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When cops help a gang member kill a witness
The Times reconstructs the 2003 murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla, killed after detectives told a Vineland Boyz murder suspect that she had ID'd him. He was recorded ordering her hit on a jailhouse phone. Celeste Fremon wrote about the case in the LA Weekly last year and reacts to the Times piece. LAT
Chick looking at run for city council
The city Controller says she might run in the 2nd district — across the Valley from her old seat in the 3rd district — if Councilwoman Wendy Greuel wins her campaign for controller next year. Chick would have to move over the hill from Silver Lake. Rick Orlov/DN
Video of King-Harbor outrage
The Times has posted video it was given of Edith Isabel Rodriguez writhing for 45 minutes on the floor of the emergency room lobby while staffers ignored her. This was the case where her boyfriend called 911 from a pay phone outside the hospital pleading for help before she died. LAT
Parcel tax for gangs moves ahead
The City Council requested legal language be drafted to ask voters to approve an annual tax of $36 to $40. No decision has been made to put the measure on the November ballot. DN
Three LAPD officers put on home leave
The department is investigating allegations that officers lied under oath during a recently dismissed drug possession trial. "We will not tolerate breaking the law to enforce the law," Chief Bratton told police commissioners. LAT
Also: Officer sues, says career harmed by off-duty remarks about homosexuality. LAT
If you enjoyed the LAUSD payroll disaster...
Deloitte Consulting LLP, the contractor on the school district's controversial payroll system, now wants a $1.5 billion contract to run California's court-case management system. Its application doesn't mention the LAUSD troubles. DN
Beverly Connection won't build two high-rise towers
Plans for luxury condos and an assisted living center dropped after neighbor groups sue. LAT
Daylight fireball sighted over San Bernardino Mountains
Probably a meteor rather than a falling plane. It was sighted widely across Southern California. LAT
Book deal for journo
Alina Tugend, the former Los Angeles newspaper journalist who writes the Shortcuts column for the New York Times Business section, has sold "The Right to be Wrong: Why We Hate Mistakes So Much and Why That Hurts" to Riverhead for publication in 2010. Publishers Lunch