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Szapocznikow: the best sculptor you can't spell. Off-Ramp for April 7, 2012
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Szapocznikow: the best sculptor you can't spell. Off-Ramp for April 7, 2012

Alina Szapocznikow's work got more intimate when she got cancer ... why did James Kim lose his ability to speak his native Korean? ... AirSplat and hiring vets ... LA's only known superhero.

Gil and Eric Garcetti, years ago. Debate is raging over who is Tweeting as eric_garcetti. Is it Gil? Josh Kamensky? Jim Hahn? VP Rocky? Eric himself? Someone on Off-Ramp (probably not).
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Alina Szapocznikow's work got more intimate when she got cancer ... why did James Kim lose his ability to speak his native Korean? ... AirSplat and hiring vets ... LA's only known superhero.

“Aside from not salting our roads, California doesn’t often do much for automobile enthusiasts.” Assemblyman Mike Gatto sponsors bill to let us have legal vintage plates to fit our vintage cars.
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I lost my ability to speak Korean with my parents. I thought I could fix the problem by learning Korean, but it wasn't that simple.
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Airsoft hobby's popularity shoots up during tough economy, triggering growth at AirSplat warehouse in Irwindale.
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Alina Szapocznikow's sculptures got better as she got worse with cancer.
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Hey, I thought banks were the enemy! But Chase sponsored a job fair in Boyle Heights this week with 600 jobs available -- 200 each at Target and Chase.
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In the latest episode of Eat-LA on Off-Ramp, backyard breadmaker Mark Stambler, shut down by the County Health Dept, gets help from his friendly neighborhood Assemblyman.
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Off-Ramp's Sam Blum joins Heroman aka David Fillmore on a superhero ride along. Heroman is LA's only known superhero, he also wears a yarmulke.
Rabe presents photos of Hipstamatic/Instagram critic Nick Stern taken with actual film and actual camera.
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To mark the anniversary of his assassination: long-forgotten recordings tell of the alliance between Martin Luther King, Jr and Los Angeles Jews.