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The gambling issue. Sample lede: "Like so many young women before me, I had trekked to Las Vegas to hand out free T-shirts at a porn convention." (LA Weekly)
The drinking issue. Sample lede: "The pint is the singularly most identifiable and bona-fide Irish export around the world." (CityBeat)
An unidentified L.A. law firm is paying for "a mysterious investigation of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo’s practice of hiring outside law firms to handle city business...conducted by Diligence Inc., a private intelligence agency run by former CIA and British security agents." (LA Weekly)
Explaining the genres of Mexican music heard on L.A. radio and streets, from "Ask a Mexican" Gustavo Arellano. (LA Weekly)
Political scandal in Alhambra. (Pasadena Weekly)
Former L.A. County Supervisor Ed Edelman is getting a one-year contract to help Santa Monica with its homeless problem. (SM Mirror)
Ex-Lakers coach and broadcaster Pat Riley got the OK to build his three-story "retirement house" over mild opposition in Malibu. (Malibu Times)
Photo of Tony Ricasa, new chief of staff for Councilman Jose Huizar, and staffer Monica Garcia. (Garment and Citizen)