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A new mayor for LA, new tax law for gays ... Off-Ramp for July 6, 2013
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Dan Carino
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Episode 5994
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A new mayor for LA, new tax law for gays ... Off-Ramp for July 6, 2013

LA's first gay citywide elected official ... how the SCOTUS decisons will affect married homosexuals at tax time ... Happy birthday ZIP Code! ... the lasting impact of a huge neck tattoo ... Eric Garcetti's week.

A supporter at Grand Park on the day of Eric Garcetti's public inauguration as LA Mayor.
A supporter at Grand Park on the day of Eric Garcetti's public inauguration as LA Mayor.
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John Rabe
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LA's first gay citywide elected official ... how the SCOTUS decisons will affect married homosexuals at tax time ... Happy birthday ZIP Code! ... the lasting impact of a huge neck tattoo ... Eric Garcetti's week.

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New LA Mayor Garcetti is greener than Lumpy Brannum, but it was still a surprise to learn that he rode the 92 bus to work this week, his first in office.
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The Orange County Museum of Art's California Pacific Triennial brings to Southern California 32 artists who live and work around the Pacific Ocean.
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Daniel Nord the Los Angeles video artist behind "No Exit," one of the noisiest installations at the Orange County Museum of Art's California Pacific Triennial.
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In her debut musical, actress and writer Caitlin Hernandez, blind since birth, shows that being disabled is not the end of the world.
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Married homosexual couples in California and the other states that allow gay marriage are rejoicing in what many might consider a dubious honor: being ensconced in federal tax law.
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"I'd say race plays a big role. When I see a white kid with tattoos on his neck, it's skater, rocker. When you see black kids with this, you're a gangbanger, a thug."
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John Hodgman is the writer and “The Daily Show” humorist who likes to portray himself as the unchallenged expert on any aspect of life. He is not. And this one, a biggie, he also got wrong.