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Los Angeles' Natural History Museum and the 110 Toll Lanes
The 100-year-old Natural History Museum is being given "new life" in 5 new permanent exhibitions displaying some of the 35 million objects collected over the past century.
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenLA County's Natural History Museum is turning 100 years old, but its long-time director says it's being given "new life." We hear about five new permanent exhibitions displaying some of the 35 million objects collected over the past century. The museum director says the change is not just philosophical so that the history museum could "talk about the future." Also, the first report on those toll lanes that require $40 transponders if you want to get ahead of the rest of the traffic on the 110 Freeway. We'll get the official results and the opinions of some of our listeners.
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2 storiesUpdate on the 110 Toll Lanes
LA County's Metro has released its first report on toll lanes requiring transponders on the 110 Freeway. Average speeds on lanes that used to be free for carpoolers have increased. On the rest of the freeway, traffic has slowed down. Our listeners have already noticed.
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LA County's Natural History Museum is 100 years old but, even though it's about history, "old" is not a word it's using these days. One of the many "new" additions is called " Becoming Los Angeles , " a 14,000 square foot, permanent exhibition that covers five centuries of cultural and ecological history. It'll open this coming July.
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