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Landon Donovan scores a big one for the U.S., Meg Whitman goes after Jerry Brown, L.A.'s most popular filming site, Yvonne Burke as lobbyist and Glenn Beck's turgid first novel. Plus more.
- The U.S. beat Algeria 1-0 on a goal in stoppage time by the Galaxy's Landon Donovan and advances to the next round at the World Cup. ESPN
- Meg Whitman begins airing a 60-second TV ad strongly critical of Jerry Brown. Capitol Weekly
- Question: Which is greater, the number of people who voted in this month’s California primary election, or the number of people who follow Britney Spears on Twitter? Ventura Star
- Griffith Park was the busiest local public site used for on-location filming in the first quarter of the year, followed by Venice Beach and the 6th Street Bridge, according to FilmL.A. Inc. The park was used on 150 production days. Company Town
- Hollywood wonders if the age of the movie as star vehicle is drawing to a close. NPR
- Former Supervisor Yvonne Burke has registered as a lobbyist and is representing East Shore RV Park, which leases county land to operate a campground on the banks of Puddingstone Lake near San Dimas. LAT
- LAUSD hired former Santa Monica schools superintendent John Deasy, an executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to be deputy superintendent at a higher salary than Supt. Ramon Cortines. LAT, DN
- Lisa Napoli reports on the lengths parents are going to in Santa Monica to raise money to keep the city's public schools intact. NPR, SMMEF
- The City Council's Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee recommended a November vote on a $39 parcel tax for the city's libraries. DN
- What's going on in the city of Maywood, which plans to lay off its employees, disband its Police Department and contract its operations to the Sheriff's Department and the neighboring city of Bell. LAT
- Tim Rutten reviews Glenn Beck's first stab at fiction: a less-than-thrilling plot to take over America and writing that's sub-par. LAT
- UCLA Live officially eliminated theater from its 2010-11 schedule, citing the economy. LAT
- Ellen DeGeneres sold an untitled book of humor to Grand Central for publication in fall 2011 because "I found that between my talk show, American Idol and my late night blogging, I didn't have enough ways to express myself." Publishers Lunch
- Olympic champion and former Kings analyst Cammi Granato was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. LAT
- KPCC editor Nick Roman guest hosts "Airtalk" today; among the billed guests are Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas on the troubles in the county Probation Dept. and author Daniel Okrent, the former public editor at the New York Times.
- Longtime business reporter Chris Welles died of Alzheimer's at age 72 in New York. NYT
- Edith Shain, the nurse being kissed by a sailor in Times Square on the last day of World War II in an iconic photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, has died at age 91, her family says. LAT