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A military judge today sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking classified U.S. military and diplomatic materials to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks in 2010. LAT, NYT
Marshall Tuck, the longtime head of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's nonprofit that oversees 15 Los Angeles schools, will run for state schools superintendent in a challenge to union-backed incumbent Tom Torlakson. LAT
City negotiators said they had won additional cost-cutting concessions from the DWP union and are close to a deal that the City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti will accept. LAT, DN, KPCC News
The Election Is Over, But Mayor Eric Garcetti Is Still Running Against The DWP. LA Weekly
600 reasons Garcetti is fighting the good fight on DWP. Doug McIntyre/DN
Hard to know whether knowledge of this morning's LA Times editorial calling on Garcetti to end his military service in the Navy Reserve is why his office tersely announced yesterday that he would be doing exactly that. LAT editorial
Councilman Tom LaBonge wants the city to inventory buildings with so-called "soft" first stories susceptible to quake damage, built before 1978 with at least five units. LAT
Responding to concerns that plans to rebuild the Los Angeles County Museum of Art could result in environmental damage to the La Brea Tar Pits, the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ask representatives from both landmarks to present details. LAT
If you love political campaigns, you should be grateful to Southern California Edison. That's because it has already started its campaign to get you to pay for its egregious blunder in wrecking its San Onofre nuclear plant. Mike Hiltzik/LAT
On the 17th floor of a gleaming high-rise office building in downtown San Diego, Mayor Bob Filner’s legal problems and his political future are being hashed out by a contingent of lawyers, city officials and a retired federal judge known for bringing opposing sides to an agreement. UT-San Diego, AP
Los Angeles writer Mona Gable, who grew up in San Diego, on the Filner saga. The Broad Side
The city of Beverly Hills may rename its portion of Little Santa Monica Boulevard to Burton Way. LA Weekly
Alissa Ko is joining Ready for Hillary as deputy director and Michael Trujillo as unpaid senior advisor. LAT
Nancy Eisenhart of Woodland Hills wants to become president of the California Federation of Republican Women. DN
San Pedro Councilman Joe Buscaino shows how his family has been making pasta sauce for 30 years. Video
TV's Highest Paid Stars: What They Earn. TV Guide
Six lesser-known "golden ages: of the media. The Awl
Long Beach writer Rachel Powers sends in a nice piece remembering her Africa days with her father, the late Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent Charles Powers. The Atlantic
NBC4 announced two new hires: Adrian Arambulo, from Dallas, to co-anchor the weekend edition of ‘Today in L.A.’ and be a general assignment reporter, and Gadi Schwartz as a general assignment reporter. He comes from a station in Albuquerque. Via release
Celine Cordero, a former Villaraigosa aide who most recently was director of external affairs at Los Angeles World Airports, joined Englander Knabe & Allen as vice president.
The first annual meeting of The Producers League of Los Angeles was held last night, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, with 48 in attendance. LA Stage Times
In a New York Times story on LA's fashion scene, Natalie Portman says "East L.A. is all French now” — whatever that means. NYT T Magazine
Fox News confirmed reports that Roger Ailes had fired one of his longest-serving and closest lieutenants, spokesman Brian Lewis, on July 25 for what it called “issues relating to financial irregularities, as well as for multiple, material and significant breaches of his employment contract.” NYT
Mesmerizing Public Art of the Day: A Video Installation to Distract LAX Travelers. Atlantic Cities
Inside the movement to name Zip code 90048 “Beverly Village.” Los Angeles
Exploring Los Angeles' forgotten stairways to the stars. BBC Magazine
Los Angeles Times government editor:
Right on deadline, scream rings out across LA Times newsroom. Staff recoils. Large man raises boot over tiny bug. Stomp. -30-
— William Nottingham (@LATimesCityGov) August 21, 2013
