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* Actor Kiefer Sutherland has been charged with two misdemeanor drunk driving counts and accused of violating the terms of his probation in a 2004 drunk driving conviction. The “24” star could face up to 18 months in jail. Should Sutherland go to jail if convicted? Share your views.

* The MTA wants to build L.A. County’s largest transit-oriented development in North Hollywood. Is the $1-billion project a good idea?

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Homicide Report

Jill Leovy reports on L.A. County homicides, including a dispatch from the Rampart district. “First thing in the morning, the family members of Erwin Escobar, 14, gathered on the sidewalk just south of Beverly Boulevard on Kenmore Avenue where the teenager was shot Monday. Already, a large memorial of roses, stuffed animals and photos of Erwin had been set up at the site.”

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Readers choices

Here are some of the California stories readers clicked the most over the last week on latimes.com:

* Deputies subdue an autistic boy with a Taser

* Navy to mask Coronado’s swastika-shaped barracks

* Inmate recants story about LAPD’s link to a rapper

* Telemundo reassigns mayor’s girlfriend

* A beastly kind of cruelty

Bottleneck Blog

“These are both worthy projects and they both need to be funded. I think the Purple Line is a higher priority, but we need a massive investment in our public infrastructure.”

-- Reader Dan W. on whether the Purple Line extension (Wilshire Boulevard to Santa Monica) or the Gold Line extension (from Pasadena to Ontario) should get priority.

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The Homeroom

“As I sat at the airport last weekend, grading my students’ summer reading essays and waiting to take off, I was angry. Not because of the tardiness of my flight, but because I was looking at 15 plagiarized essays from my seniors, seniors who knew better.”

-- New teacher Lauren McCabe

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