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Whitman charges the media double what Brown does, Fiorina still in the hospital, the DA wants to get rid of Vernon, new websites, Joe Torre at the White House and more.
- Meg Whitman's campaign bills the media as much as $2,000 for a day of travel with the candidate, just covering transportation. Jerry Brown's campaign is billing $700 for travel in the final week, including meals and hotel. SF Chronicle
- Whitman was jeered by some in the audience at Maria Shriver's women's conference when she said she would not pull negative ads off the air. Capitol Alert, AP
- The L.A. Times pre-election profile of Whitman: "all business all the time." LAT
- Republican Senate nominee Carly Fiorina remained in the hospital overnight for treatment of an infection, but aides say she hopes to be back on the campaign trail later in the week. LAT, Bee, DN wires
- County prosecutors are building a highly unusual case: that scandal-prone Vernon isn't a true city and should be disbanded. LAT
- The City Council dropped a move by Councilman Bernard Parks to take more control of DWP pensions after the union turned out several hundred workers to protest. LAT
Plus: City Council activist Ron Kaye blogged that "in City Hall's Animal Farm, one pig is more equal than all the others," meaning DWP union chief Brian D'Arcy. - Mayor Villaraigosa today will unveil a pension reform proposal for future civilian city employees that is projected to save the city $255 million for every 1,000 new hires. DN
- City Controller Wendy Greuel will be joined by LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia at 10 a.m. to release an audit of the district’s New School Construction Program and of whether there was any potential conflict of interest in the selection of construction contracts.
- Mayor Villaraigosa rode the bus with Roosevelt High students the day after a hit-and-run driver collided with a bus in Boyle Heights, injuring 21 students and killing a pedestrian. ABC 7
- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board is due on Thursday to finalize the routes for a Westside subway extension and the underground regional connector through downtown Los Angeles. LAT
- The defunct San Fernando Valley children's museum could be brought back by an Orange County science center in a deal announced Tuesday. DN
- Teenagers weigh in on Prop. 19, who should be governor and other election topics. L.A. Youth
- L.A. should consider graduated parking fines for repeat offenders, instead of just raising the fines for everyone to increase revenue, argues UCLA parking expert Donald Shoup. LAT Op-Ed
- Journalist Shana Ting Lipton has launched a new website, Chic Trek, to write about "travel, culture musing and quirky sojourns."
- The Los Angeles Film Critics Association will honor actor-writer-director Paul Mazursky with its 2010 Career Achievement Award. IndieWire
- Google has given a $2 million grant to support the Knight Foundation's digital media innovations, including the Knight News Challenge. KnightBlog
- Former Dodgers manager Joe Torre and actress Mariska Hargitay will hold a jopit media availability this morning at the White House following the President and Vice-President’s event honoring Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
- East of Borneo is a new "new online art journal and multimedia archive from CalArts School of Art...[that] looks to breathe new life into the traditional art magazine format while also giving form to the sprawling history of art in Los Angeles." 24700
- Writer and actor Russell Brand guests on "The Treatment" with Elvis Mitchell at 2:30 p.m. on KCRW.
- Fernando Ruelas, who with his brothers founded the lowrider car club Duke's So. Cal, died at age 60. LAT