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A 1941 Los Angeles guidebook described architect Myron Hunt's I. Magnin building on Wilshire Boulevard, finished two years earlier, as an "elaborate new" department store with shop floors "furnished in shades of apricot" and featuring "indirect lighting effects like those achieved by Parisian artists and technicians."

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Before signing on to play North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the comedy "The Interview," actor Randall Park understandably had a few concerns. After all, this wasn't just another outrageous Seth Rogen comedy; this was an outrageous Seth Rogen comedy about a plot to assassinate an actual dictator who has actual nuclear weapons at his disposal.

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Already missing Korea

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Summer dreams in February

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Support your local Round Table #outforaniceseafooddinner

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Building a hockey rink in Dodgers Stadium

Saturday, right in the middle of Dodgers stadium, the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks will face off in the first NHL regular season game held outdoors west of the Rocky Mountains.

But beyond the technical feat of having an ice rink in the middle of a warm L.A. January, there’s an intangible joy to the project.

As Dan Craig, the man leading the icy project put it:

"The satisfaction for me will be when the guys skate out there. Nobody has to tell me.

I’ll know well ahead of them what they’re going to feel, and I’ll know from how I see them skate and how I see their eyes and the expression on their face. When you get guys from 19 to 39 just grinning from ear to ear and loving being out there, that’s what we do.”

Read columnist Helene Elliott’s full story right here.

Photos: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times, Nick Ut / Associated Press

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"Because it's the soju and karaoke place this city deserves..." #Seoul #Gangnam #latergram

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Near the top of the travel bucket list

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The #Dodgers might not have a mascot, but MLB Korea has some great ideas

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The win probability chart for Sunday's Ravens-Vikings game is the greatest

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Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers.

Nelson Mandela

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Danger Zone

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You say it's your birthday? It's California's birthday, too. On September 9, 1850, it became the 31st state in the Union.

"California was originally known as the Bear State. As California boomed—and the bear population was wiped out—it became the Golden State."

"The highest point in the contiguous U.S., 14,494-foot Mt. Whitney, is only 76 miles from the lowest point in the contiguous U.S., Death Valley."

"...one out of every eight Americans is from California."

Happy belated birthday California.