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Saving the Hollywood Sign
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner today came up with the final $900,000 to save the Hollywood sign . Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and others also contributed $2.7 million in local money.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readPlayboy founder Hugh Hefner today came up with the final $900,000 to save the Hollywood sign. Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and others also contributed $2.7 million in local money. The state chipped in $3.1 million to help buy the land from a developer, and even Governor Schwarzenegger took part of the credit. LA City Councilman Tom LaBonge helped lead the effort to rescue a historical landmark.
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2 of 3Climate Change, Gang Intervention and LA's Favorite Landmark- 0:00Climate Change, Immigration Reform and California
- 27:44Saving the Hollywood SignYou’re reading this
- 35:31The 20th Anniversary of Homeboy Industries