For first time since 1976, someone changed the famous Hollywood

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http://www.chron.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/No-LA-s-Hollyweed-Dispensary-Had-10829695.php
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>Los Angeles-based pot dispensary Hollyweed had “nothing to do with it,” an employee named Sita told us on Sunday. To be perfectly clear, we haven’t seen or heard any actual suspicion that this was a marketing ploy for the cannabis co-op, but it seemed way too perfect not to ask.

>Plus, “We are very, very excited about it,” she told us. And why wouldn’t they be? Free advertising!
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/weird/ct-hollywood-sign-hollyweed-20170101-story.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hollywood-sign-hollyweed-history-danny-finegood-activist/
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>Police say surveillance video shows a lone male suspect dressed all in black. The person could face misdemeanor charges if caught.

>But it’s not the first time the legendary letters have been altered, reports CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal.

>The change is the ultimate throwback to 1976 when activists used the four-story letters as a political play on words. Danny Finegood and a team of friends made the identical change to the Hollywood sign on New Year’s Day 41 years ago. Finegood died in 2007.

>“It wasn’t a prank, it was a message,” Finegood’s wife, Bonnie, said.

>Bonnie said Danny and his buddies risked getting arrested to make a statement about new California legislation that took effect in ‘76 relaxing marijuana possession laws.
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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/hollyweed-prankster-changes-iconic-hollywood-sign-to-praise-cannabis-a3430741.html