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July 31, 2008
While Dodger fans and Frank McCourt seem ecstatic about the acquisition of Manny Ramirez, there are trouble signs elsewhere. L.A. fans have never been very accepting of bad-attitude players, and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Excellent piece by Max Taves in the LA Weekly on elderly identical twin sisters in Pacific Palisades who "had spent years fanatically feeding the Palisades’ rat population. Although the full... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
One of the writers leaving the L.A. Times emailed the contact address for the free newspaper supposedly starting up in Los Angeles with a staff of 75-100 and a Sunday... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Russell Napolitano has gone back underground — literally, not metaphorically — and we have a new writer. This week's pages are by KP Mackie, who lives in San Diego... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Daily News took a double morale hit today. First, Publisher Doug Hanes decreed a new dress code that proves the secessionst's main point: the Valley (or at least Woodland... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Red Sox slugger (and head case) Manny Ramirez comes to the Dodgers outfield in exchange for highly rated 3B prospect Andy LaRoche and a minor league pitcher, with possibly other... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Just before noon, the editors at LATimes.com decided to give one of the top spots at the Los Angeles Times home page to a story — and tag cloud —... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lt. Gov. John Garamendi announced this morning that, as expected, he will run for governor in 2010. Bee... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This week's piece by Kelefa Sanneh starts out exploring TV and radio commentator Tavis Smiley's criticism of Barack Obama's candidacy and looks into Smiley's enterprises, which are based in Leimert... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Slim majority of Californians support offshore oil drilling, a PPIC poll found. Chronicle AG Jerry Brown talks to Celeste Fremon about Joel Kotkin, port pollution and other issues. Witness... $MTEntryExcerpt$>