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Richardson in 37th
Assemblywoman Laura Richardson beat state Sen. Jenny Oropeza on the Democratic side in the open 37th congressional district, but would face a sacrificial Republican in a special general election on Aug. 21. Richardson was the black and labor candidate who had been an aide to the late Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald. Times, Breeze
Supes hold off on closing King-Harbor
Hollywood hedging strike bets
Planning for another work stoppage. NYT
Beverly Hills High's oil wells
Joy Horowitz, author of the forthcoming Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School, makes a point about school privacy and lack of environmental disclosure. LAT Op-Ed
McCartney at Amoeba
Paul McCartney plays for free tonight to promote his new CD at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. People are already in line. LA Weekly, Star-News
Westfield plans for Woodland Hills
The former Topanga Plaza mall would be linked to the Promenade. DN
Greg Packer returns
New York's favorite media quote meister shows up in line for an iPhone. LAT
Noted
New AFI president
Bob Gazzale will take over Nov. 1 at the American Film Institute, succeeding his boss Jean Picker Firstenberg. Variety, LAT
Jim Hosney in Column One
So many former Crossroads and Westlake kids work in Hollywood that the Times does a story on their favorite English teacher, crediting him as "the most influential Hollywood player you've probably never heard of." He also teaches graduate-level film history at AFI. LAT
Mort Sahl profiled
The comic lives in Tarzana and chats with the Daily News.
Gay Talese returns to NYT
He revisits the old offices on the occasion of the newsroom's move to new digs. NY Observer
