Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., was opened to the media yesterday by the owner, a real estate firm called Colony Capital LLC that bought it as a joint venture with Michael Jackson last year as his finances collapsed. Thousands of fans were gathered at the front gate. The New York Times’ National Correspondent Randy Archibold was there and he joins us from Los Angeles.
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