Faces

'Faces of Iraq and Afghanistan' Where: Oceanside Public Library, 330 N. Coast Highway, Oceanside When: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; closed Sundays. Through July 31. Info: (760) 435-5600; oceansidepubliclibrary.org

Los Angeles voters took regulation of the city's medical marijuana shops into their own hands Tuesday, embracing a ballot measure to sharply reduce the number of dispensaries in the city. But as in all things related to pot policy, the future of the new law is hazy. Under the measure, only 135 dispensaries - those that were operating before a failed moratorium in 2007 - will be allowed to stay open. But enforcement could prove a monumental challenge as backers of a rival measure threaten lawsuits and city lawyers begin the long process of identifying all of the city's dispensaries and bringing them into compliance.

HAWAII BOWL NEVADA (8-4) VS. SOUTHERN METHODIST (7-5) When: 5 PST. Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu. TV: ESPN. About Nevada: The Wolf Pack had three 1,000-yard rushers this season, the first NCAA team to do that. About Southern Methodist: Since receiving the death penalty in 1987, the Mustangs have won two or fewer games in a season nine times. The bowl represents a homecoming for SMU Coach June Jones, a former Hawaii coach. Prediction: Southern Methodist 40, Nevada 38. -- Orlando Sentinel

Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other - and voter apathy - in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the contest remained too close to call. Greuel, addressing supporters at a downtown club, said she expected the election to go into "overtime. " Garcetti, speaking just before midnight, told supporters in Hollywood, "The results aren't all in, but this is shaping up to be a great night.

USC tonight AT OREGON STATE When: 5:30. Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Ore. On the air: Radio: 710. Records: USC 12-7 overall, 4-3 in Pacific 10 Conference; Oregon State 8-11, 2-5. Update: The Trojans will be trying for their first road win outside of Los Angeles -- they defeated UCLA by 21 points at Pauley Pavilion earlier this month. While USC is coming off a 26-point win over Washington and is in a five-way tie for second in conference play, Oregon State is reeling from three consecutive losses and is tied for last with Oregon.

'Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.' Where: KCET When: 8 p.m. Wednesday Rating: TV-PG (may be unsuitable for young children)

This is really a cold case. Nearly 150 years after the Civil War ironclad the Monitor sank, an effort was launched Tuesday to identify the remains of two of its sailors. Officials in Washington unveiled forensic reconstructions of the faces of the two crew members, whose skeletal remains were discovered inside the Union warship's gun turret after it was raised from the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast in 2002.   "Our hope is that someone seeing the sculptures may recognize the face as an ancestor," Mary H. Manhein, director of Louisiana State University's Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services lab, said at the Navy Memorial in Washington.

One year before the 2010 election, Gavin Newsom's abrupt withdrawal from the governor's race leaves the campaign without a candidate conveying the message most aligned with California's zeitgeist of the moment: a call for sweeping reform. With Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown the lone (if still formally undeclared) Democratic candidate, and a Republican field of former EBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman, ex-Rep. Tom Campbell and Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, the race now presents two fundamental, thematic choices: Brown and Campbell argue, in slightly different ways, that fixing California is a matter of making government work better; Whitman and Poizner essentially contend that fixing California means getting government out of the way. At a time when Californians have record-low regard for state government, none of the four has mounted a challenge to the status quo as strongly as did Newsom.

Which folks will enliven your flat screen in 2013? Try the heroine of ABC's crime drama "Zero Hour," for starters. Or the comic who promises to go "Inside Amy Schumer. " Or the new footman on the PBS costume smash "Downton Abbey. " For all the details, please see the complete Faces to Watch section , which includes who to look for in film, video games, TV, theater, jazz, pop, classical music, comedy, architecture, dance and art. ALSO: Britney Spears reportedly dumped from 'X Factor' Appreciation: From 'Odd Couple' to 'Quincy,' the unique Jack Klugman Dan Stevens explains 'Downton Abbey' exit Twitter: @scottcollinsLAT  

I want to address Scott Collins' review of Will & Company's "Faces of America" ("DeLeon's 'Faces' Skims Ethnic Surface," Calendar, April 1). I saw this remarkable piece of work at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in which Fran DeLeon, in a one-woman show, portrayed nine characters with beautiful clarity and intuitiveness. DeLeon captured the essence of each character, staying true to playwright Colin Cox's pithy script in weaving the common thread through the vignettes: that the many races and cultures that make up our America are so diverse and not understood by one another; that each culture has a need to express its traditions and lifestyles and that this expression is often persecuted rather than honored.

After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday. Proposition D would reduce the number of pot shops to about 130 from around 700 by allowing only those that opened before the adoption of a failed 2007 city moratorium on new dispensaries. A rival initiative, Measure F, which would have allowed an unlimited number of dispensaries to operate, was trailing.

In the campaign for mayor, Eric Garcetti spoke grandly about a city with plentiful summer jobs for low-income teens, a tunnel under the traffic-clogged Sepulveda Pass and even an end to homelessness. But a day after winning office, the mayor-elect faced some immediate and less lofty challenges: potentially bruising battles over employee salaries, police overtime pay and how to reverse cuts to ambulance staffing, sidewalk repairs and other basic city services. On Thursday, the City Council - a body that Garcetti will remain part of until June 30 - is set to decide whether and how to pay for a scheduled 5.5% raise for many city workers, a payout portrayed by the city's top financial advisor as a long-term budget buster.

WASHINGTON - A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for advocates of immigrant rights in a generation. The centerpiece of the legislation - a 13-year path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people now in the country without legal status - survived intact. But the bill's supporters accepted amendments that tilted it to the right to attract GOP backing, including some to toughen border security.

WASHINGTON - The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a 29-year Army veteran, was suspended from his post at Ft. Jackson, S.C., while the military investigates allegations of "adultery and a physical altercation," officials said. "We don't have any evidence of any sexual assault. The allegations we have indicate a breach of order and discipline," said Col. Christian Kubik, a spokesman for the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Ft. Eustis, Va. Roberts, who is married with three children, previously led units in Iraq and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

MEXICO CITY - The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The ruling late Monday, which voided Rios Montt's May 10 conviction, also raises questions about the kind of retrial he might have and about a judicial system that has long been considered weak, corrupt, prone to impunity and susceptible to pressure from powerful outside forces.

SAN JOSE - Neatly framed but almost forgotten, a front page from the San Jose Mercury News sits against the wall in a room above the Sharks' practice rink. The newspaper photograph depicts a coach and two players, and the headline is bold: "Contenders for the Cup. " The players are goaltender Arturs Irbe and forward Sergei Makarov and the coach is Kevin Constantine. The year was 1994 and the eighth-seeded Sharks, in only their third season, were the darlings of the NHL for upsetting the No. 1 Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the playoffs before losing to the No. 2 Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games.

The New England Patriots are ring experts and wring experts. Not only have they won three Super Bowl rings this decade, but also they have an uncanny ability to wring great performances out of onetime star players who come there in hopes of recapturing the magic -- and maybe winning a championship. They did that with players such as Corey Dillon, Randy Moss, Rodney Harrison, Junior Seau and others. This season, they want to do the same with longtime Jacksonville standout Fred Taylor, who spent his first 11 seasons with the Jaguars and rushed for 11,271 yards -- third among active players -- with 62 touchdowns, before being released in February.

Who should you be reading in 2013? Memoirist Emily Rapp and short-story writer Jim Gavin, for starters. They're among those picked by our books team as Faces to Watch in 2013. Others we think you should keep your eye on: Valla Vakili and his books-and-everything website Small Demons, graphic novelist Lisa Hanawalt and Los Angeles literary events maven Michelle Meyering. For all the details, please see the complete Faces to Watch section , which includes who to look for in film, video games, TV, theater, jazz, pop, and classical music, comedy, architecture, dance and art. ALSO: Building a desert reading list Art appreciation 101: 'Glittering Images' by Camille Paglia Female friendships up close: Susanna Sonnenberg on her new memoir Carolyn Kellogg: Join me on Twitter , Facebook and Google+

Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Gordon Gayle, who received the Navy Cross for leadership and bravery during the assault on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest and most complex and controversial battles fought by Marines during World War II, has died. He was 95. Gayle died April 21 at an assisted-living facility in Farnham, Va., after suffering a stroke, according to the U.S. Marine Corps. As an officer with the 1st Marine Division, Gayle led troops in five key battles in World War II, starting with Guadalcanal in 1942, where Marines, after weeks of fierce jungle fighting, stopped the advance of Japanese troops toward Australia.

A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth straight tournament. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep , 6-3, 6-0, Saturday and reach the Italian Open final in Rome, extending her career-best winning run to 23 matches. Williams is coming off consecutive titles in Miami, Charleston and Madrid. In Sunday's final, Williams will face third-seeded Victoria Azarenka , who kept her concentration through two rain delays to beat seventh-seeded Sara Errani , 6-0, 7-5. On the men's side, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday.