Local Layoffs, State Politics and an Adventure in Print

The City of Los Angeles has begun the process of laying off workers, even though it will cost taxpayers more than it saves, at least for the moment. Also, the campaign for Governor is heating up with Republican Meg Whitman and supporters of Democrat Jerry Brown exchanging TV attack ads. Brown is promising he'll "go to the people" with ballot measures for spending cuts and tax increases. Sound familiar? Plus, a 200-page, $18-a-copy quarterly magazine has debuted in Los Angeles. Can a print publication survive the assault of the digital age? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, an alleged network of Russians posing as ordinary Americans sounds like the parody of a spy novel or a Hollywood satire. We hear about invisible ink, buried money and something called "steganography."