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- Records show acting San Fernando police chief Jeff Eley did request dismissal of a traffic ticket for an aide to Rep. Howard Berman. Daily News , LA Observed Plus: The LA Times finally acknowledges that Eley has been suspended.
- The Assembly voted to pass a bill that would lift a 1996 ban on pre-arranged media interviews with certain prison inmates. Political Blotter
- Patricia McKeon, the wife of longtime Rep. Buck McKeon, is making her first run for office at 69, against his former staffer, Scott Wilk, for the state Assembly. "Her political acumen stops at seating charts,” says Wilk. National Journal
- Branimir Kvartuc will be communications director for Councilman Joe Buscaino, plus other key staffers. Daily Breeze
- James Franco's new web series "Undergrads" depicts USC as "a bacchanal a la 'The Hangover' [with] amorous, good-looking young people hooking up, wild parties, run-ins with the law and booze. Lots and lots of it." LAT
- Uggie, the dog in "The Artist," is being retired from show business. Reuters
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