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- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday that the time is right to debate legalizing marijuana for recreational use in California. SF Chronicle, Bee
- Rep. Jane Harman has toned down her attacks on the broader wiretap issues, saying now that "I don't know if there are rampant wiretapping abuses." Breeze, KPCC News
- Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas tweeted his lobbying meeting with Sen. Dianne Feinstein today in Washington. Twitter
And: Supervisor Don Knabe carved out a section of his website to report on the Supes' DC trip. Site - A small but threatening Santa Barbara fire burned 196 acres and caused some evacuations. LAT
- The Los Angeles Unified board decided to seek an injunction against the teachers union alleging unfair labor practice in a scheduled May 15 strike. Meanwhile, 160 teachers are paid to temporarily not teach. DN, LAT
- Traffic calming measures may be taken down around the new Palazzo development in Westwood Village. LAStreetsBlog
- Man, the L.A. Times.com front page was a mess this morning. View
- Adolfo Guzman-Lopez vows "I will not write about Cinco de Mayo," and then... Movie Miento
- The weekly prime-time television ratings are "delayed this week because of what Nielsen Media Research described as processing issues." LAT
- Times staff writer Jia-Rui Chong, interviewed in the green room at Zocalo.
- An interview with the swine flu virus. Not the LAT
- KTLA's Eric Spillman asks of local sports fans: "where's the excitement?" The News Blog
- The Ducks took a 2-1 series lead over the Detroit Red wings in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Helene Elliott/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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