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City Hall Tower; Lucille Ball Remembered; El Pollo Chino; Star Power; Downtown LA Rising; Comic Book Legend Len Wein; These Streets Aren't Paved With Gold; Final Four

City Hall Tower; Lucille Ball Remembered; El Pollo Chino; Star Power; Downtown LA Rising; Comic Book Legend Len Wein; These Streets Aren't Paved With Gold; Final Four

John Rabe breaks a few rules to climb the city's forbidden tower. John's guide, city hall's very own "Deep Throat."
In the 1970s, actor and writer Taylor Negron took a class from the First Lady of Comedy. Negron shares a side of the Funny Lady that few have seen.
LA Times' food critic Russ Parsons takes you to a live chicken mart in Chinatown. The chickens are to eat.
Phil Spector told police he shot a woman. So, how come he's out on bail and his trial hasn't even started yet? Joe Domanick asks these questions in next months Los Angeles Magazine.
Off-Ramp architecture critic Sam Hall Kaplan maps out the overlooked but significant housing developments in downtown Los Angeles.
The X-Men is a huge franchise now, and while Marvel founder Stan Lee is a big part of that, so is a man named Len Wein.
The Daily Journal's Anat Rubin reports that L.A. City is throwing away the chance to get tens of millions of federal dollars to help the homeless.
KPCC News Editor Nick Roman talks about UCLA's chances at winning the NCAA championship.