Mayoral ‘relationship’

Mirthala Salinas, a Telemundo newswoman, interviews L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the state Capitol on June 21, 2006. Villaraigosa acknowledged he had “a relationship” with Salinas.  (Robert Durell / LAT)

Telemundo 52 reporter Mirthala Salinas, top left in red, at a news conference by Villaraigosa outside Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office in Sacramento on June 20, 2006, when the mayor was stumping for a bill that would give him more control over the L.A. Unified School District.  (Robert Durell / LAT)

Villaraigosa and Salinas wait out a pause in filming on the north steps of the state Capitol. Salinas was a news anchor on Telemundo 52.  (Robert Durell / LAT)

A Telemundo 52 cameraman photographs Villaraigosa and Salinas outside the state Capitol.  (Robert Durell / LAT)

Villaraigosa with his wife, Corina, during a prayer service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels just before he was sworn in as mayor on July 1, 2005.  (Al Seib / LAT)

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa arrives for a news conference about his relationship with Telemundo newscaster Mirthala Salinas. He was at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to attend the swearing-in ceremony for the Los Angeles school board.  (Annie Wells / LAT)

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tells reporters, “I have a relationship with Ms. (Mirthala) Salinas, and I take full responsibility for my actions.” Salinas was an evening anchor for Telemundo, Channel 52.  (Annie Wells / LAT)

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s admission that he has a relationship with TV anchor Mirthala Salinas came less than a month after he announced his separation from his wife of two decades, Corina Villaraigosa. She filed for divorce the next day.  (Annie Wells / LAT)