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May 24, 2006
Couldn't she be, I don't know, a little less happy? Billboard at Melrose and La Cienega, from Defamer:... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The California Supreme Court has reinstated the controversial high school exit exam, leaving unclear what happens to the 46,700 seniors who haven't passed the graduation requirement that kicks in this... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
From BillboardBiz.com via the Hollywood Reporter: One of the most colorful careers in music came to a close today as pioneering booking agent Ian Copeland died in Los Angeles of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa makes the the front page of today's Wall Street Journal—above the fold (subscribers only), complete with drawn portrait—under the headline "In the Straddle" in a piece about... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Santa Monica chief of police James Butts is leaving to run the Los Angeles airport police, which comes with the unwieldy title of Deputy Executive Director of Airport Law Enforcement... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The new blogger at Red Line Diary has made the switch: he's commuting from home in Burbank to the downtown civic center via subway. Not that the MTA makes it... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Earlier this month, NBC4's hidden-camera reporter Joel Grover aired "Is Your Mechanic Cheating?," a two-part series that showed Jiffy Lube mechanics charging for services they didn't perform. In response, this... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
From an anonymous officer, posted at LAPD Wife: Exhaustion. I have been sleep-deprived for three months now. I kicked the caffeine habit before I ever set foot in The Academy,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's one federal judge in town who's mighty ticked off today, the mayor isn't shying away from immigrants, and a second day of complaining that LAX won't be any fun... $MTEntryExcerpt$>