Mary Jones, the city librarian you should know about; jellyfish get the spotlight at the Aquarium; showering with Sanden Totten;
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John Rabe talks with April Dammann, biographer of the late Sister Corita Kent, printmaker and creator of the LOVE stamp.
Find out how much water Sanden Totten saved by taking a Navy shower, and then hear his interview with an astronaut to find out how much water, it turns out, he wasted.
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• 6:34
The torching of the DaVinci was the biggest unsolved arson downtown since the LA Public Library burned on April 29, 1986.
KPCC Auction: Ride with Angelyne, the billboard queen, then have dinner with her and host John Rabe at Harlowe, the flagship of Group 1933's "refined drinking locations."
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Richard Turner is a world-renowned card shark who also happens to be completely blind. He performs all over the world, usually without audiences realizing he can’t see.
This week's Off-Ramp song of the week is "Call me up" by the Los Angeles band Cotillon, it's off Cotillion's self-titled debut, out now on Burger Records.
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Mary Jones, city librarian from 1900 to 1905, was fired mysteriously, and a special commission of city council members held hearings to find out why. It was the talk of the city.
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The Aquarium of the Pacific has a brand new exhibit on sea jellies, or jellyfish. We take a behind-the-scenes look at how they're cultured and grown.
A new jellyfish exhibit opened last week at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Here are GIFs of five types of jellies you can go see.
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• 10:07
We tour My Friend's Place in Hollywood, which is trying to show youth ages 12 to 25 a way out of homelessness. One of its clients accepted Miley Cyrus's VMA award.
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• 4:53
There’s a tiny storefront in Echo Park that glows red and orange at night. Inside, there are dozens and dozens of some of Los Angeles' strangest cactuses.