LA's New Official Plant, the Central Library is Beautiful

· And LA has an official plant: it's called Toyon or California holly [CNS]
· Metro not really considering elevated Century City Purple Line station [Streetsblog]
· Donovan Leitch and incubator partners trying to tap into eastside tech scene [NT]
· Flavorpill names Central Library one of world's 25 most beautiful libraries [BDT]
· Still no LA buildings, but LEGO adds Big Ben to architecture collection [CN]
· LAFD chief says some fires just aren't reachable in five minutes [LADN]
· Dramatic gray whale rescue not going that well off San Onofre [ABC7]