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The Hollywood sign is seen vandalized Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Los Angeles residents awoke New Year's Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read &quot;HOLLYWeeD.&quot; Police have notified the city's Department of General Services, whose officers patrol Griffith Park and the area of the rugged Hollywood Hills near the sign. California voters in November approved Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana, beginning in 2018. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Iconic sign could get extra security after ‘HOLLYWeeD’ prank

Associated Press

Tourists take their pictures with the Hollywood Sign in the background, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Los Angeles. Like pilgrims flocking to a holy shrine, they come from all over the world to pay homage, not to a deity but to something similar - the people they see on TV and in the movies. They are the seekers of the Hollywood Sign, that symbol of the Land of the Rich and Famous. And just like those on pilgrimages to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome or the Acropolis in Greece, they press to get just as close as they can to the immortality the symbol represents. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Seekers of the Hollywood Sign disrupt nearby neighborhood

By John Rogers - Associated Press

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Tourists find a prime spot to photograph the 45-by-37-foot sign that symbolizes dreams of fame and fortune to many around the world. To those who live in its shadow, however, it means an endless stream of tourists and traffic jams that are more suited to Times Square in New York.

No hooray near ‘Hollywood’

By Christina Hoag ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times