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Hollywood Hills Residents: Go Away, Tourists!

AP | By CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 10.06.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Robert deVico can't help but laugh at the irony: a 1920s advertisement for his Hollywoodland neighborhood lured homebuyers by promising...

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Note To Visitors:'TOURISTS GO AWAY'

Hollywood, CA Patch | Tiffany Kelly | Email the Author | 1:00pm | Posted 08.14.2011

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The war to keep tourists wishing to see the Hollywood Sign away from residential neighborhoods continues. A note that read "Tourists Go Away" sho...

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'GOOD LA' Launches City-Wide Photo Contest

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.07.2011

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GOOD MAGAZINE and Hidden Los Angeles have started a collaborative effort to tell stories of forgotten LA. Monday afternoon, they launched a city-wide ...

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PHOTOS: Proposed 'Wellywood' Sign Has Hollywood Seeing Double

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 07.27.2011

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Wellington Airport announced last weekend that they were planning to erect a 26x100 foot "Wellywood" sign on the hills overlooking Wellington, New Zea...

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PHOTOS: The Best Haunted Places Around Los Angeles

Citysearch | Mar Yvette | Posted 05.25.2011

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Text courtesy of Citysearch. By Mar Yvette We all know that living in Los Angeles can be a scary experience--the traffic alone is a nightmare. But w...

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Finding the Money to Build Out LA's 30/10 Transportation Initiative

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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More fixed rail and dedicated lane bus rapid transit like Metro's Orange Line can mean the difference between getting to work on time and not having a job to go to.

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Sign Language

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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After several anxious months, the Hollywood community breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when it was announced that the land above the wor...

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Group Raises $12.5 Million Goal For Hollywood Sign Land

AP | JEFF WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood sign, a beacon to stars and star-struck alike, has been saved from urban sprawl under a land conservation pact annou...

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A Tea Party for 30/10

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With tax day upon us I got to thinking about all of the tea partiers making the pilgrimage to Boston to celebrate their namesakes' stand against a Bri...

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Deadline Extended For Hollywood Sign Land Purchase

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The effort to preserve the land beside the world-famous Hollywood sign has taken a typical Tinseltown twist: "To be continued." T...

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Chutzpah!: Supergraphics Firm Offers To Save Hollywood Sign, With A Catch

AP | David Zahniser | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A billboard company is offering to save the property beside the Hollywood sign from development if the city of Los Angeles settles...

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Hanks, Spielberg, Studios Pitch In $3M to Protect Hollywood Sign

The Wrap | Brent Lang | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tinseltown royalty have reached into their pockets to help preserve a Los Angeles landmark. Movie stars, directors and studios have contributed ove...

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Wellywood, New Zealand Sign, Angers Hollywood's Lawyers

Telegraph | Paul Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The proposed sign, bearing the name "Wellywood" in almost 12ft-high lettering and an identical typeface to the original, would weave across the hills ...

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Save a Peak, Solar a Sign

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

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If a city has a way of raising money to support its schools and sustainability education, a city ought to do it. That's our position. Do something. That's our motto.

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