Children's Museum facing deadline

The long-anticipated new children's Museum of Los Angeles to be built in Lake View Terrace could grind to a halt next week because of a lack of money, the Daily News reported today.
Museum backers need either to raise $2.5 million to pay its contractor by Monday or stop work on the San Fernando Valley's first and only museum.
If workers pack up their tools, officials say it could cost $1.5 million more just to resume construction. And some say it could even spell the end of the museum.
"It would be so sad to see it close. ... In the end of the day, it's all about the kids," said Bruce Corwin, co-chairman of the museum board, who was scrambling Tuesday to raise money from sources around the city.
Of the $36 million raised to design and complete the museum, 70 percent has come from public funds.