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San Pedro-based artist Fran Siegel spent a year and a half taking long walks along Wilshire Boulevard to create her project, called “Re: Orientation,” for Metro.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Fran Brown, 58, told BBC Your Voice that she had had to move properties five times since 2017 and said she is now facing another rent increase.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Original ‘Lord of the Rings’ director Peter Jackson, screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and star Andy Serkis will reunite for ‘The Hunt for Gollum.’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Chief Executive Fran Horowitz said the latest quarter marked Abercrombie’s 13th consecutive quarter of growth, supported by investments the company had made in marketing, stores, people and digital capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Cinder could see her gravestone from the window of the fourth-floor unit he and Miss Fran had lived in together, five doors down from where Cynthia lived with her mom.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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