Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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This week, we got another glimpse of P-22, the mountain lion who has graced Los Angeles with its presence, appearing impossibly iconic near the Hollywood sign in one photo, mangy and sad in another, and Monday, a little ticked off but ultimately surprisingly patient when discovered under a house near Griffith Park.
But Google "P-22," and you get, alongside the lion, photos of a handgun made by Walther, the makers of James Bond's famous PPK.
(Image: Walther Arms website.)
I suppose there are parallels. Each P-22 is a beautifully made precision killing machine. But Off-Ramp thinks the lion deserves more of a name than P-22, which, for all I know, denotes the number of poodles he's eaten.
And that's were you come in. Please suggest a better name for old P-22 and we'll pick a winner, and rename him in an on-air ceremony next week. Leave your suggestions below, and stay tuned.