For the record - Dec. 19, 2010

Long Beach shooting: An article in the Dec. 18 LATExtra section about the shooting of Long Beach resident Douglas Zerby by police said that officers ordered Zerby to drop his weapon, which was actually a pistol-grip water nozzle. Police had been observing Zerby prior to the shooting; they did not attempt to make contact with him and did not identify themselves to him, according to police and relatives.

CIA station chief: An article in the Dec. 18 Section A on the removal of the CIA station chief from Pakistan said that Jeffrey Castelli, the former CIA station chief in Rome, was one of 23 Americans convicted by an Italian court in connection with the “extraordinary rendition” of an Egyptian cleric to Egypt in 2003. Castelli was acquitted after judges ruled that he was operating under diplomatic immunity. The same article identified Robert Seldon Lady as the Milan station chief. He was Milan base chief.

Patch.com: The On the Media column in the Dec. 18 Calendar section, about online news operation Patch.com, said Doug Kriegel is writing a community column for Sherman Oaks Patch. Kriegel is the editor of that Patch site.

Melissa Leo: An article about actress Melissa Leo in the Dec. 16 Envelope section said she received an Oscar nomination for 2009’s “Frozen River.” That film was released in 2008.