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Extra, Extra: There's No Pier in Studio City, Ron Swanson Lives (Online!), & Where to Celebrate Mardi Gras Tonight
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- Looking to explore the great outdoors in the OC? Travelin' Local helps you figure out which park is best for you.
- Oh, and speaking of the OC, Stick a Fork in It has an infographic covering "Where Food Trucks Would Be Banned in OC If AB1678 Passes"
- Things are slooooooowly inching forward for that 101 Freeway "Cap" park project.
- If you're an artistic music lover, you may want to enter the contest to design a t-shirt for Amoeba for Record Store Day.
- Wait a minute: There's no pier in Studio City! (Patch explains.)
- The Jewish Journal takes a close look at the recent Limmud LA event.
- Did you know that Ron Swanson (yep, the "Parks and Recreation" character played by Nick Offerman) has his own IMDB page?
- It's Mardi Gras! If you're looking for some last minute plans tonight, Squid Ink has a roundup of 10 restaurants where you can let the "bon temps" roll.
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