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Garcetti calls runaway film production a civic 'emergency,' pledges to name a "film czar" in his first 100 days. THR
Yaroslavsky lauds outgoing Mayor Villaraigosa’s transportation legacy. The Planning Report
More on the post in a new city department that Jan Perry will be filling, plus other Garcetti job news from yesterday. LAT, DN, KPCC
Herb Wesson was reelected president of the City Council, with Mitch Englander as the number two. LAT, DN
Councilman Mike Bonin proposed dropping the ticket for parking at a broken meter. DN
The Board of Education elected Richard Vladovic to be the president, replacing Monica Garcia "In a conscious shift of power and priorities." LAT, DN
The special elections to replace new City Council members Curren Price and Bob Blumenfield in the state legislature will be held September 17 and Nov. 19. LAT
Remembering the election of Tom Bradley as mayor 40 years later. KPCC
The video of a Hawthorne police officer killing an 80-pound Rottweiler that jumped out of a car window and lunged during the arrest of its owner is drawing outrage and plenty of YouTube views. LAT, Daily Breeze
There have been more 2,800 lightning strikes in Northern California in the past 24 hours, and Cal Fire teams are fighting eight fires. Cal Fire
If America's medical schools were failing to offer their students the academic content and practical experience necessary to provide high-quality healthcare, we would be outraged.
But that's exactly what happens in most undergraduate and graduate schools of education, writes Eli Broad. LAT Op-Ed
The New York Times assigned report Amy Chozick to the Hillary Clinton beat. Romenesko
Ben Bergman joined the business reporting team at KPCC.
Variety columnist Brian Lowry, formerly of the LA Times: "When I read the LA Times, I can still identify the entertainment stories that were pitched to the front page and didn't make it." Twitter
"Inferno" by Dan Brown is the top selling hardcover fiction in Southern California. "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls" by David Sedaris is the top nonfiction book. Bookweb
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art raised membership prices for the first time in six years. LAT
Former Dodger Milton Bradley's temper finally got him sent to jail: 32 months in county jail for abusing and threatening his estranged wife. LAT, DN
Yasiel Puig hit another home run and Clayton Kershaw shut out the Rockies 8-0. ESPN
