Activists push to end LAPD’s practice of ‘pretextual’ traffic stops – KABC-TV

Commentary: On the blight side, a stroll around City Hall provokes the question: Can’t we do better?  Los Angeles Times

Fortress Hollywood: Inside the Oscars Security Machine  The Hollywood Reporter

‘American Idiot,’ Ari Shapiro and Alan Cumming, and more things to do this weekend in LA and SoCal  LAist