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In tonight's Extra, Extra, Ray Bradbury was investigated by the FBI, some pictures of Ingmar Bergman and why West Nile isn't the only scary virus. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).
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Get out so you can see Placido Domingo and Gustavo Dudamel together, watch a baseball documentary and go to a vegan book-signing...inside a butcher shop.
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Beneath the freeway-lining billboards for gentlemen's clubs and vodka are a much more subtle kind of advertising: freeway signs. And they seem to be a particular favorite of small colleges. A recent Los Angeles Times article looks at the hoard of freeway signage promoting, in particular, for-profit colleges and vocational schools -- which jewels like the Hypnosis Motivation Institute -- along the US 101 in the west San Fernando Valley.
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Sure we all love a good "Drive" or "21 Grams" now and again, but if you need a break from that sinking feeling in your gut at the end of dark or depressing film, North Hollywood may have an answer. From August 3 to 5, NoHo's Arts District will host the fifth annual Hollywood Feel Good Film Festival, which is dedicated solely to screening films with happy endings, plenty of laughs and a focus on the hopeful and beautiful- in case anyone was getting disillusioned with humanity.
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It has finally happened: L.A. no longer has a monopoly on its beloved Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles. The O.C. Register's Fast Food Maven blog reported that the world famous and L.A.-venerated Roscoe's will be flying south to Orange County, with a new location opening up in three months or so.
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Get out (we mean it in the best way, possible)! There's a street food fest, experimental classical music concert and lots of old Westerns screening.
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Summer has arrived, and we're ready to celebrate all that screams 'tis the season in Los Angeles. From sand to summit, from sips to snacks -- we love L.A. summers.