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The mountain lion shot and killed in Santa Monica was male and three years old, the age when lions leave to find their own turf. It had not been tagged with a radio collar. LAT
For the first time in a major California poll since Jerry Brown took office, a plurality of likely voters disapproves of the job the governor is doing, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released Wednesday. Bee
Tobacco industry TV ads are working to reduce support for Proposition 29, the tobacco tax measure. John Myers
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Councilman Tom LaBonge and two other Coliseum Commission members watched the recent sold-out Bruce Springsteen concert from a private luxury suite in the Sports Arena. LAT
The Democrats' race in AD50 seen as a battle between Assemblywoman Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn. LA Weekly
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, both California senators and five L.A-area congressmen asked for a Federal Aviation Administration study of helicopter noise over Los Angeles. DN
Thousands of Angelenos just take their lumps when half their street parking suddenly vanishes for street-sweeping. LAT/Gale Holland
Los Angeles Unified will pay $200,000 and give lifetime health benefits to settle a sexual-harassment allegation filed by a facilities executive over unwanted sexual advances by now-retired Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who admits one encounter. DN
Following months of political turmoil, petitions were submitted in San Fernando this week to recall the city's mayor and two council members. DN
The Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee filed suit Wednesday against the University of California Board of Regents, demanding the release of police officers' names removed from a critical report on the controversial pepper spraying of UC Davis students. LAT
KPCC will switch over its website to a throughly new redesign this afternoon.
Like a fancy toy in the wrong hands? The New Yorker will tweet in 140-character chunks an entire new 8,500-word short story by author Jennifer Egan, starting tonight. NYT
And it begins: this fall the New Orleans Times-Picayune will publish a printed newspaper only on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Romenesko
Last night's "American Idol" finale got the worst ratings for a finale in the show's history, "an alarming 29% drop compared with last season and in line with 'Idol's' overall decline this year." Show Tracker
Elton John has canceled performances in Las Vegas and is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai for what's being called a serious respiratory infection. LAT
"It's been unreal what they've done and what they've accomplished so far," Wayne Gretzky says of the LA Kings' playoff run. "It's been unreal for the organization and it's been great for hockey in California and L.A." LAT
