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Twelve minutes after this morning's launch of the Dragon space capsule, SpaceX reported a problem in orbit and turned off the live webcast. A press conference will be held later in the day. LAT
Nearly 100 digital billboards in jeopardy after California Supreme Court declines to hear appeal. DN
January and February have been the driest on record in California. AP
Related: Dust particles blown from Asian and African deserts can increase rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada. LAT
Wendy Greuel: No DWP raises if LA has a deficit. DN/Smith
Wendy Greuel's Private Sector Job Involved Lobbying At L.A. City Hall. LA Weekly/Maddaus
Mayor Candidates Reveal Their Hollywood Agendas. The Wrap/Gumbel and Waxman
Greuel and her allies step up attacks in final days. LAT/Mehta
Mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez is a man on the run. LAT/Linthicum, KPCC/Slater
The flood of 'independent' spending in city elections "undermines the 'matching funds' program goal of making races more competitive." LAT editorial
Journalist Joe Mathews lives in South Pasadena but Los Angeles sent him a ballot anyway: one man, two votes? "Sure it’s illegal, but it’s also a good idea." Zocalo
Felipe Fuentes Secretly Switched Vote 138 Times. LA Weekly/Range McDonald
The city of Los Angeles is installing three tiny parks in Harbor Gateway and Wilmington just to force registered sex offenders to move. LAT
Same Old Story: The State of Blacks in Los Angeles, from Erin Aubry Kaplan. KCET
Sgt. Mitchell Grobeson, the first openly gay LAPD officer who alleged he was forced out of his job, settled his lawsuit against the department 25 years later. DN
Concert photographer and OC Weekly contributor Andrew Youssef is writing about his fight with stage IV colon cancer. OC Weekly
Henry Rollins Gets a Colonoscopy. LA Weekly
Up close and personal with food writer Lesley Balla. Los Angeles
99 essential local restaurants, from A-Frame to Zam Zam Market. LA Weekly
800 Degrees Pizza is adding a takeout storefront in Westwood, and expanding with a new restaurant at 120 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. Los Angeles
Echo Park is LA's best neighborhood, says LA Weekly.
The Great Los Angeles Train Resurgence. Gadling
Ammar Harris, a suspect in the recent Las Vegas Strip shooting, was arrested on suspicion of murder in a Studio City apartment. LAT
