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Crafts at the Library and More 405 Closures

Enjoy stories and crafts at the library's summer reading club, and plan your commute around closures on the 405.

Here are five things to know for June 22.

1. Hear stories about Mexico and make a craft to take home at the Donald Bruce Kaufman-Brentwood Branch Library. The event is part of the library's Summer Reading Club. Stories and craft begin at 3:30 p.m. The library is at 11820 San Vicente Blvd.

2. The Skirball Cultural Center is taking registrations for its Introduction to Precious Metal Clay summer course. Offered in partnership with Otis College of Art and Design, the course will teach students how to make a pair of earrings and a pendant with precious metal clay, which consists of five silver particles suspended in an organic binder. The binder makes the silver malleable as clay. The course takes place Sunday, July 24 from 9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Cost is $99 for non-credit. To register for this course, contact Otis College of Art and Design at 310-665-6950.

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3. Congratulations, graduates! University High School seniors graduate today at 5 p.m. The ceremony will take place on the school's lower field. University High School is at 11800 Texas Ave.

4. Pedestrian access on Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana and Bronwood avenues will be restricted and detoured to Church Lane for removal of the retaining wall on Sepulveda Boulevard. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Work on the Sunset Boulevard on-ramp to the northbound 405 freeway will finish in approximately two weeks. Work hours are from  7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting.

As part of the Sunset Boulevard bridge reconstruction and water line replacement, Sunset Boulevard will remain closed at night between Church Lane and the northbound Sunset Boulevard ramps to the 405 freeway. The nightly closures will take place for approximately one week, followed by intermittent closures. Anticipated work hours and full closure times on Sunset Boulevard are from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.  The Sunset Boulevard bridge will be open during the day.

Westbound Sunset Boulevard traffic will be detoured to Sepulveda Way, to northbound Sepulveda Boulevard, to southbound Church Lane, and back to Sunset Boulevard. Eastbound Sunset Boulevard traffic will be detoured to northbound Church Lane, to southbound Sepulveda Boulevard, to eastbound Sepulveda Way, and back to Sunset Boulevard.

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