• If you call an LAFD ambulance, the bill will now be $712 (or $1,004 for advanced life support) plus $15.75 per mile. That's 15 dollars per mile. Yes, the city also collects taxes to fund the service, but Councilman Bernard Parks said the LAFD rates for some reason need to be in line with what the county charges. DN
  • A privately owned power line caused the wildfire to start above Porter Ranch. LAT
  • Mulling a possible Rick Caruso run for mayor. LA Weekly
    Plus: The Board of Supervisors race. LAW
  • Los Angeles County really does pay its judges too much, a court rules. DN
  • Mayor Villaraigosa vetoed $96,000 that City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo wanted to spend on outside legal counsel in a lawsuit involving Skid Row and the disabled — only the mayor's fourth veto. LAT
  • Judith Lewis does a final interview with activist Dorothy Green. LA Weekly
  • Witold Rybczynski reviews the Renzo Piano design for the Broad Contemporary Art Museum in words and slides. Slate
  • A criminal record dating from Montebello Councilman Robert Urteaga's student days surfaced in a fight over trash. SGV Tribune
  • Some of the Los Angeles Public Library's great map collection is on display at the Central Library's Getty Galley through January. LAT
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