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posted on
May 23rd, 2013
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One short lane to open on 405 freeway

While the 405 widening project slogs along late and over budget, one nugget of good news if you drive that stretch of freeway. As of Friday, a northbound lane will open for 1.7 miles between the 1 ...

posted on
May 23rd, 2013
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Campaign 2013 photo gallery by Gary Leonard

Gary took photos throughout the runoff campaign for mayor between Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel. Here is a selection of our favorites.

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posted on
May 23rd, 2013
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Election post-mortem in quotes (some very pointed)

Quotes often tell the story. These are from a variety of sources, all uttered today as far as I can tell. "One of the worst run campaigns I've ever seen in my life," a veteran LA politica ...

posted on
May 23rd, 2013
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Losers in the mayoral race: Latino leaders?

It's not just labor. Elected officials such as Gloria Molina and Jose Huizar backed Wendy Greuel, but Eric Garcetti "represents the 2.0 model of Latinos in LA," argues the former editor o ...

posted on
May 23rd, 2013
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Yaroslavsky: No regrets and some advice for the next mayor

Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky welcomes the election of Eric Garcetti, Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin as "a new generation of leadership for the city." He says he's comfortable with his decision ...

posted on
May 22nd, 2013
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Garcetti thanks Greuel and LA, says election was 'never for sale'

Eric Garcetti chose a playground in Echo Park for his debut as the mayor-elect of Los Angeles. He thanked Wendy Greuel for a good campaign and says they will always be friends.

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posted on
May 22nd, 2013
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Let's stop this '19 percent turnout' meme right now

The voter turnout in Tuesday's Los Angeles city election will be shamefully low by the time the ballots are all counted. But it won't be the 19 percent that some in the media are using.

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posted on
May 22nd, 2013
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Greuel did not win women, the Valley or Republicans

In order to become the first woman mayor of Los Angeles, analysts believed that Controller Wendy Greuel needed to win a majority of female voters and pick up a solid majority in her home turf in th ...

posted on
May 22nd, 2013
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10 green room things you didn't know about Eric Garcetti

Today seems like a good day to bring back out the cute photo that Eric Garcetti posted to Facebook a few years ago, of him and his father Gil. "Nice mustache, Dad!," Garcetti wrote.

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posted on
May 22nd, 2013
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Eric Garcetti is the next mayor of Los Angeles

Eric Garcetti is 42 years old, the youngest mayor of Los Angeles in more than a century, and he will be the city's first Jewish mayor. He won with 53.9 percent of the vote to 46 percent for Wendy ...