzFeed is "the online juggernaut known for hard-hitting reports such as 'The 25 Most Awkward Cat Sleeping Positions.'” But they regret losing Bensinger.

No changes in staff at the weekly are expected, but you can see Aaron Kushner working his way deeper into Los Angeles County.

Flights are dropping due to East Coast weather. A possible GOP candidate for governor. Nobody likes the helicopter noise law. City Hall and county notes. Grantland's Bill Simmons does the mea culpa. LAT editorial says get going on climate change. KCET to air "Democracy Now." And much more for the first workday after a holiday weekend.

Shriver and Sheila Kuehl are both of Santa Monica but they look to be the main choices for Democratic voters across a wide swath of Los Angeles County.

Nasty online bullying of women affects many people who you know. When it's aimed at journalists, it seeks to intimidate and silence.

Fun fact: the guns on the Iowa could hit downtown LA from San Pedro — that's like an hour and a half with traffic.

This might be the most beautiful surfing video you have seen (and heard.) Meanwhile, the National Weather Service warns of very big waves on all of Hawaii's islands this week.

New York Times media columnist David Carr becomes a skeptic about the great OC Register experiment. It's the layoffs and the lack of convincing specifics about the move into Los Angeles.

The mayor says anti-poverty money will go south of the 10 freeway, but there is a lot of upset and finger pointing.

Garza is going to Sacramento to be the... — well, you have to click and go inside to get her new job.