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- LAFD inspector Dennis Archie was arrested and accused of taking a $500 bribe from a board and care facility operator. L.A. Now
- So-called moderates on the Screen Actors Guild board moved to fire chief negotiator Doug Allen. LAT
- Mayor Villaraigosa's fundraising slowed when no major reelection challenger emerged but he still raised $2.7 million for the year. Sausage Factory
- Council President Eric Garcetti makes his talk show host debut interviewing author Matt Miller about "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas" on KCRW's "Politics of Culture" at 2:30 p.m. POC
- Elle magazine has hired Creative Artists Agency to "help identify TV shows and film properties that can elevate Elle's brand among potential readers by integrating the glossy into productions." Variety
- Channels 2 & 9 photog Bryan Frank had his microwave truck break down last night on the way back to the station: "I will sit here and hope some big news story happens right in front of me." beFrank
- Author Nancy Spiller got her wish to have her debut novel's book party at Doug Dutton's home in Studio City. LAT
- The operator of the Sportsmen's Lodge restaurant, which closed Dec. 31, plans to auction off stuff today at the Studio City locale. DN
- Art historian, writer and curator Coosje van Bruggen, who collaborated with her artist- husband Claes Oldenburg on public art projects including the binoculars on a Frank Gehry building in Venice, died of metastatic breast cancer at home in Los Angeles. She was 66. LAT, NYT
Yesterday's posts in digest form.
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| Bev Hills billionaire Ron Burkle has $56 million in loans against his two houses. The McCourts have borrowed $28 million on their properties.
| 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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