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  • October 14, 1959: King-size scissors used to cut ribbon for Technology Instrument Corp. plant in Rancho Conejo Light manufacturing Research Center, Thousand Oaks.
    Don't Run With Scissors! Off-Ramp - 4-23-2011
    LA County's ribbon-cutting scissors ... Dinner Party Download ... May Day rallies and Coming Out as illegal ... new folk rock singalong songs ... EatLA talks with Susan Feniger of Street Restaurant ...
  • "If you have tears to shed, prepare to shed them now" says Albert Rossi as he attacks an onion at Lincoln Heights jail kitchen. Photo dated: July 20, 1929.
    From Passover to Potholes - Off-Ramp 4-16-11
    Sanden Totten meets the mother of all potholes ... John Frame explains his new Huntington exhibit ... Nick Waterhouse's music ... Dinner Party Download ... Gary Leonard turns 60 with a big sale ... Passover in the Desert ...
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  • Off-Ramp for May 30, 2009
    Ed Asner on being a grouch, Cyber Frequencies, Garrison Keillor, samurai art and a start to finish run with the L.A. Marathon.
  • Off-Ramp for May 23, 2009
    Happy Memorial Day!
  • Off-Ramp for May 16, 2009
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  • Off-Ramp for May 09, 2009
    WWII fight for commemorative stamps; rocker Stew disses actors; homegrown Trekkie reviews the latest movie; Disney's rotten karma; Charles Perry and Miki Dora
  • Off-Ramp for May 02, 2009
  • Off-Ramp for Apr 25, 2009
    Poet-provocateur August Kleinzahler reads from his latest book, "Sleeping it Off in Rapid City," and John tells us how to grow a Victory Garden.
  • Off-Ramp for Apr 18, 2009
    We continue our look at Esa-Pekka Salonen's tenure by delving into his composition LA Variations. Plus, KPCC's Steve Julian and Charles Phoenix explore the newly refurbished Pomona Fox Theatre.
  • Off-Ramp for Apr 11, 2009
    We say goodbye to Esa-Pekka Salonen, leaving the LA Philharmonic after 17 years as Maestro. Plus, Dinner Party Download makes you 31% smarter.
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