DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – (This story originally published Friday, Nov. 6, 5:22 p.m.) The City Planning Commission next week will consider a plan to add hundreds of thousands of square feet of office, hotel and residential space to the 27-acre L.A. Live sports and entertainment complex. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority opened the first segment of the Red Line subway in 1993, the agency expected it to support two rush hours. But the line that now connects Downtown with North Hollywood, and has a stop in MacArthur Park, generated three peak usage times: In addition to the morning and evening work commutes, a lunchtime rush resulted, said Art ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Two weeks ago, the California Supreme Court decided not to review a Downtown developer’s successful lawsuit challenging the city of Los Angeles’ affordable housing policy in City West. Although it may at first glance seem to be an isolated or even inconsequential case, legal experts and city officials paint a far different picture — they say it has effectively torpedoed ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Police Department graduated 42 new officers this morning, and minutes later the next crop of future graduates had their badge ceremony — a step that takes place one month before finishing the six-month academy. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A week after the demise of a deal to create a Downtown industrial park for environmentally friendly companies, local officials are scrambling to determine what to do next. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – As everyone knows by now, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa last week nominated LAPD Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to replace William Bratton as the top cop in Los Angeles. What many even in the Central City may not realize is that Beck has deep ties to Downtown — both his own, and in his family. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Downtown’s latest hot spot for young up-and-comers has everything you would expect in a place where you would want to hang out with friends or throw a private, party, although the clientele is kind of a rough-and-tumble crowd. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Cecilia Estolano, who for three and a half years served as CEO of the Community Redevelopment Agency, will step down from her post at the end of the month, officials announced last week. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Historic Core’s Million Dollar Theater this week will host a star-studded screening of a film many consider to be among the greatest westerns ever made. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - An under-construction, 29-unit apartment complex in Chinatown has been sold for $4.2 million, officials involved with the deal said last week. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The fourth annual, “socially conscious” music, arts and cultural festival We the People has been announced for Saturday, Nov. 21, at an unlikely Downtown location: L.A. Center Studios, at 450 S. Bixel St. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Downtown-based map making company Cartifact is giving map users a closer look at the world with its redesign of MapQuest’s online mapping system. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Downtown-based artist Lilli Muller, who produced the September Autumn Lights event at Pershing Square, is looking for creative types willing to open the doors to their workspaces for an Arts District open studio tour on Saturday, Dec. 5. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last week for a new satellite campus for the National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is scheduled to open in the Historic Core early next year. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – A free shuttle bus between USC and the L.A. Live sports and entertainment complex started service yesterday, Nov. 5. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Police Department graduated 42 new officers at a morning ceremony in Elysian Park today. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Pershing Square Farmers Market, which typically sets up in the Financial District park every Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., will be closed for five weeks starting later this month. For the remaining sessions between now and Jan. 13, the market will operate with a slashed lineup — there will only be about 10 vendors, as opposed to the normal slate of approximately ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Downtown News photographer Gary Leonard has been spending a lot of time at the new Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live, with all the opening festivities — maybe too much, he admits. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The Community Redevelopment Agency in the coming weeks will start a brand new search to attract companies to the proposed Clean Tech Manufacturing Center in Downtown, the agency said today in a statement, after a deal for Italian rail car manufacturer AnsaldoBreda, Inc. to anchor the project fell apart late last week. Full Story »
Last night was the Grand Opening of the Regal Cinemas for the Downtown Community. All movies, except for “This Is It” were free to the Downtown community. Intrepid L.A. Downtown News photographer Gary Leonard was there, of course. His description in his own words: “People really took them up on their offer. It really did feel like a neighborhood night, and they should do it every week, though I ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – People had a heck of a good time this Halloween, according to L.A. Downtown News Photographer Gary Leonard, who was all over town this weekend taking pictures. In his own words: “I was at five different places celebrating Halloween this weekend. I went to Day of the Dead on Olvera Steet. It started Saturday and ends today, Monday. They celebrated both Halloween and Day of ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A decade ago, the clothing company Freshjive seemed poised to explode. The Downtown Los Angeles-based streetwear line, which had made its name in T-shirts featuring arresting graphics like Black Panthers logos and bright parodies of corporate touchstones like the orange Tide detergent bulls-eye, raked in $10 million a year in sales. Freshjive products were sought by large ... Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much better than that. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Despite the ongoing recession and soaring unemployment, a new study says that homelessness in Los Angeles County has decreased by 38% since 2007. Full Story »
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - City crews last week began digging at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument to build a $1 million memorial that will pay tribute to soldiers whose feats of bravery earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor. Ultimately, it will bestow a special tribute on a man from East Los Angeles. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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