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- A veteran Los Angeles city firefighter close to retirement remains hospitalized after being gravely injured last night when a ceiling collapsed on him and five colleagues battling a fire in a home on Viewsite Drive in the Hollywood Hills. His name has not been released.
- The Jerry West statue was unveiled outside Staples Center.
- Just because Mayor Villaraigosa's NFL stadium panel is loaded with AEG and stadium supporters doesn't mean it's a done deal, First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner said after the first meeting — held behind closed doors.
- Dr. Laura Schlessinger is out for revenge, says Amy Wallace in Los Angeles magazine.
- USC University Hospital shut down its kidney transplant program last month after a kidney was accidentally transplanted into the wrong patient.
- Former L.A. Times reporter Judy Pasternak is now the energy beat editor at Bloomberg News in Washington.
- Former Long Beach congressman Steve Horn, a moderate Republican, died at home at age 79.
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