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CHP officer killed in Redlands, Barbara Boxer's hair, Ryan Seacrest's TV future, the down side of Trutanich's power grab, plus what Gustavo Arellano plans to say at UCLA's graduation later today. And more, after the jump.
- A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer died during a high-speed pursuit Friday morning in Redlands. His name has been released. LAT
- The big winner so far in California's elections: Northern California. WSJ
- Carly Fiorina's laughter at Barbara Boxer's hair is now an issue: "Don’t talk about a woman’s hair." NYT, LAT, San Jose Mercury
- "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest, whose radio-show contract with Clear Channel's KIIS ends in November, is rumored to be mulling a jump to CBS. "The move would be predicated on CBS' interest in Seacrest hosting an afternoon Oprah-type show for the 2011 season." L.A. Radio
- Raphael J. Sonenshein, the political scientist who ran the L.A. city charter reform commission, calls City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's bid for grand jury powers a move to "vastly inflate the authority of the Los Angeles city attorney" and "a clear end run around the city charter." LAT Op-Ed
- The DA's office confirmed it has an open preliminary investigation into Councilman Bernard Parks' residency, looking at whether the home he claims as a candidate matches where he takes his property tax exemption. Betty Pleasant/Wave
- City library hours were cut to five days a week. LAT, DN
- Gustavo Arellano gives an advance hint of what he'll say in his UCLA commencement speech this afternoon: "I stand with the workers." Also, the LAT's Hector Tobar said he too got labor pressure not to speak at UC Irvine. Marketplace, LAT
Plus:UCLA hospital fined $95,000 for breaches of Michael Jackson's medical records. LAT - Next week's closing arguments in the Prop. 8 trial won't be televised, the chief U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco ruled. SF Chronicle
- The LA Weekly's cover story on tattooed chefs is a Village Voice Media chain theme: similar pieces already ran in recent months in the OC Weekly, SF Weekly and Phoenix New Times.
Plus: This week's LA Weekly also runs a VVM national series on "Hipanics among us." LAW - Retired LAPD deputy chief Sergio Diaz was named the chief of police in Riverside. Witness LA
- Ask ex-LAPD chief William Bratton anything. Wired.com
- Yeah, the lawn in front of the new LAPD headquarters Downtown has already gone brown. The story just begins there. LAT
- FBI and IRS investigators sealed off Upland City Hall and confiscated boxes of unknown items from the home of Mayor J.P. Pomierski. San Bernardino Sun
- Google News is experimenting with, gasp, human editors. Nieman Journalism Lab
- The Los Angeles Times will re-launch its TV Times guide on Sunday, June 13th via newsstands and retail outlets, and eventually in the home-delivered paper. Gary Scott
- The Greek Theater announced that The Go-Go's farewell tour show on July 24 has been canceled due to an injury to performer Jane Wiedlin. Refunds are available at point of purchase. Variety SoundCheck
- Backstage photos from Mikhail Baryshnikov's visit to REDCAT. ArtsMeme