Rizzo says he’s not mastermind of Bell corruption

Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California overnight, driving humidity sharply lower. The National Weather Service calls it “the

most significant fire weather threat in the past five years.” A red flag fire warning for Ventura County and much of L.A. County is expected to remain in effect through Sunday. Los Angeles and Pasadena have imposed parking restrictions on some streets in case fire trucks need to get through or residents need to evacuate…

Did former Bell City manager Robert Rizzo get off easy when he

pleaded no contest to plundering the city’s coffers by giving himself and others inflated salaries? That depends on who you ask. Reaction has been mixed to Rizzo’s surprise decision to acknowledge guilt in the corruption scandal. Rizzo will be sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in prison and he’ll have to pay back the city up to $3 million. Rizzo says his assistant – Angela Spaccia – was the mastermind of the corruption. She’s due to go on trial next week…

Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill requiring that state officials give journalists five days’ notice before they subpoena

reporters’ phone records. The bill was introduced after stories broke that the U.S. Justice Department had retrieved telephone logs for reporters at the Associated Press…

And finally, a good start for the Dodgers in their divisional playoff match-up against the Atlanta Braves.

The Dodgers won 6-1 as Clayton Kershaw struck out a dozen Braves and Adrian Gonzalez slugged a homerun. Game 2 of the best of five series starts at 3 p.m. today.