News from all over on the unsuccessful bid to save The Ambassador Hotel from demolition. The historic Ambassador - site of RFK's assassination and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub - will be torn down to build another school. The Cocoanut Grove, launching pad for such luminaries as Merv Griffin and Judy Garland, will be spared however and will be turned into the school's main auditorium.
· Deal Reached Over Hotel Where RFK Was Shot [Guardian Unlimited]
· A Message From Roland A. Wiley, President of the Los Angeles Conservancy [Los Angeles Conservancy]
· Battle is Lost [Skunks of Los Feliz]
· The Fat Lady Sings [Franklin Avenue]
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