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Kevin Roderick • February 22 2007 2:11 AM

Mark Lacter wonders if too much attention is paid to the 29,000 people who live downtown, in a city of four million. It's one of the smaller communities in Los Angeles. LA Biz Observed

Jacob Soboroff goes on a video tour inside the Times' downtown printing plant, where robots rule and there is now a union. Native Intelligence

Another mid-day coyote encounter in the hills above Echo Park. Chicken Corner

Bill Boyarsky writes in "Spare Me From the Lawyers" that the latest meeting of the City Ethics Commission was more frustrating than usual. Boyarsky blog

Also: Veronique de Turenne takes a break from observing Malibu to speak at lunch at the Whittier Central Library. Whittier is reading My California: Journeys by Great Writers, the anthology from Angel City Press that raises money for the California Arts Council. Veronique has a piece in the book.

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Mega-mortgages

8:44 AM Sat | Bev Hills billionaire Ron Burkle has $56 million in loans against his two houses. The McCourts have borrowed $28 million on their properties.

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Green Me Up, JJ

Jenny Price | Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World

'Sire of Wilshire' is back on the air

TJ Sullivan | Steve Jones, the self-proclaimed Sire of Wilshire (a nod to the physical address of his former home at Indie 103.1 FM), is back on the air!

"Ass, Cash or Grass" - I used to be a Swinger

Erika Schickel | She gaped at me like I was living history -- Miss Jane Pittman come to put her withered lips to the "Young Only" fountain straw of ageism.

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A union gumshoe

As newspapers and television pull back from investigative reporting, foundations and other organizations are beginning to fill the void. One of the most interesting is Accountable California, a project of Local 721 of the Service Employees International Union.

Frugality form

Thinking more about buying less.

Signs of Saturday: No dumping

This drains to the ocean.