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Another Pellicano case guilty plea, Arnold's illegal problem, Patterico and Hiltzik go mainstream, DA Cooley wants to reform three strikes—plus the end of the UFW series, Michael Eisner, Mack Reed, Jason Kandel and Warren Dorn. And of course, you can view the front pages of a bunch of newspapers and a lot more. Just click to turn the page.
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♦ It's not just Sandra Will Carradine: the LAT says a veteran Beverly Hills police officer has resigned and pleaded guilty in the Anthony Pellicano a case, a turn that also implicates Bert Fields' law firm.
♦ Oh another thing about the governor's motorcycle riding: he doesn't have a license: "I just never really applied for it." He's OK for sidecar bikes, but not two-wheelers.
♦ Patterico v LAT and Hiltzik v Patterico were the subject of a Howard Kurtz media column in the Washington Post.
♦ District Attorney Steve Cooley is proposing a ballot measure to reform California's Three Strikes law and require most third strikes to be for a violent or serious offense.
♦ Surprise, surprise: complaints against LAPD officers are not well investigated by the department.
♦ The final part of the Times' UFW series focuses on Eliseo Medina, an SEIU official who the paper says could have been the successor to Cesar Chavez.
♦ The Paper Trail, the blog by Daily News business writer and shop steward Brent Hopkins, points to a piece by DN staffer Jason Kandel in Ararat magazine. The topic is gangs in Glendale and Hopkins posts, "Nice work, dude."
♦ Michael Eisner will host a bi-monthly interview show on CNBC.
♦ Mack Reed of LA Voice remains in DSL hell weeks after moving to Silver Lake.
♦ The Pond outranks Staples Center in ticket sales for concerts and non-sports events, but partly because it has more open dates.
♦ Warren Dorn, a county supervisor for sixteen years, died at age 87. In 1972 he lost his bid for reelection to Baxter Ward, the former Channel 7 news anchor.
♦ George Walsh, a longtime news announcer at KNX and the former voice of "Gunsmoke" on radio and TV, died at age 88.