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posted on
September 18th, 2012
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Garcetti plays the Gyllenhaal card

Councilman and candidate for mayor Eric Garcetti plays the part of the Los Angeles mayor in the forthcoming film, "End of Watch." They got together with campaign supporters at a preview s ...

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September 18th, 2012
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Magic Johnson says he put $50 million into Dodgers deal

HBO's "Real Sports" on Tuesday night is a double Dodgers episode, with Magic talking about his role with the team and an update on Bryan Stow, the firefighter and Giants fan who was left ...

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September 18th, 2012
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Cindy Carcamo lands final project for Register, heads to LAT

Projects reporter Cindy Carcamo's opener of a three-part series this past weekend in the Orange County Register was a doozy. With illegal overland entry into the United States from Mexico getting h ...

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September 18th, 2012
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Space shuttle Endeavour will delay until Friday

Weather is forcing NASA to delay by a day the arrival of Endeavour over Los Angeles. I talk about the meaning of the shuttle's move to LA, and the excitement generated, with host Steve Chiotakis i ...

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September 18th, 2012
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Ex-Assemblyman Carl Washington arrested by FBI

Washington, charged with defrauding banks by falsely claiming identity theft, is one of more than 40 arrests this year of staffers at the county probation department.

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posted on
September 17th, 2012
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Whatever happened to... Sasha Vujacic

He's at basketball training camp — in Turkey — and announced on Facebook this morning that he has a new haircut. What he doesn't have any more is a professional tennis player for a fian ...

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September 17th, 2012
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Marijuana referendum qualifies for city ballot

City Clerk June Lagmay just announced that the proponents of a referendum to undo the Los Angeles City Council ban on medical marijuana outlets submitted enough signatures to force the issue. Or, a ...

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September 17th, 2012
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Morning Buzz: Monday 9.17.12

Baca's trying times, Rick Caruso still hedging, Rick Orlov's Tipoffs, the ten greatest ranchera songs of Antonio Aguilar, Amanda Bynes stopped again and more.

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September 17th, 2012
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Open for business

Car covered with bonsai plants on Westwood Boulevard. The disabled parking placard is a nice touch.

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posted on
September 17th, 2012
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Getty parking correction: some of our numbers were wrong

My item last week on the Getty's parking revenue included two incorrect numbers billed as coming from the museum's IRS filings, and they alter one of the key points of the post. In fact, the Getty ...