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It's Friday at the end of a long week. Just a few items:
The Daily News has hired Helene Goldsen as assistant city editor. She is a former managing editor of the LA Times Magazine and of E! Online. Via memo
After Eric Garcetti came out moving the north runway at LAX, he won Westchester in a landslide. Now the neighborhood wants him to deliver. Plus lawsuits: LA Weekly, DN, LAT
Also from Gene Maddaus: Big Labor Can't Elect a Mayor in LA. LA Weekly
Two former Chivas USA youth academy coaches claim they were discriminated against when the organization fired them in March, after criticism that they couldn't speak Spanish. KPCC
Ron Holmes, the father of former UCLA basketball player Shabazz Muhammad, was indicted Thursday in Las vegas on charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He pleaded not guilty. Review-Journal
Valerie at Grand Central Market, a new bakery and cafe from Valerie Gordon, opens today. Eater LA
