LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced this morning's death of six-year veteran Roberto Sanchez, 32, of the Harbor station. He is the third officer to die while driving in recent weeks.

Great line (from 1959) about one benefit of his unusual name: "It’s kept me out of westerns. I can’t imagine a Hopalong Zimbalist.”

Howard Sunkin opens a new firm with City Hall lobbyist John Ek. Read the email inside.

Here's as sure a sign as any about the extent of the California snowfall drought.

Selective catching up after staying away from the LA news for a little while. Don Sterling fallout, politics, media, more.

The Kings clinching win last night was stirring enough to the fan base that a lot of them were on the Imperial Highway side of LAX when the Kings got back from San Jose this morning.

KTLA's Courtney Friel was covering the afternoon's brush fire in the Inland Empire foothills on Wednesday when a shirtless man carrying a dog asked her for a date.

The LA Kings made a bit of NHL history night and now will face the Ducks in the playoffs for the first time ever.

It's probably reaching to say we're all Clippers fans tonight, but I choose to believe most are happy to hear that the Clips beat Golden State.

New season begins May 14 with some of the old team and some new faces. Expect a show that's more like the KCET website than the TV series that won all those awards.

In a fast-spinning day of news out of the Clippers and the National Basketball Association, some highlights stand out.

Gov. Jerry Brown posted this photo to Facebook Monday. "Back to the future! Cruising in my old blue Plymouth."

With the Donald Sterling situation continuing to spin out of control, new NBA commissioner Adam Silver has scheduled a morning press conference at which he's expected to announce the league's initial action against the Clippers owner. Mayor Eric Garcetti has shifted his schedule to hold a presser right after.

Two of Politico's bigger names are relocating to Los Angeles from the East Coast. It sounds less strategic and more about personal situations.

The only question is how bad. A Texas newspaper says many of the jobs appear headed to West Plano, outside Dallas.

Front door of Iglesia Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles on Saturday morning.

Garcetti has been using his personal account to post pics from inside the rope lines and events such as his walk to work on Wilshire Boulevard a few weeks ago. The NYT takes notice.

Question: Can the New York Times Magazine cover LA Westside politics without saying "Botox Belt" or "Nate 'n Al's"?

Occidental College professor Peter Dreier asks, aptly, why was the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP planning to give Donald Sterling its Lifetime Achievement Award on May 15? How could the group not know about Sterling's past of racist comments?

After Sterling's latest racist comments sweep the media, President Obama and Mayor Garcetti comment, Magic Johnson said he will never attend another Clippers game, and the Clippers themselves played and lost.