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Baca goes right back at it after D.C. dustup, Whitman's spending, Jerry Brown's old apartment, LAist's owner close to sale and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards. Plus more, of course, after the jump.
- Days after he tangled with a Republican congressman about his ties to an Islamic nonprofit group, Sheriff Lee Baca speaks tonight to a Muslim American group near USC. LAT
- Meg Whitman spent $27 million on the governor’s race in just 11 weeks. LAT, Capitol Alert
- Jerry Brown backers are throwing a fundraiser in the Sacramento apartment where he lived as governor in the 1970s. Capitol Weekly
- Why reporters love campaign finance report filing deadlines. Capitol Notes
- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a measure to cut business taxes for about 1,400 Internet-based firms, a few of which had threatened to leave the city after their tax bills were raised. LAT
- The Board of Library Commissioners will vote Thursday on a plan for Sunday closures at the Central Library and eight regional libraries. LAT
- Despite continuing concerns over its operation of Los Angeles' red-light camera program, American Traffic Solutions won preliminary approval Monday for a three-month contract extension. DN
Plus: Right-turn cameras as revenue source spreads up north. Mercury News - State lawmakers voted Monday to outlaw smoking at state parks and beaches. SF Chronicle
- Eight more Los Angeles Unified schools, including San Fernando and Sylmar high schools, were added to the list of California's lowest-performing campuses. DN
- Michael Jackson's doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents. AP, LAT
- Gothamist, the blog network that owns LAist and blogs in 13 other cities, is close to being bought by Cablevision-owned Rainbow Media for $5 to $6 million. PaidContent
- Paralyzed former LAPD officer Kristina Ripatti-Pearce is preparing to hand-cycle 3,000 miles across country in the charity event, Race Across America. KABC
- Road trip to California City, by area the third largest city in the state. Curbed
- The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle handed out its 2009 awards Monday night, picking three best productions: "Life Could Be a Dream," "Parade" and "Stick Fly." Culture Monster
- A new documentary about Bill Cunningham -- photographer of "On the Street" and "Evening Hours" in the New York Times -- took 10 years to make, the first eight spent trying to get Cunningham to cooperate. NYT
- Norman Schureman, an instructor at Art Center College of Design, died after being shot at a Persian new year's party in Westlake Village. LAT, Ventura County Star