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Garcetti Stonewall Approaches Terrible Twos | Pacific Council’s Flex | Outrage as Reason | Eshman, Reiff on Deck | Snap’s $5M Gift to Cal State Dominguez Hills Looks Fresh

I recently got a prime example of inertia on the public health crisis of homelessness from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office, which sent …

Pulling for Dusty—or How UCI Professor’s View of Stats Goes Beyond Baseball | Corruption is Bipartisan Plague in LA

The World Series ought to wrap up this week—and here’s hoping Dusty Baker brings home the prize as a reward for his long career …

Anyone Home at US Attorney’s Office? | UCI’s Rx for First-Generation Students | Garcetti MOPEs | Pine’s National Portfolio | Live@5 Takes Up Media Reformation

Does the U.S. Department of Justice tackle any tough cases in SoCal? It’s a question that comes up if you consider high-profile felony charges that …

Where’s Latino Left on Villanueva? | City of Hope Grows Again | Residential Twist Possible for NB Hotels | Alden’s Definition | Serrano’s Sales Pitch

Question for the local Latino-American left in LA: Where is the outrage over LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has specialized in outrageous behavior …

OC Signals Trump is Fading | Berggruen Fellow’s Ambitious Brief | Dr. Kim Leans Into Inclusion | IMC Doubles Up for Disaster Relief | Doti’s Dart | Soon-Shiong’s $7B Slide

There’s a lot of back and forth about whether the Republican Party is in thrall to Donald Trump, but recent signals from Orange County …

Bren’s Monopoly Board | Mussallem, Mazzo Meet Santana | Sonenshein’s Story | Soon-Shiong Shuffle Set Up on Printing Plant | Buchan Latest OC-FT Link | Kudos to Cuniff

Hold off a week or two if you’ve picked up word on the streets around Newport Center that Irvine Company boss Donald Bren plans …

Hats Off! | Di Bella, Musco on Mission | Memo to Greater LA: Lose the Loopy Language | LA CAN’s Significant Show & Tell | About SullivanSays YouTube Edition

A trio of SoCal vignettes, offered with a tip of the cap to the ones who insist on engaging our community’s biggest challenges. *  …

Garcetti’s Scramble | National Media’s Miss | LA Times’ Lipstick | City of Hope’s Bertell | F&M’s PPP Perspective | Metchek’s Suggestion | Andy’s Apples

My scoop last week on LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s bid to get a ticket out of SoCal with some second-tier job in the Biden …

Allen, Ice Cube Beat GM | $50M for City of Hope | Musco’s New Mission | County Official Goes Quiet on Homelessness | Espinoza Rises in LB | Salsa at Segerstrom | YouTube Debut

LA Pols in Denial as State, Feds Scrutinize Homelessness | Will Biden Tap UCI Prof on Big Banks? | Ahmanson Exit? | Soon-Shiong Key to Hedge Fund’s Bid for More Newspapers