First Take: Richard Alarcon indicted. Bell’s new city attorney. Keith Richman remembered

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A federal judge struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage.

Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife were indicted on 24 charges of voter fraud and other felonies stemming from allegations he does not live in his council district.

Meg Whitman hit the ‘John and Ken’ show to take her share of abuse for what the hosts perceive as her flip-flop on some key conservative issues.

The late Keith Richman was remembered as a ‘champion of reform’ at a service in the Hollywood Hills.

The Bell City Council decided to dump city attorney Edward Lee in a special session held Wednesday.

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-- Anthony York in Sacramento