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- An airline pilot uses his 40 years experience to bring his stricken jetliner down safely in the Hudson River, and the governor of New York dismisses it as "a miracle?"
- A 25-year-old gang member released on parole in June was arrested in connection with this week's murder of four-year-old Roberto Lopez, Jr. on Court Street. Wires
- Privatizing of Long Beach Airport is unlikely to actually happen. Press-Telegram
- So many people waited in line to apply for 58 affordable units at the Hollywood Community Housing Corp. that the police were called. LAT
- The Los Angeles County Democratic Party made its endorsements for the March 3 city election. Sausage Factory
- Attorney General-designate Eric Holder said he favors a shield law that would allow journalists to protect secret sources by refusing to testify before courts and grand juries. SF Chronicle
- Philip Recht, a partner at Mayer Brown LLP, was appointed chairman for the Central City Association.
- L.A. writer Amy Wallace has a cover story in Men's Journal on Mickey Rourke: "Sure, he isn’t as pretty as he was, but he is having more sex and attracting attention for his acting, not his antics." MJ
- Filmmaker Laura Bialis is now blogging live from Sderot about the rocket attacks on Israel. Jewish Journal.
- Perry Rubin, the 13-year-old daughter of KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, will be the special backstage correspondent at the "Kids’ Inaugural" concert honoring military families scheduled to air on the Disney Channel at 8 p.m. on Monday, January 19. Inaugural blog
- James Thorpe, director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens for 17 years until 1983, died at age 93. LAT
Plus: Mark Lacter gets an LABO item out of yesterday's Current Affairs Forum lunch where I questioned LAWA's Gina Marie Lindsey.
Yesterday's LA Observed in digest form
This week's posts
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| CBS and ABC have far bigger fish to fry - namely whether their stations can get back the auto and retail advertising that fell off a cliff in 2009.
| Searching for answers after a third loss this year.
| Jihad and cash offers meet American soldiers during the Gulf War, and beyond.
| After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.
One of the last of Doug Ring’s many good deeds was a visit to the Los Angeles Times editorial board with members of Housing LA, an organization advocating affordable housing for the thousands of residents being forced out of the city by high rents.
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