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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Mexican Puppy Mills Filling the Gap Created by the LA ‘Puppy-Mill’ Ban … There’s a Better Solution

Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on April 25 2016.

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## [Los Angeles and the Politics of Ugly](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10986:los-angeles-and-the-politics-of-ugly&catid=312)

PLANNING GONE AWRY-If there are two words that joined together are a classic oxymoron, it is aesthetics and Los Angeles. Like most large cities, Los…

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Written by Dennis Hathaway on April 25 2016.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 25 2016.

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Written by Karen Wolfe on April 25 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/034r-22cf9d3f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10980:hello-hello-miss-american-pie-and-flag-and-furutani-campaign-headquarters&catid=312)### [Hello, Hello Miss American Pie, and Flag, and … Furutani Campaign Headquarters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10980:hello-hello-miss-american-pie-and-flag-and-furutani-campaign-headquarters&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 26 2016.

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Written by Fred Mariscal on April 25 2016.

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Written by Lily Vaughan on April 25 2016.

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Written by Laura Lake on April 21 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/033t-bcd9365f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10968:another-la-american-icon-bites-the-dust-playboy-magazine&catid=312)### [Another LA/American Icon Bites the Dust: Playboy Magazine](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10968:another-la-american-icon-bites-the-dust-playboy-magazine&catid=312)

Written by Charles Tarlow on April 21 2016.

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Written by Matthew Hetz on April 21 2016.

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Written by Mark Ryavec on April 21 2016.

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Written by Ken Alpern on April 21 2016.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on April 21 2016.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on April 21 2016.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 21 2016.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on April 21 2016.

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