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Fighting Malibu's scoundrels and land-grabbers - Off-Ramp for June 1, 2013
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Dan Carino
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Episode 5936
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Fighting Malibu's scoundrels and land-grabbers - Off-Ramp for June 1, 2013

The beach access app ... the nuclear engineer who built the fallout shelter ... where do you find respite? ... Frank Romero - founding father of Chicano art - now lives half-time in France ...

The front of a mildewed Bingo game, rescued from the fallout shelter by Deb Kaufman, whose father built the refuge.
The front of a mildewed Bingo game, rescued from the fallout shelter by Deb Kaufman, whose father built the refuge.
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John Rabe
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The beach access app ... the nuclear engineer who built the fallout shelter ... where do you find respite? ... Frank Romero - founding father of Chicano art - now lives half-time in France ...

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It was the 1960s, and Kaufman's job for Litton was to determine the effect of a nuclear blast on equipment. Of course this means he well knew its effect on humans, so it's no wonder he built a shelter in the backyard of his home.
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The Chicano icon now spends seven months of the year at his atelier near the Rhone, and admits that at New Year's he prefers champagne and oysters to menudo and beer.
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Patt Morrison has coffee with Carl Reiner and talks about hsi new book "I Remember Me."
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John Rabe talks with Jenny Price, writer, activist and historian about Our Malibu Beaches--an upcoming app that puts the spotlight on LA's hidden public beaches.
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In another installment of our partnership with Eat-LA, host John Rabe and Eat-LA's Linda Burum visit Continental Gourmet Sausage Company in Glendale, and talk about other resources for the the best sausages in LA ... from German to Polish to Creole.