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Morning Buzz: Wednesday 10.15.08
- The L.A. wildfires made no dramatic advances during the night and are now at 18,000 acres and 49 (or 62) structures burned. LAT, DN
- Sidebar on Twin Lakes, which used to have lakes as part of a 1920s Mayan-themed resort but doesn't any longer. LAT
- Here's why keeping $12,000 in a shoebox at home is a bad idea. DN
- LAFD crew narrowly escapes in Porter Ranch. LAT
- Pasadena woman facing foreclosure kills herself in her home. SGV Tribune
- Dorsey High School rejects reform help from ex-Mayor Richard Riordan. LAT
- Parke Skelton will manage the Paul Koretz campaign for City Council in the 5th (Jack Weiss) district. Sausage Factory
- DWP union chief Brian D'Arcy and politicians are behind a ballot measure to be proposed today to use DWP workers to install rooftop solar power around the city. LAT
- Reports from the Congress of Neighborhoods. CityWatch
- CNN story tying the Palins to Alaska secessionists was "reheated, overwrought and misleading," says the Times' James Rainey. LAT
And: Maria Shriver shocked that Sarah Palin avoids press. SF Chronicle - LAPD chief William Bratton talks with Patt Morrison on KPCC at 2 pm, with a question expected about the jail death of Japanese murder suspect Kazuyoshi Miura.
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