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Off-Ramp

Acres of Books - Open One Last Time

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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Acres of Books - Open One Last Time
Acres

Long Beach's Acres of Books, the beloved used bookstore, is now finally dead, despite protestors -- including Ray Bradbury-- who fought the city's push to buy the store. The store stopped doing regular business in October of 2008, but the development planned, the Long Beach Art Exchange, has yet to break ground. Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson reports with an update on the property.