I chatted briefly Wednesday with hospitalized city attorney candidate Mike Feuer. He said he's up and around, isn't in too much pain, and even got to drink some apple juice. He should be out of the hospital in a few more days. [More inside]  

It will remain a ticketing offense to park at a broken meter in LA. But for the first time, valet parkers have to be licensed and insured.  [More inside]  

Wednesday was the day of the annual interring in Boyle Heights of cremated human remains that were never picked up from the coroner by family members. A couple of dozen people attended a brief ceremony, among them county Supervisor Don Knabe. [More inside]  

Gustavo Arellano, editor of the OC Weekly and creator of the paper's popular "Ask A Mexican" column, will start doing regular weekly commentaries about Orange County for KCRW. He had been a regular on KPCC. [More inside]  

Could have been the high ticket prices, good - but not spectacular - word of mouth, or the fact that Hollywood remains a work in progress as far as being a true cultural destination. [More inside]  

It was pretty bad - frankly, some of the worst local business reporting I've seen in a while. There's a lot to find fault with, but it starts with the one number that has dominated news reports (and was parroted by local officials). [More inside]  

How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Mrs. J.S. Cooper, 1880 [More inside]

Proposition 30 expected to dampen growth, Hurricane Sandy slowed hiring in November, majority of L.A. voters favor medical marijuana use, and Starbucks to add 1,500 stores. [More inside]

British parent Tesco is ready to sell or close the El Segundo-based chain's 199 stores in what has proven to be a very costly ($1.6 billion) and unsuccessful effort to break into the American market. [More inside]