- National Spelling Bee is down to just 15 adorable nerds - LA Times (spoilers if you are going to watch it tonight)
- Headline of the day: Lady Who Fucked Up Iraq to Fix It - Wonkette
- Gang crimes down 32%, slackers - LAT
- Tommy Lasorda, representing the LA Dodgers, acquired a 40-foot bus from the MTA with help from Tom LaBonge and donated it to some underprivileged sports writers in the Dominican Republic - MLB.com
- Monorail? Monorail! - Bottleneck Blog
- Jerry West "absolutely not" coming back to the Lakers. Which means he'll be right over. - Daily News
- Mayor Tony backs Hillary Clinton - All American Patriots
- Look at those bigass Santa Barbara prawns - Yummy LA
- Transformers will premiere at LA Film Fest - Hollywood Reporter
- Lady burned by church candles in Pacoima gets paid - AP
- Jill Hill interviews the hottest highschool track n fielder... ever, and concludes "you go girl" - KCBS
- J.A. Adande, out - LA Times
- David Hyde Pierce, out - Defamer
AP photo of Andrew Lay, after he spelled negus, by Jacquelyn Martin




Al Martinez out at the LA Times, too. Not by choice, either. One of my last remaining reasons to continue reading the paper I grew up with, gone. Be well, Elmer.