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LA has a diverse cast of characters. Whether it's the characters with stirring stories or interesting occupations or the people who are just simply characters, this town has them all. In an effort to get to know some of those characters a little better, we've created "Seven Questions with..." If you have a suggestion for a future Seven Questions subject send us an email.

Rare that the 4:20 Video Time finds itself being political, but thats what we get for reading Metafilter after a late lunch. Today they found a story about a Massachusetts teenager who sold the equivalent of a joint's amount of weed to an undercover cop. His punishment: two years in jail. He never had a criminal record, and never even thrown a beer at at basketball player who was laying on a scorer's table....

LAist editor Tony Pierce appeared on Ring My Bell a few weeks ago and was asked about blogging, censoring oneself, pot, and other random things. Ring My Bell is an interesting internet/tv/call-in show shot on Hollywood Blvd. by World of Wonder. In the past they've had guests like Little Loca, Bobcat Goldthwait, and even the dude from PopBytes. Basically they tape an hour of live calls and splice it down to about 5 minutes....

Last night was "about community. It's about you playing the role of the community-based policing component essential to keeping crime down," explains Mayor Villaraigosa. Best lede: "They're calling it 'Slaughterfest' and promising concertgoers will "bleed metal" at the Whittier Community Theatre later this month." NPR visits some local DMVs: Drivers license photographs are notoriously ugly, even for the beautiful people of Los Angeles. Producer Ayala Ben-Yehuda visited two Department of Motor Vehicles offices in...