L.A. County Fair returns

One of the Los Angeles County Fair’s largest carnival attractions is the 110-foot-tall Grand Wheel, which premiered at the Fair in 1985. The wheel revolves with up to 130 passengers, three to four times a minute, for three minutes. The next stop for the wheel is the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix. / photo by Brian Murphy
One of the Los Angeles County Fair’s largest carnival attractions is the 110-foot-tall Grand Wheel, which premiered at the Fair in 1985. The wheel revolves with up to 130 passengers, three to four times a minute, for three minutes. The next stop for the wheel is the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix. / photo by Brian Murphy
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