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Higher traffic and parking fines as a budget tool, LA vs. the Petersen auto museum, Saban goes Republican and more.
- Public officials looking to raise funds continue to raise the fines for minor parking and traffic offenses. LAT
- Meanwhile, the city of Los Angeles claims the Petersen Automotive Museum, owes $121,000 in uncollected parking taxes. LAT
- City officials will receive a detailed report today that will suggest from where they should lay off 1,000 workers over the next five months to cover a $200 million deficit in this year's $7.01 billion budget. DN
- Are the CRA's jobs creation claims really worth the cost? LA Weekly
- Democratic campaign donor Haim Saban has donated the maximum to Republican Meg Whitman’s gubernatorial campaign. LAT blog
- Prop. 8's challengers presented the weightier case in the San Francisco trial, but also faced the heavier burden: overturning a voter-approved law on a politically sensitive subject, with arguments that no federal court has yet addressed, much less accepted. Bob Egelko/SF Chronicle
- Bruce Davis, a minor member of the Manson family who was convicted in the 1969 killings of musician Gary Hinman and ranch hand Donald "Shorty" Shea, was recommended for parole. It eventually goes to the governor for review. LAT
- Supporters of legalizing marijuana gathered what is likely to be enough signatures to put a measure on the California ballot in November. LAT, Bee, SF Chronicle
- The New York Times has added 1,100 local subscribers since launching its San Francisco Bay Area section last fall, according to Jim Schachter, a senior Times executive. SF Business Times
- The Nevada Supreme Court voided awards that would have provided water to the Las Vegas pipeline planned across the state. Chance of Rain
- Author Mark Viera will talk about his new biography, "Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince," at 11:40 a.m. on KPCC's "Airtalk."