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- Some top LAPD officials pushed hard, but unsuccessfully, to get the coroner to change the finding that a SWAT bullet killed 19-month-old Suzie Peņa in 2005. LAT, Witness LA
- City Council members started covering their butts now that the big jolt in parking rates and hours — with the intent of increasing tickets at expired meters, and thus revenue — has hit the public. DN
- Rounding up the Silicon Valley tech veterans who may want to run for governor in 2010. WSJ
- Contributing editor Lloyd Grove talks with Sumner Redstone about his family, many rivals, and slowly unraveling empire. Portfolio
- Mayor Villaraigosa, as expected, wants to advance that timeline for building transit projects. But can he? LAT, LAO
- Planning commissioner Mike Woo says the city should fight back against the "assault by a wave of electronic billboards." LAT Op-Ed
- Chief Bratton wins Queerty.com's "homo hero of the year" award. NBC 4
- Blog Code 6 Charles, "scattered thoughts and musings on Southern California's scannerland," has come back to life. C6C
- The statue of a gold miner has been returned to the grassy plot in Carthay Circle and its thieves have been sentenced to state prison. L.A. Now
- Interview with Democratic National Committee member Ed Espinoza. LAist
- Jo Caines, KOCE-TV's former Director of Community/Government Relations & Outreach, died on Saturday. KOCE.
- Funeral services for sculptor Robert Graham will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Also, the Times gets to its Betty Freeman obituary. LAT
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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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