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 weekend they're throwing a birthday party for Margaret Hills, a British ballet teacher who's been teaching in Southern California for more than 30 years.
She's 85, and she's still driving from Palos Verdes to Santa Monica twice a week to teach class - including pointe at 7:45 Saturday mornings.
KPCC's Kitty Felde profiled Hills several years ago; here's her piece from the archive.