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Edward Joseph Snowden, a 29-year-old former C.I.A. computer technician, went public on Sunday from Hong Kong as the source behind disclosures about the nation’s surveillance programs, saying he took the extraordinary step because “the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong.” The Guardian, NYT
A majority of California voters, 58%, believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry in the state, according to results from the latest USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll. USC, LAT
The police commission is scheduled to receive an internal LAPD report showing that Los Angeles residents are less likely to be hurt in a hit-and-run accident than in New York, Houston, and Chicago — but that more people are killed or hurt in hit-and-runs than by drunk drivers and that the numbers are increasing for hit-and-runs with bike riders. The study was done in response to an LA Weekly story. LAPD
Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti swamped with ideas, job candidates. DN
Jim Newton urges Garcetti to make peace with the Owens Valley. LAT Op-ed
Despite a threefold increase in people and cars in the last 50 years, California's strict vehicle emissions standards have managed to significantly clear the state's air, according to new research. LAT
The so-called Casden West L.A. project at Pico and Sepulveda boulevards "is one of the city's most controversial examples of transit-oriented development — shopping and housing concentrated around a planned Expo Line light rail station. While supporters call it socially responsible, critics say it will cater too heavily to the automobile, making congestion even worse." LAT
Recently elected L.A. council members face new challenges. DN
Councilwoman Jan Perry said she has decided to withdraw her request for a retirement pension from the city as she explores other options. DN
Rick Orlov's Monday tipoffs. DN
The Crenshaw Subway Coalition claims the LA Times is sitting on a story about a Metro report that looks favorably on the idea of building 11 blocks of the Crenshaw Line underground. The Wave, Our Weekly
A.J. Duffy, the former president of the LA teachers union, retired. LAT
If the Koch brothers got the LA Times, how it might impact the Los Angeles news scene. Newsonomics
Choire Sicha describes the kind of people who have applied to be editor in chief of The Awl. Romenesko
Tess Vigeland has been filling in as a host of NPR's weekend "All Things Considered," which is looking for a host in Los Angeles.
Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times on Twitter: "Is this a parody? First guests on groundbreaking new CNN talk show @CNNStrombo: Martin Short, Keanu Reeves."
The crowd-pleasing Broadway show “Kinky Boots” pulled off an upset victory as best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, edging out the onetime front-runner, “Matilda the Musical,” while also scoring wins for Billy Porter’s lead performance and Cyndi Lauper’s music and lyrics in her Broadway debut as a composer. “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” won for best play. NYT
Inside the four-acre former Holmby Hills estate of Walt Disney, on the market for $90 million. Forbes
Plans call for City Dock 1, opened in 1913 at the Port of LA, to be converted into a nexus of laboratories and classrooms, fish hatcheries and berths for research vessels. LAT
Fifteen symtoms that life in Los Angeles has gotten into your blood. Sample: "You refuse to walk anywhere, but you love to 'hike.'" BuzzFeedYellow video
There is a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to finance After 68: The Rise and Fall of the Ambassador Hotel, a film project by Camilo Silva. Kickstarter
