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Mayor back to Sacramento
Antonio Villaraigosa is around the Capitol today lobbying for passage of AB 1381. Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally came out opposed to the bill after an "emergency" L.A. meeting of the Legislature's black caucus, which he heads. The Daily News, meanwhile, is bullish on the bill's chances.
Emmys
They put on the show again, the stars looked good, some actors won — but this time the state of Kentucky was offended.
ER on the ropes
Memorial Hospital in Inglewood may close its emergency room and become the tenth ER in the county to shut down in recent years. How many would be left? The Times story doesn't say.
Ship versus bridge
A freighter inside the Port of L.A. bumped the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which was closed for about two hours on Sunday for inspection. Supposed to be open normally today. LAT
AFTER THE JUMP: Where the mayor's power comes from, rumor of a Times politics blog, Greg Nelson as needle in the side of City Hall, dumb criminal o' the day and much more.
Politics
Power equation
In a Sunday Current piece, author and political analyst Raphael Sonenshein suggests that term limits gave Antonio Villaraigosa an unintended boost in pushing his school package in Sacramento.
Times political blog?
Bill Bradley says at New West Notes that LAT political reporters will soon be blogging at LATimes.com.
A rabble-rouser is born
Greg Nelson's activism on behalf of neighborhood councils since leaving City Hall got the attention of the Daily News. His former colleagues aren't necessarily happy, but after 34 years in the city's employ, he laughs "they can't take my pension away."
Orlov column
Rocky ticks people off, Arnold gets to First AME before Angelides, Alarcon gets a moustache salute, new backdrop for City Hall press conferences. Daily News
Media
Back to New Orleans
Reporter Scott Gold goes looking for the toddler who became the face of the Hurricane Katrina story for him.
Spanglish journalism
OC Weekly writer Gustavo Arellano's imperfect Spanish — "worse than Tony Villaraigosa" — irks some Latinos, he writes on the LAT op-ed page. Arellano's "Ask a Mexican" column is now being carried in the LA Weekly.
Police beat
Numbnut o' the day
A student who was late to his Jet Blue flight at Long Beach called in a bomb threat that delayed the flight for fifty minutes. He's in federal lockup.
Noted
Werner Scharff, 90
The arts patron invested in Venice property in the downtrodden 1940s, stuck around and later supported several restaurants and placement of the murals seen on many Venice walls. Scharff also is known for the Lanz women's store that was on Wilshire Boulevard for decades. He died Aug. 17 at home in Santa Monica.
Water taxi in Marina Del Rey
It gets riders, but remains a novelty: authorities scoff at the notion of it ever expanding beyond the Marina.
Today
Guest host on 'Airtalk'
Civic Center reporter Frank Stoltze sits in for Larry Mantle on KPCC.
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Cory Doctorow versus USC's file-sharing policy
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Congressman gets engaged and reporter gets married
Cory Doctorow versus USC's file-sharing policy
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We Get Email: Shame on Sunset Junction
The Valley Observed: Restaurant heist details — in the New York Times
We Get Email: Shame on Sunset Junction
The Valley Observed: Restaurant heist details — in the New York Times