Extra Extra: Lights Out for LA (and for Mirthala Salinas)

• The LA County Board of Supervisors and the City Council are set to vote today on a "Lights Out Los Angeles" proposal, which would encourage all city employees to "voluntarily turn off all non-essential lights between 8 and 9 p.m. on Oct. 20, replace at least one incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb and pledge their participation on www.lightsoffla.org."
• Mirthala Salinas didn't show up to work today at her new gig in Riverside -- she and Telemundo have agreed to end their professional relationship, in the wake of fallout over her not-so-professional relationship with Mayor Villaraigosa.
• The Writer's Guild is now asking its members for authorization to strike -- contracts expire on October 31st and both sides look like they'll be pitching a fierce battle over contract negotiations.
• A man who barricaded himself inside an Encino apartment for hours this morning and threatened police has surrendered peacefully to authorities.
• Remember that crazy chick who was masquerading as a student at Stanford without actually being enrolled? Well, she made her way down to UCLA, and managed to pass herself off as a student in the philosophy department all summer long. Watch out, Trojans, she's coming your way next!
• Hillary Clinton pulled ahead after a strong third quarter to become the top fundraiser in the Democratic money race.
• The city's new Department of Transportation chief has promised to reach out to neighborhood councils to solve the city's many traffic woes.
• Wow, we'd hate to see what she'd do if somebody blew some leaves into her pool: an Anaheim woman shot her neighbor over a garden hedge dispute. The victim is "recovering nicely at home."
• BoingBoing TV? Sounds like fun to us! The popular blog will be launching an online news channel today.

Photo from the Los Angeles County Fair by peggyarcher via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr