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Levine Breaking News reports***Up
to 1,000 employees at Time Warner’s Warner Bros. studio in Burbank,
Calif., could be laid off after Friday as a result of the Hollywood
writers strike. The Warner Bros. notice represents the first concrete
sign that the strike could trigger massive job cuts across Hollywood.

Is this just the start?  So often we see this as the pattern in strikes…jobs go away and companies restructure, getting leaner and relying more on technology.  I have heard from so many studio execs who tell me that they are continually trying to get leaner.  Maybe the union handed them a way to do just that?

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Here is a surprise!  Anyone who has paid attention to the Democrats in this area knew this was coming.  Next up, Waxman retires and Sheila Kuehl runs for his seat.  You say you want to make your own choice as to who represents you, wrong my friend.  That decision has been made, and it was made a long time ago.

Fran Pavley sets sights on Senate

Term limits have forced Fran Pavley to leave her job after six year as the 41st Assembly member, but the Agoura Hills resident says there’s still much work to be done in Sacramento.

Although Pavley, who was the first mayor of Agoura Hills in 1982, has left the halls of the state capitol, she feels she’s working harder than ever after accepting a position as a senior climate advisor with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Santa Monica. Pavley also is gearing up for a run at the state Senate in 2008.

Considered to be one of the Assembly’s top leaders of the new millennium, Pavley wrote more than 70 bills and resolutions that were signed into law. Her work on environmental issues, especially global warming, gained worldwide recognition.

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