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- KTLA adds a new 6:30 p.m. newscast today, with Leila Feinstein and Emmett Miller anchoring — the first big change since Don Corsini came on as general manager. Franklin Avenue
- James Rainey retells the sad story of the Los Angeles County press corps, now down to four reporters on good days: "Back in my day, as many as a dozen full-time reporters walked this beat." A beat that the blogs we have today aren't rushing to fill. LAT
- Meanwhile, the county's chief planner, Bruce W. McClendon, was fired Friday and says it's because he blew the whistle on aides to the Board of Supervisors trying to improperly influence decisions on development plans. LAT
- Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and senior deputy Dan Rosenfeld discuss development plans for the 2nd district. Downtown News
- A 25-minute documentary on relations between blacks and the LAPD will be screened at Chief Bratton's first Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast. Orlov/DN
- City Attorney candidate Jack Weiss is hitting the airwaves with a TV spot timed to the Obama inauguration. Sausage Factory
- Former Jim Hahn and David Brewer communications chief Shannon Murphy makes $150,000 a year as spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Karen Bass. Sacto Bee
- The South Pasadena freeway fight is on again. Not that it ever really was off. LAT
- Robert Abele's freelance TV column was dropped by the LA Weekly since, as he says, owner Village Voice Media "killed all TV coverage, essentially." Fishbowl LA
- Lesley Balla stepped down as editor of Eater LA, hinting at a new gig — could she be the mysterious LA Weekly food blogger to be?
- Author Eric Stone's blog response to the Google deal that will throw a little money to authors whose books were scanned: "Looks like I'm going to get sixty bucks per book...Minus my agent's 15 percent, of course. Big whoop. This settlement sucks." Meanderings
- The artistic directors of the Geffen Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse and Center Theatre Group wrote a letter decrying the loss of theater critics and coverage. Culture Monster
From the weekend: Laurel Erickson gone from KNBC