Update: Wildfire in Los Angeles County in Los Angeles County – Jan. 4 status – Sacramento Bee

Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson is elected L.A. council president  Los Angeles Times

LAHSA to lay off 284 workers as County shifts homelessness response  Santa Monica Daily Press

Thousands have rallied in the Slovak capital to protest – again – a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media.