Somewhere in the Whitman campaign, someone's getting bawled out over her feel-good commercial that unintentionally makes the point that Jerry Brown's California wasn't so bad, after all. That's probably why her commercial that the LA Times made such a big deal about is playing so infrequently.

This has been in the news a day or two, now: Matt Lauer's call for both Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown to stop airing their negative ads.

Not surprisingly, Brown offered to stop airing his if she'd stop airing hers. Not surprisingly, Whitman refused.

LA Times today reports that the LA County Public Integrity Division was slow to act on allegations of wrongdoing in Bell.

There are a few interesting candidates running for election. I'm not going to make any "endorsements", but I find these folks interesting.

Bill Lockyer - a Democrat who has sounded warnings about pension problems. Google him and read the stories that come up.

In the "old days," criminal gangs on television were always ridiculous well-integrated.

Sometimes, life imitates art. Judging by the names, at least. Asian and Latino, thieving in perfect harmony.

San Gabriel Police say they can't pursue the investigation unless the woman who argued with former mayor Huang can be located. Interesting turn of developments.

Is this what Cheech and Chong meant by "up in smoke"?

Sad but defiant, San Gabriel Mayor Albert Huang resigned yesterday from both the mayorship and his city council seat.

Officially, he was concerned about how the news coverage would affect his family. He still insists he will be exonerated.