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La Brea Tar Pits to close for renovations
FOX 11

  
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Sink your teeth into a free La Brea Tar Pits bash before big changes begin
NBC LA

  
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Farewell, my Smilodon: La Brea Tar Pits to close for two years
Los Angeles Times

  
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La Brea Tar Pits Will Close This Summer – Go While You Can
LA Magazine

  
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‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles
The Guardian

  
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