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Selected items of news and notes from the media, our in box and other LA Observed sources. Posted some days, often in the morning.
The new Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a civilian oversight panel for the Sheriff's Department, with details and any powers still to come. LAT, KPCC
Former Democratic Assemblyman Isadore Hall III of Compton won Tuesday's special election for the state Senate seat vacated by Rod Wright. AP
A map of the precincts won by surprise victor Patty Lopez (and by the incumbent who lost, Raul Bocanegra) shows a geographic trend to the vote in the Northeast Valley Assembly district last month. Sacto Bee
Rep. Loretta Sanchez is an Angel in this year's holiday card. OC Register
David Letterman will host his final "Late Show" for CBS on May 20, 2015. TV Guide
John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of The Economist, was named editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. Capital NY
George Packer on "the real crisis of journalism." The New Yorker
Philip Anschutz is exploring the possibility of reviving the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver daily newspaper that shut down in 2009. Denver Business Journal
Kirk Douglas marked his 98th birthday with a new book, "Life Could Be Verse.” Jewish Journal
Some Dodgers fans are angry about first baseman Adrian Gonzalez presenting a team jersey to Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto. NBC 4
Dodgers' Janet Marie Smith views sports as a means for urban revitalization. The Planning Report
Live Talks LA's final event of 2014 is a free talk between Meghan Daum and Sandra Tsing Loh at the William Turner Gallery in Bergamot Station, Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Jill Patton, the San Francisco editor of the Daily Journal, left to be a senior editor at Stanford Magazine.
The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has elected
Navid Nonahal to start her second term as president in January.
