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Three Cool Free Events on Saturday

+ Celebrate the 4th Annual International Day of Peace with Dr. Jane Goodall at Griffith Park (near the merry-go-round) from 10am-4pm. Other guests include Julia Butterfly Hill, Tom LaBonge, and the Children’s International Peace Choir. And don't miss the Peace Dove Parade. If they're going to call us granola-eating treehuggers, might as well enjoy it. Free.
+ Trip out to Robert Drummond's live video performance and installation at Caltrans Plaza dubbed "Autumn Lights '06". 7pm-12 Midnight; Caltrans Plaza, 100 S Main Street (Corner of 1st & Main), Downtown Los Angeles.
+ Deaf Fest' 06. Celebrate Deaf Awareness Month with some members of the LA Clippers. There will be a mobile skate park, rock-climbing wall, face paintings, and art workshops. Woodley Park, noon.
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Disneyland's famous "Fantasmic!" show came to a sudden end when its 45-foot animatronic dragon — Maleficent — burst into flames.
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Leads Ali Wong and Steven Yeun issue a joint statement along with show creator Lee Sung Jin.
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