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- Roman Polanski finally speaks out about the extradition the US is seeking for the director on a 3-decades-old rape sentencing.
- Backpedal much? Mayor Villaraigosa is now considering rescinding his plan to support certain cherry-picked arts groups through grant monies taken away from other groups.
- The LAFD have posted photos from yesterday's flood channel rescue of a 60-year-old woman.
- GOP Governor hopefuls Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner faced each other in a debate tonight. How did it go? An email from Poizner's camp is titled "Steve Poizner Wins Debate." Well, alrighty then.
- The City of Beverly Hills has officially renamed the 300 block of North Clark Drive Herzl Way in honor of the father of Zionism.
- Read the tale of a San Clemente woman who will be granted her dying wish to have her ashes scattered alongside those of her beloved dog.
- Arraignment is scheduled for tomorrow for the suspect in the bizarre love triangle case of a Hollywood woman murdered 2 years after the murder of her husband and daughter.
- Congratulations to the 13,000 participants in today's OC Marathon.
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