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Emmy noms, new status for el Rio Porciuncula, Boxer's polling stats, the end of National Public Radio and more, all inside.
- HBO, "The Pacific" and "Glee" cleaned up in this morning's Emmy nominations. LAT, DN
- The feds officially designated the Los Angeles River as a navigable waterway, which means more protections are available for the river and its feeders. AP, LAT, KPCC News
- Sen. Barbara Boxer's job performance ratings are way down, but she retains a slight lead over challenger Carly Fiorina, the Field Poll found. Bee
- Meg Whitman has put up a Spanish-language billboard saying she would have opposed Proposition 187 and is against the new Arizona immigration law. SF Chronicle
- Rand's Drug Policy Research Center says that legalizing pot in California would likely lower prices, increase use and attract "drug tourism," but said revenue promises and other predictions are hard to trust: "No government has legalized the production and distribution of marijuana for general use...So there is little evidence on which to base any predictions about how this might work in California." LAT, DN
- Yesterday afternoon's 5.4 quake south of Palm Springs was likely triggered by the Easter Sunday earthquake in Baja California, scientists surmise. LAT, AP
- LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has issued a memo reminding officers to be ethical and, you know, not break the law. LA Weekly
- The city's ban on Hare Krishna and other solicitors at LAX was upheld by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Daily Breeze
- National Public Radio is telling staff to simply use the initials NPR to identify the network from now on. Wash Post
- The Getty paid "whopping $44.94 million" for the J.M.W. Turner painting "Modern Rome---Campo Vaccino," says blogger Lee Rosenbaum. CultureGrrl
- The Australian flack who advised Abby Sunderland and her family the past few weeks has now been signed as her agent. LAT
- Nice feature on the Polaroid camera artists who are fading away from MacArthur Park. LAT
- The Dodgers took Venezuelan relief pitcher Ronald Belisario off the roster and put him on the restricted list for unspecified personal reasons. LAT