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Election result updates, closing L.A. libraries two days a week, the City Council gets involved in Arizona again, Mayor Villaraigosa on the Critical Mass video, Yaroslavsky on his John Wooden dinners, plus Lindsay Lohan and some media hiring notes.
- Election updates with the count at 100%: Jane Harman goes 59-41 over Marcy Winograd, Rocky Delgadillo pulls ahead of Nava to only finish fifth in the AG race, Mike Gatto wins the 43rd AD runoff, and Boxer challenger Brian Quintana gets more than twice as many votes as Mickey Kaus. Plus: Prop 13 and 14 win, 15, 16 and 17 lose. Secretary of State
- Measure E, the LAUSD parcel tax request, got 53% but needed two-thirds. County results
- Looks like almost 20% of registered voters in L.A. County voted, almost a third of them by mail. County Registrar-Recorder
- The city's library commission will vote Thursday on reducing library hours, already cut to six days, to five days a week. The new city budget calls for reducing 28% of the workforce. Central Library would be open Tuesday through Saturday. Agenda
- The City Council wants the city to file an amicus brief in the lawsuit challenging the Arizona immigration law. LAist
- Mayor Villaraigosa called the video of an LAPD officer's kick at bike riders during the Critical Mass ride protesting BP "disturbing." Streetsblog, Bike Coalition
- An LAPD crackdown on those fake film characters outside Hollywood and Highland netted at least 13 arrests. Daily News
- Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky describes his yearly dinners with John Wooden at the Valley Inn and a remarkable final get together at which Joe Torre and Mike Scioscia took part. Zev Web
- Councilman Jose Huizar hosts a forum on election reform on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the City Council chambers.
- Altegrity, the security firm where former LAPD chief William Bratton and ex-councilman Jack Weiss work, is buying corporate investigative services provider Kroll. NYT
- A reward of up to $500,000 was reinstated Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the "Grim Sleeper,'' linked to 11 murders, mostly in South Los Angeles, over the last 25 years. Wave wires
- The Las Vegas Review-Journal is suing three dozen websites and blogs for lifting stories, says James Rainey in a column where he discovers the legally squishy reality of so-called fair use. LAT
- Lindsay Lohan posted $200,000 bond after an arrest warrant was issued due to her alcohol alarm bracelet going off during the MTV Movie Awards. LAT
- David Eun, president of AOL's media and studios division, says AOL could soon double its staff of about 500 editorial employees: "We are going to be the largest net hirer of journalists in the world next year." Ad Age, Romenesko
- California Watch hired Ashley Alvarado, a researcher at Los Angeles Magazine, as its first public engagement manager. CW
- The Los Angeles Times is looking to hire "entry level web producers or interns" at $10-$18 an hour primarily to work in Features — Fashion, Travel, Health and Home – "but will include support work for the news team as well." Journalism Jobs
- Dear Facebook Friend, Your Las Vegas Pictures Are Boring. Neon Tommy
- Former L.A. Times executive Jeffrey Klein will be the year's executive in residence at USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. Release
- Elvis Mitchell discusses the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival on "The Treatment" at 2:30 p.m. on KCRW.