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We rename P-22 the mountain lion on Off-Ramp for April 25, 2015
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Episode 11461
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We rename P-22 the mountain lion on Off-Ramp for April 25, 2015

What do you call a 125-pound mountain lion? Anything he wants! Plus, we unmask @LosAngelesRain and visit a small perfume center in Koreatown.

With sleeve rolled, Off-Ramp host John Rabe musters focus for the impending shot.
With sleeve rolled, Off-Ramp host John Rabe musters focus for the impending shot.
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What do you call a 125-pound mountain lion? Anything he wants! Plus, we unmask @LosAngelesRain and visit a small perfume center in Koreatown.

Someone bought 13 postcards from Kennedy's Card Shop in Los Angeles many years ago and never sent them.
Unlike nearly every white American of his time, painter Robert Henri saw native-born people of color as inheritors of American civilization.
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"Huell," "Puma Thurman," "Yossarian," "Pounce de Leon"… these were all possible new names for P-22 the mountain lion. Listeners picked their favorite.
The band started in 2007 and hasn't played a show in almost five years, but don't fret: Big Whup is reuniting for one more show at Pehrspace on Saturday.
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Despite the glamorous imagery, almost all of the world's perfumes are created in a large, antiseptic, industrial chemistry lab. But that didn't pass the smell test for an LA woman.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Twitter handle @LosAngelesRain was nominated for a "Shorty" award. It's time to out the clever voice behind L.A.'s most stubborn weather phenomenon.
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Since the "OC Meth Renaissance" of the 90's, Gabriel Hart has documented SoCal's drug and gang cultures in song with hefty Americana and girl group influences.
Off-Ramp commentator Marc Haefele reports on LACMA's fund- and art-raising as it aims toward a new building.
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The city imposed a quarantine of schools, theaters and other public gatherings. Poolrooms were closed and public funerals were banned. Factory schedules were staggered to prevent crowding on streetcars.
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This weekend marks the opening of "1915," a new movie about the genocide co-directed by Garin Hovannisian. His family connections to the tragedy run deep.
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Writer Litty Mathew's debut novel tells the story of Rupen Najarian, an aging musician who was his family’s sole survivor of the Armenian genocide in 1915.