LA Observed: Tuesday shorts

Tuesday shorts

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Yeah, the former head of LAPD internal affairs cops to the affair with a sergeant under his command — but only for three years!
Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally apologized (sort of) today for calling fellow Democrat Hector De La Torre the most racist lawmaker ever: "Events in the past weeks have caused me to reflect on my intemperate statement about race and politics."
Harry Shearer's author interview with Judith Regan was going fine although "every few minutes, some little wisp of steam escapes that warns of the eruption to come" — then boom!
The Clippers are safe from Allen Iverson: he's Denver-bound.
Hotel rooms are booked and prices high this week, but Mark Lacter found at least one deal downtown.
Residents in Echo Park win one against the LAUSD.
New editors to submit material to at the New York Times editorial and op-ed pages.
Wendy McCaw sued Susan Paterno, a journalism prof at Chapman University, over her American Journalism Review piece on McCaw's mess in Santa Barbara. Head scratching all around.
Perez Hilton tells Fishbowl LA he's confident that stealing paparazzi photos of celebs isn't immoral or illegal.
LA Voice.org can't buy the idea that the MTA is rated #1 at anything. That cool German traffic flow simulation we found last year also turns up.
David Markland's noms for L.A. Grinch of the Year at Metroblogging includes the Jill Stewart LA Weekly's newest freelance politics reporter.

5:55 PM Tuesday, December 19 2006 • Link
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