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Bill Boyarsky

Cutback reprieve in schools

Beresford-Redman being extradited to Mexico right now

11:55 AM Wed | Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former TV producer accused of killing his wife Monica in Cancun in 2010, has been taken from the federal detention center downtown is said to be en route to Mexico.

9:56 AM Wed | Vin Scully on working: 'I don't want to lose my friends'

9:34 AM Wed | Morning Buzz: Wednesday 2.8.12

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Closing in on mortgage agreement that appears to include California

4:26 PM Wed | The deal with five major banks would be worth as much as $25 billion.

3:18 PM Wed | Linking Building and Safety bribery allegations with consulting firm

2:42 PM Wed | Perils and possibilities of driverless vehicles

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Bill Boyarsky

Parents win cutback reprieve

Parents have won partial restoration of federal poverty funds for 23 schools in the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. Many of the schools are in middle class neighborhoods but have substantial numbers of poor students.

Valley, Westside parents fight school cuts

A big parental revolt is shaping up in the San Fernando Valley and the Westside as federal budget cuts reach deep into the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Beutner challenges weak city ethics regulation

To some of us disillusioned alums of the weak and failing City Ethics Commission, mayoral candidate Austin Beutner is saying the right things.

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Hanging in LA with Anaϊs Nin (and Henry Miller)

Occupy Los Angeles Interfaith Sanctuary

Sanitizing City Hall park - and sanitizing the story

Donna Myrow

One city, two neighborhoods, nothing in common

Donna Myrow

Gunshots, a writing coach and bureaucrats

Anna Sklar

Ben Margolis is my hero

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Villaraigosa to go after Romney in speech tonight Rick Santorum claned up on Tuesday, but it's Mitt Romney whose record on immigration will be skewered by the mayor in Washington. Mayor Villaraigosa headed back to Washington Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be in Washington from Tuesday to Friday next week in his role as head of the US Conference of Mayors. Video: Villaraigosa talks about hiding from abusive father * For the first time that I remember, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks about hiding under the bed with his sister while his mother was beaten by a drunken father. “It’s probably the only time in my life that I’ve ever felt helpless," he tells Channel 2. Villaraigosa archive
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