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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's relationship with a television reporter is raising new questions about his conduct as it relates to city business, KNBC News reported.Under California's Public Records Act, KNBC reporter Ana Garcia asked the mayor to show the station his e-mails and his official calendar.But, according to Garcia, the mayor's attorneys refused to turn over most of the things the station requested.VideoFollowing is a verbatim script from the on-air report.Garcia: Antonio Villaraigosa is a mayor who has enjoyed the media spotlight until recent revelations of an extra-marital affair.Villaraigosa: I have had a relationship with Ms....

Just announced on KFI news --- Corina Villaraigosa, wife of Los Angeles Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa, has filed for divorce in Los Angeles. Talk show hosts John and Ken believe that the divorce, not just a separation, has been in the works for some time. The mayor's real last name was Villar. He had combined it with his wife's last name to make it Villaraigosa. John and Ken have speculated that she is going to ask for her name back.

The name Vignali receded into L.A. history after the “Pardongate” scandal of 2001, but questions remain about drug-dealing son Carlos and his real estate magnate father, Horacio, who just might be pulling the strings in the remaking of downtown L.A. --snip--- “Justice Undone: Clemency Decisions in the Clinton White House,” House Report 107-454, documents the involvement of Hugh Rodham, the brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the Vignali affair. Rodham was Horacio Vignali’s chief lobbyist inside the White House and received more than $200,000 for his services. The two met through Los Angeles attorney James Casso in October 2000, according...