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LA Times: University of California seeks a far bigger budget this year, hoping to avoid a nearly 10% increase in student costs. Some say the request is futile, given the state's grim economic outlook.
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LA Times: Anticipating a $110-million shortfall, the city's budget office recommends cuts from the L.A. Zoo, tree trimming and crossing guards programs, among others.
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From LAist: The first of the 22 off-site projects at the 2008 California Biennial were installed last week on billboards around town, compliments of LAXART Public Art Initiatives and ForYourArt.
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Politico.com's Jeffrey Ressner takes a look at Obama'sm Hollywood. [h/t Nikki Finke]
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LATimes: "Mass transit ridership among some -- but not all -- local transit agencies has slipped since the summer." Will you never learn, Los Angeles?
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L.A. Now: Last week, the aggressive tactics of Prop. 8 opponents -- street protests, boycotts of business -- made headlines. This week, it appears that backers of the ban on gay marriage are the ones making threats.
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L. A. Times art critic Christopher Knight: [If] I've been hearing is true, I have just one question: Are you freakin' kidding me? What on Earth do you think you're doing?
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Huffington Post: Murray Fromson mourns the L. A. Times' Washington bureau. [h/t LA Observed]
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from LA Cowboy: 29,000 needed by December 3 or Bob Baker's theater and home will be sold
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