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In the news:
Laura vs. Rocky: City Controller Laura Chick accuses City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo of blocking her audit of $29.6 million in fees paid to private law firms. (Daily News)
Villaraigosa has a plan: More trees, more parks. (Times)
Piling up: More lawsuits filed against the LAX plan. (Breeze)
Money laundering: The staff of the city ethics commission wants fines of $96,000 for hiden campaign contributions tied to developers Mark Alan Abrams and Alan Casden. (Times)
City Hall leaks: These are the rain-soaked kind. "You spend over $300 million, and you'd expect it would be done properly," said councilman Dennis Zine, whose offices—on the fourth of 28 floors—suffered damage. (Daily News)