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Thursday morning headlines

Denise Hamilton / Sex on my mind as librarians take over the Anaheim Convention Center

Librarians are some of my personal heroes, providing a beacon of light in a world that often seems hellbent on...

Jenny Price / 2nd amendment commas— which 5 Supreme Court justices don’t know how to read

But please don’t just think of of the victims.

Jenny Price / Malibu beach correction

The 17 access gates remain unlocked from the beach side--with one exception.

Phil Wallace / Clippers sign Baron Davis

The LA native is the biggest signing in team history and he creates a legit Laker-Clipper rivalry.

Bill Boyarsky / Union clout, King hospital and the 2nd district

The unspoken question in the runoff between Bernard Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas is how much influence the winning candidate will allow the unions in negotiating the reopening of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center, which once served thousands of poor people.

Jenny Burman / July 4 diary

Independence Day: My friends, old guard Echo Park, have put together a gorgeous party -- lots of neighbors. At the...

Veronique de Turenne / The wild life

Have I shown you a photo of the new duck family in the last few days? No? Well here they...

Quitting her Times habit

Feedback | One longtime Los Angeles news junkie gives up her Times subscription, sad and disappointed about changes she has seen happening.

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