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Grand Park Opens
A public park built mostly with private money will open in LA tomorrow. It stretches from the County Courthouse and Hall of Administration on Grand Avenue all the way down the hill to the LA City Hall. It’s designed for a range of uses from family barbeques to musical concerts. But will it become a destination for the rest of Los Angeles? Also, a rebroadcast of To The Point on Penn State and the culture of college football.
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenA public park built mostly with private money will open in LA tomorrow. It stretches from the County Courthouse and Hall of Administration on Grand Avenue all the way down the hill to the LA City Hall. It’s designed for a range of uses from family barbeques to musical concerts. But will it become a destination for the rest of Los Angeles? Also, a rebroadcast of To The Point on Penn State and the culture of college football.
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3 storiesGRAND PARK OPENS
Tomorrow, the Grand Park will open in downtown Los Angeles. It’s the first real park in that urban environment… four blocks of grassy terraces leading from Grand Avenue down to North Hill Street.
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Continuing street protest over police shootings in Anaheim turned ugly last night with rocks thrown at officers and fires lit in weedy lots and trash cans. Genevieve Huizar, mother of Manuel Diaz, one of the men killed, pleaded for peace… Huizar says her son was shot in the back and then executed when he fell to his knees.
Read the story7 minPenn State, Football Culture and the NCAA
The NCAA crackdown on Penn State is so harsh that a return to competitive football could take a decade if it ever happens at all. But will it “restore the balance between athletics and academics” by changing “the culture of football?” Don’t bet on it.
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