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Good morning - here's what's happening 4.18.08

7:57 AM, April 18, 2008

Thousands of Californians whose  health insurance was canceled by the state's top five companies get a chance to win it back. Lisa Girion and Marc Lifsher explain what happened.

The battle of the billboards continues - now a billboard district in Koreatown goes to a vote in the City Council. David Zahniser has the details.

A state audit finds child molesters living at child-care facilities and foster homes. LAT

U.S. Atty. Thomas P. O'Brien has goals for his office, but his colleagues are calling them quotas. Scott Glover explains.

Google profits up 30%, says Jessica Guynn.

Big change in store for the Long Beach Grand Prix this Sunday. Full story from Jim Peltz.

Mary_j_blige_and_jayz_rock_the_bowl How were they? Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z took over the Hollywood Bowl, and Richard Cromelin was there.

A 5.4 earthquake...in Illinois. Chicago Trib via LAT.

A battle over a local bio-fuel company in Silver Lake turns into a "huge hipster soap opera." Susannah Rosenblatt has the story.

--Veronique de Turenne

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Veronique de Turenne
Veronique de Turenne
Veronique de Turenne is a journalist, essayist, book critic and blogger, and has been a staff writer at virtually every newspaper in Southern California. One of the highlights of her career was interviewing Vin Scully in his broadcast booth at Dodger Stadium, then receiving a handwritten thank you note from him a week later. She lives in Malibu.

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