Hour 3 (09.30) LA County sales tax is already 9.75% and ticks up another half-cent October 1 — Oregon’s at zero, and Timmy wants to know who voted for this. He also remembers Burbank’s graffiti czar, who got busted tagging buildings so his crew would have work. In the yard, the Ficus he planted eight years ago are monsters thanks to Moon Valley Nurseries’ Supercharged Moon Juice; big trees, he says, are how you win a house in LA.  

California’s economy is outrunning the country on paper, job-hunters aren’t feeling it, and some stores are now pricing off what electronic tracking says you can afford.  

Live chaos: A robbery suspect leads police on a high-speed chase through El Monte and Baldwin Park, then up into the San Gabriel foothills westbound — foot bail — and they’ve got him. Landlines are sneaking back too: TinCan and Pinwheel Home are Wi-Fi “home phones” for kids who’ve never heard a dial tone. Never a dull moment. 

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