{"id":1525,"date":"2007-11-17T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T04:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2007-11-18T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T06:55:40","slug":"crane-tip-closes-pico-blvd-between-la-cienega-and-crescent-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"Crane Tip Closes Pico Blvd Between La Cienega And Crescent Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This happened Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A source says: &quot;The story w\/the crane as I understand is that it was trying to replace a billboard and the crane wasn&#8217;t braced right or something and so it tipped. The billboard and crane fell onto the building there. 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