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- L.A.'s income from police tows has nearly doubled over the last year.
- After one year, Chief Deputy Mayor Jay Carson, who once was an aide to both Clintons, has resigned, but that was his goal anyway.
- blogdowntown talks to Last Comic Standing winner Felipe Esparza about Boyle Heights, downtown and all that funny stuff.
- "A Los Angeles jury Thursday convicted a 22-year-old Latino gang member in the racially motivated killing of a black girl in 2006."
- Two of the five men accused of starting the 2007 Corral Fire that destroyed dozens of homes in Malibu were sentenced jailtime today.
- Which Los Angeles City Councilmember can rock the facial hair? Vote on this poll, which at last check, had Eric Garcetti winning.
- Some housekeeping: Our iPhone app, Istaverse, is working again. If you recently updated and it's still not working, please delete it and re-install.
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