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Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were shot and wounded by a suspect during a routine traffic stop early Tuesday morning near Inglewood's Hollywood Park racetrack -- and one was saved from serious harm by a cellphone charger in her pocket, authorities said. LAT, KPCC
LA Times lede story: LA schools improved, but Deasy fell short of ambitious goals. LAT
Editorial: LAUSD needs Deasy
Momentum builds for retaining Deasy as LAUSD chief. DN
Editorial: Deasy should continue his reform effort
LA schools superintendent review brings out political divides. KPCC
Civic Groups Fight Back with Downtown Rally Supporting L.A. Unified's Embattled John Deasy. LA Weekly
Deasy Decision Expected Today: Leaving or Staying? LA School Report
Members of the Civic Alliance signed a letter supporting Supt. John Deasy.
Steve Lopez columnizes that Deasy should stay for now. LAT
The governors of California, Oregon and Washington, along with the premier of British Columbia, signed an agreement Monday committing the Canadian province and the three states to coordinate global-warming policies. San Jose Mercury, LAT
Mayor Eric Garcetti said that he met Monday with President Obama and other Administration officials. His Washington trip continues today. DN
Garcetti is keeping City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, the city's top budget officer. KPCC
Former city controller Wendy Greuel, contemplating runs for the county Board of Supervisors or state controller, said she will decide in the next month. LAT
Starbucks, the world's largest coffee specialist, is aggressively expanding in Los Angeles in the one area it has yet to conquer: your car. Land Use LA
The Sriracha hot sauce factory in Irwindale may be ordered to halt production this week amid accusations from the city that powerful odors emanating from the facility are causing burning eyes, irritated throats and headaches among nearby residents. LAT
Jon Fleischman: 15 Years In Remission – My Cancer Survivor’s Story. Flash Report
NBC4 produces a special daily newscast, featuring weatherman Fritz Coleman and news anchors Chuck Henry and Colleen Williams, that plays on 19-inch TV monitors bolted into Metro buses. LAT
New York Times offers a glimpse at the homepage of the future. Nieman J Lab
MSNBC has shifted to its own website and web domain. Romenesko
Al Jazeera America expanding with more bureaus, staff, hours. The Wrap, LAT
Designer Madeline Stuart and author Steve Oney (and their Hollywood Hills home) are featured in Town and Country. "When Stuart was 10 years old she asked her father to make a movie of her favorite book. He agreed, and in 1971 the classic children's film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' was released." Lush Life
Emile Hirsch has landed the role of comedian John Belushi in an untitled biopic to be directed by Steve Conrad (screenwriter of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"). Conrad is directing from his own script, based on the 2005 biography of Belushi by Judy Belushi Pisano and Tanner Colby. Thompson on Hollywood
County Assessor John Noguez and tax consultant Ramin Salari, who already were accused of orchestrating a wide-ranging pay-to-play scheme, pleaded not guilty Monday to new felony charges of illegally lowering taxes on three more commercial buildings. LAT, DN
A new report by the Office of Independent Review looks at a pile of allegations of past abuse in the Los Angeles County jails, and finds that most of the cases cannot be conclusively resolved due to the poor quality (or nonexistence) of timely investigations into the alleged incidents after they actually occurred. Witness LA
A 71-year-old man was being interrogated by Montreal police after attempting to board a Los Angeles-bound flight with components in his carry-on luggage that could be assembled to make a bomb. LAT
Two Los Angeles police officers were injured after a fire Monday morning ripped through a Panorama City apartment where firefighters found a body. LAT
Officials at a school in Granada Hills had to escort students inside Tuesday after a black bear was spotted up a tree on campus. LAT, DN
LA fights plague of garbage in central city neighborhoods. LAT
Rabbi Marvin Hier led a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center for a private audience with Pope Francis. Wiesenthal
This exists: Associated Press candy. http://t.co/2mP8dqUiIp
— Romenesko (@romenesko) October 29, 2013
