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Not much of a hiatus today, it appears — but I promise to make up for it tomorrow.
- Peace in our time: the city and the Engineers and Architects Association have agreed on a contract that gives a 9% raise over three years. EAA members, who have been striking on occasion, still must ratify.
- Next year's super-bout between boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather won't be at Staples Center.
- Jon Wiener finally got the rest of the John Lennon FBI files. Nothing of a sensitive sort that the government has been claiming for years is contained within.
- Paul Moyer and producer Frank Snepp reported last night on NBC4 that Staples Center's smoke evacuation system has never been tested and was a source of questions when the arena opened.
- Laura Mecoy is being called back to Sacramento as part of cost-cutting at the Bee. Her colleague Dan Walters, meanwhile, puts Mervyn Dymally in his place.
- Kim Cooper of 1947Project goes public with her quest to get paid for a story she wrote for the late L.A. Alternative, and gets a reply (finally) from publisher Martin Albornoz.
- When Jack Welch met Stephen Colbert...
- What again is the appeal of the DWP Light Festival in Griffith Park?
- Jaunted.com claims to have posted a parking guide to Los Angeles, but don't be fooled.
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One of the last of Doug Ring’s many good deeds was a visit to the Los Angeles Times editorial board with members of Housing LA, an organization advocating affordable housing for the thousands of residents being forced out of the city by high rents.
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