Mayor's Girlfriend Placed on Leave

L.A. Mayor Antonio VivaLaRaza's girlfriend will have more time to see him now that she's been placed on leave while her journalistic ethics are investigated:

LOS ANGELES --Spanish-language network Telemundo has placed a newscaster on leave while it investigates whether her romantic relationship with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa breached journalistic ethics, TV station KVEA said Thursday.

The Telemundo affiliate announced the probe two days after Villaraigosa, whose wife has filed for divorce, acknowledged he had been in an extramarital affair with newswoman Mirthala Salinas for about a year.

"We will conduct this investigation with the utmost respect to personal privacy and journalistic standards," said Manuel Abud, the station's general manager.

The mayor's office had no comment, Villaraigosa spokesman Sean Clegg said.

It turns out that this particular chiquita has had flings with numerous Mexican political leaders, including Speaker Fabian Nunez and Assemblyman Alex Padilla. Good thing Gov. Arnold isn't Mexican or he'd be next.