LAT in 90 Seconds

-Two dozen animal rights activists protest at the Los Angeles Zoo after a 48 year-old elephant dies, demanding that the remaining pachyderms be moved from their stuffy concrete cages an animal sanctuary. Most interesting fact: there is a “Los Angeles Alliance for Elephants.” Insert your own sarcastic comment about the Los Angeles homeless population here.

-In a softball Q-and-A that somehow never mentions the word “China,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt shows why he wouldn’t be a good Hollywood executive: “We don’t do things perfectly.