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Long bunch of news and notes coming back from the holiday weekend. Tucked away neatly inside, as usual.
- Jerry Brown woke up his napping campaign for governor with four stops across the state for Labor Day and his first authorized TV ad. Bee, LAT, CalBuzz, AP
- University of California president Mark Yudof and the chancellor of the state community college system resigned from the board of the California chamber of Commerce over the group's backing of Meg Whitman for governor. LAT
- A campaign donation to Steve Cooley from an Industry official who is under investigation by the DA's office highlights a tricky choice for the AG candidate: Where does he draw the line on taking money from people who could figure in an investigation? LAT
- Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters notes his 50th year in the newspaper business, since 1984 at the Bee.
- Local Democratic official Eric Bauman observes via Twitter from a Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley event that Assemblyman Felipe Fuenjtes has gone clean shaven but Sen. Alex Padilla has grown a Van Dyke beard.
- The political negotiations over improving the quality of concessions in LAX terminals has exposed fresh questions about the relationships between L.A.'s elected officials and the special interests who seek to influence them. LAT
- The Slauson Central Retail Center, conceived in the aftermath of the 1992 riots, has been mired in years of litigation and has become one of the city's most contentious development projects — a symbol of how difficult it can be to build in Los Angeles in the face of well-financed opposition. LAT
- Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are taking a full minute longer on average to reach the scenes of 911 emergencies than before budget cuts last March. LAT
- Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, up by $3.7 million from July 2009, says Supervisor Mike D. Antonovich. LAT
- LA Observed author Denise Hamilton admitted "I am a secret perfumista" in Sunday's Los Angeles Times Magazine. Also, Jonathan Gold signs on as a contributing writer at the magazine.
- Gold also tweets that Adeline "Tuchie" Portillo, proprietor of Lupe's #2 burrito stand on East 3rd Street, died last week. "The Eastside's greatest burrito master," he says.
- CBS 2 adds a half-hour newscast at 4:30 a.m. starting today, bringing the total hours of news each weekday on channels 2 and 9 to 11½.
- East Coast media blogger Rachel Sklar inadvertently posted a Twitter direct message that set tongues wagging: "I have no plans and would love to eat your cookies and sleep in your bed!"
- Pete Hammond, who wrote the The Envelope's "Notes On A Season" blog for the Times, was hired to cover the awards season for Deadline.com. Fishbowl LA
- When a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department task force followed a tip about illegal fireworks in San Pedro on July 4, a stash of 10,000 live baby turtles was the last thing they expected to find. SGV Tribune
- Welcome to the slowly emerging world of environmental medicine and its inevitable outgrowth, writes Greg Critser: "environmental pharmaceuticals: compounds specifically suited for mitigating the physiological challenges of mega-city life in the 21st century." New Geography
- Kymberleigh Richards, Public & Legislative Affairs Director of Southern California Transit Advocates, was scheduled to be on "Fox and Friends" with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Channel between 5:30 and 6 a..m. to discuss the controversy regarding the installation of turnstiles in rail stations by Metro.
- Something to remember for later: Los Angeles does not enforce parking time limits or meters on national holidays, including Labor Day and the upcoming Columbus Day. Exception: where the posted signs say limits are enforced on holidays. LADOT via LAist