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‘Derby Divas’: Going head-on with women race car drivers
Once a year, an all-female demolition derby at Irwindale Speedway offers a high-adrenaline night of destructive mayhem — all to benefit breast cancer research. The LA Zoo wants to expand within Griffith Park, but some say it’s an environmental mistake. And a retiring librarian shares a farewell to LA’s Central branch.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenOnce a year, an all-female demolition derby at Irwindale Speedway offers a high-adrenaline night of destructive mayhem — all to benefit breast cancer research. The LA Zoo wants to expand within Griffith Park, but some say it’s an environmental mistake. And a retiring librarian shares a farewell to LA’s Central branch.
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3 storiesAppetite for destruction: The all-female demolition derby is a smash at Irwindale Speedway
Once a year, an all-female demolition derby at Irwindale Speedway offers a high-adrenaline night of destructive mayhem — all to benefit breast cancer research.
Read the story10 minLA Zoo expansion will improve animal welfare but may destroy native woodlands
The LA Zoo, which is inside Griffith Park, is involved in animal conservation, and it has helped bring back the California condor from the brink of extinction.
Read the story8 minSerial killers, flip phones, and fire: Retiring librarian reflects on 42 years at the LA Central branch
Librarian Glen Creason retires from the Central branch, and read part of his farewell love letter to the LA Public Library. From Greater LA and KCRW.
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