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Extra, Extra: A Beautiful Bookstore, Occupiers for Art, and Migratory Birds
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- Occupy LA protesters are determined to keep murals open to public and not in institutions.
- The Last Bookstore in Downtown has been added to the list of most beautiful bookstores in the world.
- The Tribeca Film Institute expands to Los Angeles and inspires students to write their own narratives.
- Workers began tearing down dirt along the Tujunga Wash to attract migratory birds and pedestrians.
- The Lookout Mountain Laboratory that once documented nuclear explosions for the US Military is back on the market.
- A local street and graffiti artist might stand to make millions for murals painted at Facebook’s headquarters.
- A UCLA research study claims California’s tax film does not provide as much return to taxpayers.
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