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A river runs through Off-Ramp for June 7, 2014
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Episode 6592
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A river runs through Off-Ramp for June 7, 2014

A billion-dollar facelift for the LA River, Clipper Darrell weighs in, LA's "Big Parade," and Llyn Foulkes stars in a new doc, celebrating Disney's Golden Books.

New NPR President Jarl Mohn, with KPCC's Stephanie O'Neill and John Rabe, and NPR's David Folkenflik.
New NPR President Jarl Mohn, with KPCC's Stephanie O'Neill and John Rabe, and NPR's David Folkenflik.
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John Rabe
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A billion-dollar facelift for the LA River, Clipper Darrell weighs in, LA's "Big Parade," and Llyn Foulkes stars in a new doc, celebrating Disney's Golden Books.

Supporters of the Figueroa-Riverside Bridge hold a wake to mourn the historic bridge's imminent demise.
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Rabe leaves free money at a famous local store, is bitter nobody bothered to go get it.
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We compare the new $1b plan to revamp the LA River with Washington DC's rehabilitation of the Anacostia River, now a popular watering hole on both sides of the aisle.
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During all the news and tumult, one person paying especially close attention to the Clippers is Darrell Bailey — better known as Clipper Darrell, the team's biggest fan.
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Fernando Guerra is fed up with low voter turnout and pushed a radical proposal to increase turnout: everybody who casts a ballot would be eligible to win a million dollars!
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"You can read it, you can throw it at your brother, you can build forts out of it, you can read it to your stuffed animals. It doesn't matter! They're not expensive, they're yours!" — Charles Solomon
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Last weekend, a group of Angelenos trekked 35 miles and climbed 100 stairways on a route from Grand Park to Griffith Observatory in an annual event called The Big Parade.
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After 48 years in business, the El Batey No. 2 market on the corner of Echo Park and Delta Aves. has closed its doors for good.
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The Llynn Foulkes of “One Man Band” is a Lear figure, raging against the dying of the light in a world that has deprived him of his legacy.