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- Word out of KCBS/KCAL is that there have been layoffs today, including assistant news director Jim Hattendorf. Also, the copy desks of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, San Bernardino Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin will be consolidated in West Covina in January, it was announced there today.
- "Tavis Smiley" senior producer Carole Chouinard is leaving Los Angeles (and the show) for Reno.
- Ramon Cortines is official as the new L.A. Unified superintendent, which is what the mayor probably had in mind all along. LAT
- Los Angeles County will send 112 sheriff's deputies to the capital for the Obama inauguration, in theory with the cost to be reimbursed by the Washington PD. L.A. Now
- How the new, presumably more accurate radio ratings are shaking up the dial and what's believed about the SoCal audience. LAT
- Was Time Warner's ever-lousier service the reason for my lack of Internet connection this morning (and last night?) LAist
- Historic Filipinotown wants its own ceremonial arch. Eastsider LA