Four in the afternoon

1. Something funky in the South Bay. Daily Breeze Managing Editor Toni Sciacqua tweets: "That funky smell some of you may have noticed is apparently a methane pocket that "belched" near the Redondo Marina. Story soon."

2. KCET.org continues its "Better Know a SoCal blogger" series with a profile of Cindy Mosqueda, who blogs at "Loteria Chicana." KCET

3. Female journalists age 18 t0 30 have a chance to earn minimum wage, plus cash bonuses, for a mysterious and possibly scuzzy Hollywood outfit. fishbowlLA

4. Is something amiss inside the union representing LANG journalists? Stress-Telegram