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Lohan is out of jail, Bell's cops got paid well too, Gregory Rodriguez on "white racial anxiety" and affirmative action, plus rules for political tweets and media notes. All inside, plus more.
- Lindsay Lohan was released from county jail abut 1:45 a.m. after serving 14 days, and is headed for three months of in-patient rehab that TMZ says is at UCLA. TMZ, LAT
- Bell's police officers are highly paid too, it turns out. California Watch
Plus: Many of the county's poorer cities have set higher property tax rates than wealthier cities. LAT - Gregory Rodriguez argues that "white racial anxiety, not immigration, will be the most significant and potentially dangerous socio-demographic trend of the coming decade," and that to defuse the backlash President Obama should call for an end to affirmative action. LAT Op-Ed
- The City Council is considering a return to regular meetings in Van Nuys, perhaps one Friday every other month. Rick Orlov's Tipoffs
- Departing mayoral aide Jimmy Blackman's farewell email thanks everybody. Ron Kaye
- John Deasy begins today as deputy superintendent of LAUSD and is already shaking people up. DN
- Politicians' tweets and status updates should be held to the same standards as paid advertising on TV, radio and in the mail, the state Fair Political Practices Commission will say in a report being released today. AP
- Fox News gets the front-row seat in the White House briefing room that opened up with the departure of Helen Thomas, but not her old center seat. Yahoo News, Politico
- Joel Fox remembers Keith Richman, the shadow mayor of the San Fernando Valley. Fox & Hounds
- Michael Slackman, Middle East bureau chief of the New York Times based in Cairo, is moving to the Berlin bureau. Food writer Kim Severson will become the Atlanta Bureau Chief. Gorkana
- Q&A with PR man and working cowboy Ron Rogers, who sometimes manages the Rogers Group from his ranch in Colorado. LABJ
- Carolyn Kellogg, the L.A. Times' main books blogger, has been hired as a staff writer to cover books. Jacket Copy
- Pico Boulevard's "Kosher corridor" between Beverly Drive and Robertson or so is "a Miracle Mile of multiethnic, multicultural Jewish foods." Eat: L.A.
- KCSN dropped "Molly Barnes Art News" after five years. HuffPost