This is what we will be following:

In Crime News:

Robbers kill a man in Azusa.

Attackers target suspected El Monte Flores gang members at a home in South El Monte

Big Rig tip snarls traffic.

Brush fire burns in West Covina

Gang members get 90 to life for killing teen

In The Blogs:

Monrovia residents asked to be on the lookout for squatters.

RCJ Parry waits alone for Bad Boy

Jamiel Shaw possibly linked to Rollin 20s

MTV wants a blogger of their own.

LAist asks questions about judges.

Unregistered gun at airport lands actor in pokey

Among other things, Aaron Proctor interviews Queen Mickie

There’s a lot of action on the crime beat today. Here’s some examples:

Teen to be arraigned in Columbine-style threats posted on Wikipedia.

An El Monte man was stabbed to death outside a Garvey Avenue bar.

A decomposed body was found late Monday off San Gabriel Canyon Road between Azusa and Glendora. (not many details on this yet)

And, there’s this video of an ATM robbery in Norwalk:

Interesting article in CityBeat by Alan Mittelstaedt where he digs into Sheriff Lee Baca and DA Steve Cooley for falling down on two newsworthy investigations. An excerpt:

In the D.A. mans case, he never intends to touch wayward pedophile protector Cardinal Roger Mahony, but dont expect him to tell the public hes closing the books after spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars paging through the diaries and papers of the Jackass in the Red Robe, whod be hell-bound if one existed.

And the loony sheriff, whos snowed some of the top human-rights watchers in this city with his often empty New Agey rhetoric during his too-long three terms in office, refuses to stop looking for the person who leaked the Mel Gibson arrest report way back during the summer of 2006.

In “Shine a Light” the Stones team with Scorsese for an IMAX extravaganza that’s gotten mixed reviews. (I’m still going to find a way to see it). This from the Chicago Tribune:

As in “The Last Waltz,” Scorsese interjects himself into the proceedings just enough to make it interesting. In the prologue we see the Stones jetting around from city to city–here’s Jagger mulling a Beacon set list on his plane, there’s Scorsese back in New York, freaking out about not having the set list yet. We’re meant to think the whole affair, billed as a benefit for the Clinton Foundation (we see Bill and Hillary meeting and greeting the boys before the show), came together by the seat of its pants. These early scenes are shown in a reduced image on the IMAX screen; then, when the concert begins and Jagger hits the stage for “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” boom, we get the full-screen IMAXimus impact.

Finally, another group of cops wants a pay raise. This time its in Covina, where there are budget woes a plenty. This from Amanda Baumfeld’s story:

“The city does not and has not taken care of its employees,” said PAC President Rob Bobkiewicz at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “Employee morale is at an all-time low.”

Thanks to Aaron Proctor for the fun interview he’s posted at his website. I loved the questions (including the last one).