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Spirit Award nominations are out, Maxine Waters could face trial by the Republicans, Caruso expands again, Ryan Seacrest has a deal, Michael Douglas seeks to quash the rumors and the Dodgers sign Uribe. Details and more inside.
- Film Independent this morning announced its nominations for next year's Independent Spirit Awards. List
- Rep. Maxine Waters criticized the delay in starting her trial on House ethics charges. Politico, LAT
- Heather Hodge Kolodny, the UTLA-backed challenger to school board member Tamar Galatzan, has dropped out of the race citing personal reasons. LAT
- After 11 years of negotiations, the Board of Public Works on Monday adopted a proposal requiring nearly a third of all workers on upcoming public projects to be Los Angeles residents. DN
- The suspicious death of a resident at the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s long-term care center has led the California Department of Public Health to launch an investigation. The Wrap
- Americana at Brand developer Rick Caruso wants to expand his 15.5-acre retail center and is gunning for two adjacent Glendale properties to do it. News-Press
- The California Endowment is "at the forefront of an effort to rethink how to keep California children healthy, and their influence is shifting the way in which philanthropies and charities throughout the state function." LAT
- Neon Tommy kicked off a series on community health clinics, starting with Skid Row. NT
- Clear Channel Communications is expected to announce it has signed Ryan Seacrest to an expanded radio deal worth $60 million over three years. NYT
- Michael Douglas sat down with the Hollywood Reporter to say he's not dying and hopes to work again. THR
- Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne will guide a conversation with new city planning director Michael LoGrande on Wednesday night at Occidental College. Info
- The Times' David Ng calls out the New Yorker profile of Eli Broad for getting some L.A. cultural history wrong, but the points he cites aren't black and white. LAT
- Former Byrds guitarist Roger McGuinn sat down with music journalist Kristine McKenna for a conversation that touched on everything from dropping acid with the Beatles to the true story behind "Eight Miles High." LA2Day
- The L.A. Times has gotten an earful from (a relative few) readers upset about the paper discontinuing the bridge column. Readers Representative blog
- Channel 7 coverage of the Great L.A. Walk. Franklin Avenue
- The Dodgers agreed to a 3-year, $21-million deal with Giants infielder Juan Uribe, who has more power than most middle infielders and is 31. ESPN