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- Eli and Edythe Broad gave another $400 million to the Cambridge-based Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, making a total of $600 million. The gift is one of the largest ever in U.S. academia. LAT, NYT
- Seven Inglewood police officers and a sergeant were placed on administrative leave pending further training and investigation into the shooting of 47 rounds at a homeless man. LAT, Breeze wires
- DWP board will take up an ethics policy for dealing with conflicts involving top executives. DN, LAT brief
- LAPD lieutenant Jim Gavin testified in his federal suit charging official harassment after he leaked embarrassing info about a murder conviction. LAT
- Sosei Matsumoto is the 88-year-old tea master of downtown's Little Tokyo. AP
- Ed Justice Sr., one of the Justice Brothers of SoCal auto racing fame, died at age 87. LAT
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| More than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported sudden acceleration problems over the last decade, resulting in 19 deaths.
| Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World
| 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!
| 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.
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.
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