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Discover LA's 'Sunken City' -- Off-Ramp for July 11, 2015
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Discover LA's 'Sunken City' -- Off-Ramp for July 11, 2015

Slide on over to San Pedro's Sunken City neighborhood; cleaning up after the Lake Fire; Brains On, the science podcast for kids and curious adults.

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Slide on over to San Pedro's Sunken City neighborhood; cleaning up after the Lake Fire; Brains On, the science podcast for kids and curious adults.

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Amy Heckerling reflects on "Clueless," the "Emma"-inspired movie, 20 years after she wrote and directed it — a movie that captured teens as they are.
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Off-Ramp host John Rabe talks with KPCC's Mike Roe about Comic-Con's attempts to keep people from live streaming convention content.
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Undertaking LA will help you plan and hold a funeral at your loved one's home, and will connect you with a co-op crematory or a cemetery near Joshua Tree if you want to be buried un-embalmed.
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The fire trucks and crews have left. The charred smell is mostly gone. And good news recently came from the USFS: Camp de Benneville Pines can open Sunday.
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In 1929, land underneath Sunken City started moving toward the sea, and the San Pedro neighborhood was abandoned. Now, neighbors want the landslide to rejoin L.A. as a park.
This week's Off-Ramp song of the week is “Will You Dance?” by LA-based pop duo The Bird and the Bee.
Sister Corita illuminated her quoted apothegms like a medieval monk illuminating the letters of a manuscript in the flaming colors of counter-cultural pop.