Wow!

'Paul Pelosi told the intruder that he had to use the bathroom, then made a surreptitious 911 call on his cellphone and left the line open, sources familiar with the attack told The Times. Dispatcher Heather Grimes... alerted officers to the scene.'
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“Paul Pelosi was attacked at home by an assailant who acted with force, and threatened his life while demanding to see the Speaker. Mr. Pelosi…underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.” #Pelosi ’s office

Homelessness among Latinos, who make up nearly half of the L.A. County’s population, saw a 26% increase in the county and 30% in the city in the latest count, even as other demographic groups saw a decline. Ruben Vives and I dig into why

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This is such a sweet reprieve from everything going on in the world: 'Become a Halloween hero — be your neighborhood’s full-size candy house.' latimes.com/opinion/story/…

WASHINGTON (The Associated Press) — AP source: Intruder in Speaker Pelosi's home shouted 'where is Nancy?' before assaulting her husband.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was “violently” attacked in the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday morning, according to a statement from the speaker’s office.

Nancy Pelosi was not in the city at the time of the attack.

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What a shot from Wally Skalij !! This mountain lion in Brentwood has evaded wildlife authorities for hours as they try to get the big cat back to a more 'suitable habitat.'

Read more here:
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Interesting/notable that one of L.A.’s most influential progressive voices is backing Rick J. Caruso for L.A. Mayor.

“I love L.A. How can you not see that? I suppose the book is, in the end, a failure if it betrays none of the sense of deep feeling I have about the city. But that’s where being a radical comes in — you have to rain on the parade.”

My obit for Mike Davis:
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Sheriff Villanueva is at war with nearly everyone. Will it cost him his job?
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'This is what success looks like in the creator economy: A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider.' nytimes.com/2022/10/25/mag…

What Joan She Didion Means

L.A. City Council Prez Paul Krekorian responds to CM Kevin De León in a letter.

Krekorian reiterates his call for KDL to resign, saying the council would schedule a special election as soon as KDL resigns to minimize disruption.

Also says he won't excuse KDL from council mtgs

No matter how much work Uber and Lyft put into their apps, they just can’t hold a candle to the ease and efficiency of the airport taxi stand. Those guys were absolutely flinging people into cars tonight at LAX.

Reproductive rights are coming up a lot in Karen Bass's mayoral campaign. Nicholas Goldberg: 'It’s as if Bass were to put up an ad telling Angelenos that she thinks Ukraine ought to be fast-tracked into NATO. It just doesn’t fall within the job description.' latimes.com/opinion/story/…

'Wildfires were second only to transportation as the state’s primary source of planet-warming gases in 2020, ahead of industry and electrical power generation.' Everything about this Hayley Smith story is so depressing latimes.com/california/sto…