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For the broadcast of June 30, 2007
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listenHappy Birthday de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland turns 91 on Sunday. She's one of the last big stars of Hollywood's golden age.



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listenSkirball's Ark

Trying to draw more kids, the Skirball Cultural Center opened a permanent exhibit called Noah's Ark this week. Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim got a sneak peak.



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listenThe NFL, not!

Go to an LA Avengers arena football game with producer Ben Markus.



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listenBug's Eye View

From a helicopter, you can see the difference between blue, well-maintained swimming pools, and green, algae-filled mosquito breeders. KPCC's Jordan Davis reports.



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listenEden's Edge at the Hammer

Anna Sew Hoy's work is on display at the Hammer Museum in Eden's Edge through August.



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listenHomeless Crackdown

The LAPD has been caught on tape allowing hipsters to walk around with booze during a downtown art walk, but the cops ticket homeless people doing the same thing.



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listenRe-Gifting Sound

Commentator Mimi Pond discovers the relics of her youth are the birthday gifts of the present.



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listeniWait

Would you wait in line for a phone? John Rabe talks to G4's Kevin Pereira.



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listenWhat Are You Doing for Summer Break?

Queena Kim asks the fourth-graders at El Marino Elementary School in Culver City.


listenThe Art of Haiku

Mrs. Martinez' fourth grade students just finished an art class administered by the LA County Arts Commission. Listen to some of the haikus they wrote for their final project.


listenThere Are Some Things Alli Doesn't Alleviate...

There's a new diet drug out called Alli. It's available over the counter, but you probably won't find it at your local pharmacy. Because it's been selling out - as KPCC's Douly Xaykaothao discovered - despite some disgusting side effects.
listenFutile Fuel?

And an air pollution expert thinks John's vegetable oil car would make a nice coffee table.
listenPlaque Attack

KPCC's Adolfo Guzman Lopez reports on an artist who places historical plaques that commemorate the long-gone Latino gay bars in Silverlake.
Coming Up
On July 07: Meet a man who's been collecting Chicano art for forty years. Pieces cover every wall of his small condo. He won't sell any of it.
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