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July 20, 2006
Supt. Roy Romer used today's "state of the schools" speech to stress that campuses are getting better under his watch and to blast Mayor Villaraigosa for deploying "propaganda" that undermines... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's Wall Street Journal cranks out a piece on GOOD, the magazine for young people who do good things (get it?) that is being pulled together in West Hollywood by... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
William Dean Singleton, owner of the Daily News and several other local papers through his MediaNews Group, will take over as chairman of Associated Press next May. Does this mean... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
They threw a party last night in Pasadena for a Stradivarius violin. Jerry Kohl fell in love with the idea of owning a Strad after reading an L.A. Times story... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The weekly Highway 1 section in the Los Angeles Times always skews toward the few who are buying a vehicle and usually has little if any information or fun stuff... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Over at his blog From the Desert to the Sea, John Stodder goes literary and recalls that the reclusive author Thomas Pynchon wrote much of Gravity's Rainbow while high and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Demolition of the final remnants of Marineland of the Pacific gets started today on the Palos Verdes peninsula. The Daily Breeze reports that about 20 crumbling buildings will be dismantled... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
* Investigating why LAX shut down* Incredible shrinking movie business* Analyzing Broad's break with VillaraigosaThere's a whole bunch of news and observations today. Click the Buzz for details.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>