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From the LA Daily News: "Richardson is the nation's only Hispanic governor and the most prominent Hispanic elected official in the country. And the way he was treated doesn't say much about Obama's respect for the Hispanic community"
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from the L.A. Times: "In an effort to counteract female witnesses who say the murder defendant terrorized them with guns, the defense in the retrial says Spector also brandished firearms at men." Nice!
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You'll have to click through to see the picture, I can't do it justice.
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from Los Angeles Metblogs: "Someone has put together a not totally complete but still very interesting Google Map of the gangs of LA, or some of them anyway."
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From the L.A. Times: On the third floor of El Mercado de Los Angeles in Boyle Heights, musicians often compete from opposite ends of the cavernous room. Mariachis perched on the stage of La Perla restaurant battle ranchero accordions in the adjoining El Torasco restaurant. Patrons shout over the festive music while waitresses scramble to take orders.
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from Culture Monster: "Ten days have passed since news broke of a financial crisis... And a week has passed since philanthropist Eli Broad published an Opinion article in The Times that offered $30 million to begin to help ..."
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L.A. Now: "I would love to have a yoga studio that's affordable," resident Sandra Martinez, 40, said with a half-guilty laugh. "The problem with a yoga studio is when that moves in, that's the end -- that's the definition of gentrification."
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L.A. photog Ted Soqui has been taking pictures of cheap gas prices. How low will he go? [h/t LAObserved]
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LAist: "Besides a reverence of Joe Strummer and The Clash and a good ear for underground bands that could appeal to a wider audience, I don't have that much in common with Nic musically."
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from Los Angeles Metblogs: "A thousand words pays $7.50.” Don't tell our bloggers.
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LAist: Residents, businesses and government have all lowered their water use over the past year, but the industrial sector has increased use by 22%
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from LAist: Gov. Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency today today, which allows him to force the state legislature to pass a bill addressing the state's budget crisis.
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Your turkey is barely digested, and already the X-Mas tree war has begun. LA Now: "The battle of the L.A. area Christmas trees is heating up. "
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Is November too early to start talking about the Oscars? Maybe.
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