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  • Star Foreman
    12:55 pm Thu, Mar 2, 2017
    The 'Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillian' series

    "Your first doomsday machine is a malevolent, inscrutable wristwatch."


    The Please Don't Tell My Parents series, by Richard Roberts, is a wonderful young adult series of novels about Penelope Akk and her two friends Claire and Ray. They are normal middle school kids just hoping their superpowers will kick in soon. (more…)

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    8:01 am Fri, Oct 23, 2015
    Iconic Great Depression-era restaurant Clifton's, a Los Angeles landmark, re-opens

    In 1935, Clifford Clinton opened his Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria location in downtown Los Angeles. With its neon sign declaring "Pay what you wish", Clifton's was dubbed the Cafeteria of the Golden Rule by its patrons, many of whom had been made jobless by the great depression.
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