Misty Copeland is the 29-year-old soloist for the American Ballet Theatre (and muse of Prince) who we told you about last year at LA Observed.
LAPD cop Joe Buscaino won't have to do any more patrols if he doesn't want to. He was elected to the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday with 60 percent of the vote to just under 40 percent for Assemblyman Warren Furutani.
On Tuesday, the race between Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani comes to a close. On KCRW today I talked about what I'll be watching for on election night. Plus: a roundup of media coverage.
 
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Greuel joins City Council President Herb Wesson and the Times in backing the LAPD cop in the race. For the Times, the endorsement comes with a caution that Buscaino is not all that impressive.

It can't be a bad sign for your chances when the incoming president of the City Council publicly endorses your campaign to be elected to said council.
A little rain finished off the job in San Pedro's White Point neighborhood, apparently.
So it should be a friendly CD 15 runoff, right? Plus: Buscaino consultant denies he sent gloating email.
This sets up what should be an interesting and potentially brutal showdown in the 15th council district.
Pat McOsker became the first candidate in the 15th city council district to put a video ad on the local cable channels. Watch.
Jose Luis Sandoval of Wilmington spends his summer visiting the region's top birding destinations. Check him out on "Off-Ramp."
Ramona Hahn, the mother of Councilwoman Janice Hahn and Superior Court Judge James Hahn, the former mayor, died today.
It's been almost three years since we've passed along any news of Reggie, the alligator (first thought to be a caiman) that eluded capture in Machado Lake in Harbor City for so long — until May 24, 2007.
The San Pedro destination for Greek food and community closes Sunday after 37 years.
Another angle to the now-controversial appointment of ex-Assemblyman Wally Knox to a $205k job at the Port of Los Angeles — an appointment blocked this week despite the mayor's desire...
Most people who live or spend much time in San Pedro pronounce the community name as San Peedro, but not the recorded greeting on the new LAPD division's phone. There...
The Great White Steamer that ferried visitors from San Pedro to Catalina Island for a half century has taken its last voyage. Mexican crews have begun demolishing the partly sunken...
That 15-year-old San Pedro High School girl who reported two men tried to drag her into a truck [see Morning Buzz] has admitted making up the story. "She said she...