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Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, announced on "Good Morning America" and in a tweet that she is running for president as a Republican. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is expected on Tuesday. NPR, NYT, AP, Twitter
Campaign coverage via Snapchat could shake up the 2016 elections. NYT
Hollywood bundlers are losing the spotlight to the high-rollers who write giant checks, says Todd Purdum. Politico
Remember: Hillary Clinton comes to town Thursday for fundraisers at the homes of Kathy Unger (breakfast), Dayna and Steven Bochco (lunch) and Haim and Cheryl Saban (dinner.) On Wednesday, J.J. Abrams and and his wife Katie McGrath host House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for a $5,000 per couple funder for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. LAO, Variety
Steve Lopez columnized that if Mayor Garcetti If Garcetti "has a pair of big boy pants," his DWP chief Marcie Edwards will be out of a job by lunchtime today. LAT
Garcetti's DWP director stands up for union boss Brian D'Arcy. LA Weekly
City Hall is paying heavily for bias suits against the LA Fire Department. LAT
The City Council runoff between Carolyn Ramsay and David Ryu "poses a stark choice between a political heir apparent taking a familiar route to the council — a long-time aide replacing her boss — and an unexpected contender who has pitched himself as the antidote to the status quo," says Emily Alpert Reyes. LAT
Fanchon Blake, an LAPD officer whose class-action lawsuit forced the department to treat women and minorities better, died at age 93. LAT
David Letterman, This Are Your Life.
Simon Weaving, the Australian film critic who gave the only positive review to Sony’s “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” — spoiling what would have been the first perfect zero on Rotten Tomatoes — has rightfully taken some abuse. NYT
United Airlines has evolved its in-flight magazine Rhapsody into a lofty literary journal. NYT
KCET is looking to hire a senior digital news producer to "oversee the pilot and incubation stage of Mosaic World News." KCET
Tonight is the Met Gala benefit for the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art — the mother of all social events that all museum fundraisers aspire to be. NYT
Maya Plisetskaya, the Bolshoi ballerina who danced on stage into her 60s, died in Munich at age 69. NYT
The Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo acquired 450 artifacts and artworks created in internment camps during World War II, with help from actor George Takei. LAT, NYT
Nepal Earthquake Was So Powerful It Shook the U.S. CityLab
How the 1992 L.A. Riots Sparked My Imagination and Opened My Eyes. Zocalo Public Square
The downtown Arts District is turning into something of a beer district. Los Angeles Magazine
California’s first urban cricket farm for human consumption will open in a Van Nuys warehouse. DN
Muralist Kent Twitchell is currently recreating his “Freeway Lady” mural from Echo Park on the Student Services Building at LA Valley College. NoHoArtsDistrict.com
The Ace Hotel on Broadway downtown sold for $103 million, will remain the Ace. Curbed LA
Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell and Ivan Neville will headline a benefit show at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills on May 27 to raise money for musician and composer Marty Grebb, who is battling cancer. Billboard, Canyon Club
Chris Paul is questionable for tonight's first game in the Clippers' second-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets. ESPN.com
The Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary and lead 2-0 in their Stanley Cup playoffs series. ESPN
Former Dodger Ron Roenicke was fired as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. MLB.com
NFL.com has a Los Angeles Rams team page.
What a game! Congrats to our Los Angeles Clippers--you make our city proud! #thespiritofLA @LAClippers
— Eric Garcetti (@ericgarcetti) May 3, 2015Scientists to analyze warm Pacific “blob” at Scripps Oceanography workshop https://t.co/jEbeuDamNj pic.twitter.com/8KNe86qlzt
— Scripps Oceanography (@Scripps_Ocean) May 1, 2015Caught on video: shirtless man rescued after getting stuck upside down on basketball hoop http://t.co/nVG4hZtkx4 pic.twitter.com/LBihWZWjW6
— KTLA (@KTLA) May 3, 2015"Have you dined with us before?"
"No but I'm familiar with the concept of restaurants so I think I'll be ok."
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) May 3, 2015Wishing Mayor Richard Riordan a happy 85th, with a back yard and patio filled with his old and dears. pic.twitter.com/K58VYJ9QTL
— MarthaGroves/LATimes (@marthaGroves) May 3, 2015