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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Schwarzenegger's Public Marriage, Private Child

    Today's LA Times carried the story that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child by a household staff member before he was elected Governor. The staff member retired in January, and Schwarzenegger said his wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood estate when he told her sometime after leaving the governorship.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Today's LA Times carried the story that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child by a household staff member before he was elected Governor. The staff member retired in January, and Schwarzenegger said his wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood estate when he told her sometime after leaving the governorship. In a statement made pointedly on her own, Shriver called it "heartbreaking." Joe Mathews, Irvine senior fellow a the New America Foundation, is author of The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    You Can't Get There from Here: WLA to the Valley on the 405
    1. 0:00Schwarzenegger's Public Marriage, Private ChildYou’re reading this
    2. 7:51LA Prepares for the Mother of All Traffic Jams
    3. 20:15State Parks Face the Budget Axe
    4. 26:35Has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Entered a New Phase?
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