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{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| style = LACMTA
| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail
| name = Wilshire/Vermont
| name = Wilshire/Vermont
| symbol_location = losangeles
| symbol_location = losangeles
| symbol = B
| symbol = B
| symbol2 = D
| symbol2 = D
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| image = [[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Upper Platform.jpg|250px]]<br />[[File:Metrorail-red4.jpg|250px]]
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| type =
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| image_caption = Top: Upper floor platform bound for {{LAMs|Union Station}} (top)<br />Bottom: Lower floor platform bound for {{LAMs|North Hollywood}} (B Line) or {{LAMs|Wilshire/Western}} (D Line)
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| image = [[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Upper Platform.jpg|250px]]<br />[[File:Metrorail-red4.jpg|250px]]
| image_size =
| address = 3191 [[Wilshire Boulevard]]
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| borough = [[Los Angeles]], California
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| image_caption = Top: Upper floor platform bound for [[Union Station (Los Angeles Metro station)|Union Station]] (top)<br />Bottom: Lower floor platform bound for [[North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station)|North Hollywood Station]] (B Line) or [[Wilshire/Western (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Western Station]] (D Line)
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| coordinates = {{coord|34.0625|-118.2908|display=inline,title}}
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| address = 3191 Wilshire Boulevard<br />[[Los Angeles, California]]
| owned = [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|34.0625|-118.2908|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe = yes
| platform = 2 [[split platform]]s
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| tracks = 2
| line =
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
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| [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]]
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 2
| ADA = yes
| parking = Paid parking nearby
| bicycle = [[Metro Bike Share]] station, [[Bicycle parking rack|racks]]
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| other = {{Unbulleted list
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| [[Metro Local]]
| [[Metro Rapid]]
| [[LADOT DASH]]
| [[LADOT DASH]]
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}}
| owned = Metro
| structure = Underground
| former =
| parking = Paid parking nearby
| bicycle = [[Metro Bike Share]] station<ref>{{Cite web |title=Station Map |url=https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=[[Metro Bike Share]] |date=27 January 2015 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Bicycle parking rack|racks]]
| status =
| opened = {{start date and age|July 13, 1996}}
| status =
| closed =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1996|07|13}}
| rebuilt =
| former = Wilshire/Vermont/Wilshire Center
| services = {{Adjacent stations
| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}
| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Wilshire/Vermont}}
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| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail
|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail
| line1 = B | left1 = Vermont/Beverly | right1 = Westlake/MacArthur Park
| line1 = B | left1 = Vermont/Beverly | right1 = Westlake/MacArthur Park
| line2 = D | left2 = Wilshire/Normandie| right2 = Westlake/MacArthur Park
| line2 = D | left2 = Wilshire/Normandie| right2 = Westlake/MacArthur Park
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'''Wilshire/Vermont''' is a [[heavy rail|heavy-rail]] [[subway station]] in the [[Los Angeles County Metro Rail|Los Angeles Metro]] system. It is located at [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Vermont Avenue]], in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]' [[Mid-Wilshire]]/[[Koreatown, Los Angeles, California|Koreatown]] District. This station is served by the [[Red Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and the [[Purple Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/purple_line.htm |title=Purple Line station information |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] }}</ref>
'''Wilshire/Vermont station''' is an underground [[rapid transit]] (known locally as a subway) station on the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system. The station is located near the intersection of [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Vermont Avenue]], after which the station is named, in the [[Los Angeles]] neighborhood of [[Koreatown, Los Angeles, California|Koreatown]]. Unlike the other stations on Wilshire or Vermont which were built directly under the street, this station is offset on a diagonal between the two streets,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilshire Wilshire/Vermont /Vermont Connections Connections |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_wilshire_vermont.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225095240/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_wilshire_vermont.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]]}}</ref> allowing the lines to diverge without trains on one line having to slow for a tight turn. The station has a unique layout with two side platforms on two levels, necessitated by the [[flying junction]] between the lines just west of the station. It is the last station going from Union Station that serves both the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]].


==Service==
This is one of only two stations in the entire system that has underground side platforms, the other being the [[7th Street/Metro Center]] station.
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===Station layout===
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Escalator.jpg|thumb|left|Wilshire/Vermont station escalator, one of the longest in the world]]
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The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.


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Wilshire/Vermont station has one of the longest escalators in the world at {{Convert|152|feet}} in length stretching from the ground level to the lower platform. At the time of its construction, it was the longest escalator in the United States west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2020 |title=Working list – World's longest 'urban' escalators |url=https://panethos.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/working-list-worlds-longest-urban-escalators/ |access-date=October 31, 2021 |website=Panethos |language=en |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031175754/https://panethos.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/working-list-worlds-longest-urban-escalators/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Hymon>{{cite web |last=Hymon |first=Steve |url=http://thesource.metro.net/2014/08/11/transportation-headlines-monday-august-11/ |title=Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11 |work=The Source |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] |date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204943/http://thesource.metro.net/2014/08/11/transportation-headlines-monday-august-11/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Location==
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Entrance.jpg|thumb|left|The main entrance to the station]]
As its name implies, Wilshire/Vermont station is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. The station itself is slightly to the northeast of the intersection, allowing diverging B Line trains to head north underneath Vermont. A number of educational institutions, including [[Southwestern_Law_School|Southwestern University]] and the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] Community Schools, are located nearby.


=== Hours and frequency ===
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===Transit-oriented development===
{{LA Metro hours and frequency|B/D}}
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Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use [[transit village]] development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm [[Arquitectonica]] and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent [[Young Oak Kim Academy|middle school]].<ref>[http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1017/people_and_places.html "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016"], ''Architecture Week'', October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).</ref><ref>Christopher Hawthorne, [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/03/entertainment/et-wilshire3 " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 3, 2007.</ref> The property is managed by [[Greystar Real Estate Partners]].
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=== Connections ===
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==Station layout==
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2022 |title=B & D Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08202420/802_TT_12-11-22.pdf |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2 |access-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214204723/https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08202420/802_TT_12-11-22.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]]: {{LA Metro route|18}}, {{LA Metro route|20}}, {{LA Metro route|204}}, Rapid {{LA Metro route|720}}, Rapid {{LA Metro route|754}}
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* [[LADOT DASH]]: Wilshire Center/Koreatown
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level
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|rowspan=2 valign=top|'''B1'''
|'''Eastbound'''
|{{0|→}} {{LACMTA icon|B|showtext=yes}} and {{LACMTA icon|D|showtext=yes}} toward {{LAMs|Union Station}} <small>({{LAMs|Westlake/MacArthur Park}})</small> →
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the right </small>
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''B2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound<br />Westbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← {{LACMTA icon|B|showtext=yes}} toward [[North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station)|North Hollywood]] <small>([[Vermont/Beverly (Los Angeles Metro station)|Vermont/Beverly]])</small><br />← {{LACMTA icon|D|showtext=yes}} toward [[Wilshire/Western (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Western]] <small>([[Wilshire/Normandie (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Normandie]])</small>
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the left </small>
|}
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Escalator.jpg|thumb|left|Wilshire/Vermont station escalator, one of the longest in the world]]
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The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.


== Station artwork ==
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Wilshire/Vermont station has one of the longest escalators in the world at {{Convert|152|feet}} in length stretching from the ground level to the lower platform. At the time of its construction, it was the longest escalator in the United States west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-20 |title=Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators |url=https://panethos.wordpress.com/2020/04/20/working-list-worlds-longest-urban-escalators/ |access-date=2021-10-31 |website=Panethos |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Hymon>{{cite web |last=Hymon|first=Steve |url=http://thesource.metro.net/2014/08/11/transportation-headlines-monday-august-11/ |title=Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11 |work=The Source |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] |date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-11}}</ref>
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===Artwork===
The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by [[Bob Zoell]]. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B line and its patrons do when they zoom in and out of the station. Additional artwork at the station is the creation of [[Peter Shire]].
The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by [[Bob Zoell]]. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B line and its patrons do when they zoom in and out of the station. Additional artwork at the station is the creation of [[Peter Shire]].
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==Transit-oriented development==
==Bus connections==
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Entrance.jpg|thumb|left|The main entrance to the station]]
*[[Metro Local]]: 18, 20, 51, 204
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Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use [[transit village]] development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm [[Arquitectonica]] and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent [[Young Oak Kim Academy|middle school]].<ref>[http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1017/people_and_places.html "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612115617/http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1017/people_and_places.html |date=2010-06-12 }}, ''Architecture Week'', October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).</ref><ref>Christopher Hawthorne, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-03-et-wilshire3-story.html " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 3, 2007.</ref> The property is managed by [[Greystar Real Estate Partners]].
*[[Metro Rapid]]: 720, 754
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*[[LADOT DASH]]: Wilshire Center/Koreatown


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_wilshire_vermont.pdf Station connections overview]

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Latest revision as of 01:43, 11 November 2024

Wilshire/Vermont
B Line D Line

Top: Upper floor platform bound for Union Station (top)
Bottom: Lower floor platform bound for North Hollywood (B Line) or Wilshire/Western (D Line)
General information
Location3191 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′45″N 118°17′27″W / 34.0625°N 118.2908°W / 34.0625; -118.2908
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 split platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingPaid parking nearby
Bicycle facilitiesMetro Bike Share station[1] and racks
History
OpenedJuly 13, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07-13)
Previous namesWilshire/Vermont/Wilshire Center
Passengers
FY 20245,328 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Vermont/​Beverly
toward North Hollywood
 B Line Westlake/​MacArthur Park
toward Union Station
Wilshire/​Normandie
toward Wilshire/Western
 D Line
Location
Map

Wilshire/Vermont station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Koreatown. Unlike the other stations on Wilshire or Vermont which were built directly under the street, this station is offset on a diagonal between the two streets,[3] allowing the lines to diverge without trains on one line having to slow for a tight turn. The station has a unique layout with two side platforms on two levels, necessitated by the flying junction between the lines just west of the station. It is the last station going from Union Station that serves both the B Line and D Line.

Service

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Station layout

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Wilshire/Vermont station escalator, one of the longest in the world

The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to Downtown Los Angeles. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.

Wilshire/Vermont station has one of the longest escalators in the world at 152 feet (46 m) in length stretching from the ground level to the lower platform. At the time of its construction, it was the longest escalator in the United States west of the Mississippi River.[4][5]

Hours and frequency

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B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. D Line trains run every day between approximately 5 a.m. and midnight. Towards North Hollywood or Wilshire/Western, trains operate every 12 minutes throughout the day. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes. Towards Union Station, trains run every six minutes throughout the day. Early morning and night service is approximately every 10 minutes.[6]

Connections

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As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[7]

Station artwork

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The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by Bob Zoell. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B line and its patrons do when they zoom in and out of the station. Additional artwork at the station is the creation of Peter Shire.

  • The upper platform's pillar art.
    The upper platform's pillar art.
  • The lower platform's pillar art.
    The lower platform's pillar art.

Transit-oriented development

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The main entrance to the station

Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use transit village development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm Arquitectonica and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent middle school.[8][9] The property is managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners.

References

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  1. ^ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. ^ "Wilshire Wilshire/Vermont /Vermont Connections Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Working list – World's longest 'urban' escalators". Panethos. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Hymon, Steve (August 11, 2014). "Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11". The Source. Metro. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Metro B Line/D Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "B & D Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Architecture Week, October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).
  9. ^ Christopher Hawthorne, " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws.", Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2007.
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