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It seems hard to believe in this era of pink ribbons -- when young women sport "save the ta-tas" T-shirts and high-profile breast cancer survivors like Nancy Reagan and Sheryl Crow go public with their stories. But a generation ago, a woman's fight with breast cancer was a lonely and secret struggle.
Marian Pilkington had a daughter -- for five days, in 1966.
I had no intention of writing about MEND when I went to the charity's benefit tea Saturday.
I've taken plenty of heat from readers about my column last week describing how easy it was for me to legally buy marijuana.
The advertising flier left no doubt about its pitch: a giant marijuana leaf with a phone number that ended GOT KUSH. A friend's teenage daughter brought it home from last weekend's Earth Day celebration on the Santa Monica Pier.
For all the hand-wringing over the city's impending budget cuts, you have to think that Los Angeles Unified Supt. David Brewer wouldn't mind being in the mayor's shoes right now.
It was like a bad game of telephone, the way rumors about last fall's school shooting began buzzing last month around the Venice High campus.
If you're not a dog or cat lover, you can stop reading now.
I was going to write about an off-the-news issue for today's column -- parent concerns about criminals on campus or the deadly toll of teen drinking and driving.
The circumstances of his life and death have given Jamiel Shaw Jr. a special niche in the city's pantheon of tragedy.