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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    LA Holocaust Museum gets an expansion, UCLA students can try ‘sleeping pods’ to avoid commutes

    The Holocaust Museum in LA’s Pan Pacific Park is partially underground, and the roof is covered in grass, so it blends in with the surrounding park. Now the museum plans to nearly double its size and become much more visible from the street.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 13, 2021 • 9m Listen

    The Holocaust Museum in LA’s Pan Pacific Park is partially underground, and the roof is covered in grass, so it blends in with the surrounding park. Now the museum plans to nearly double its size and become much more visible from the street.

    “Part of what was motivating the expansion is that it’s a small museum, and when you have one busload of kids show up, it can kind of overwhelm the place,” says LA Times culture columnist Carolina Miranda.

    Also in Westwood, UCLA has found that a large number of its students commute an hour or longer to get to campus. Now UCLA is planning to introduce sleeping pods for these students.

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    5 of 5
    National Women’s Soccer League: Abuse allegations, pipeline problem, lack of diversity
    1. 0:00Biden wants Port of LA to work 24/7 to relieve supply chain congestion, as holidays approach
    2. 9:28Biden’s approval rating sinks to Trump territory — due to Afghanistan withdrawal, refugee crisis, and more
    3. 17:06After OC oil spill, lobster fishers have no direct way of recuperating the money lost this season
    4. 25:19Whether 10-year-old National Women’s Soccer League can survive abuse allegations surrounding coaches
    5. 40:35LA Holocaust Museum gets an expansion, UCLA students can try ‘sleeping pods’ to avoid commutesYou’re reading this
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