Where the Ice is Nice: That’s Pershing Square at 5th and Hill Streets, home of Downtown on Ice. It’s an annual celebration built around the outdoor skating rink, and visitors are welcome to twirl around to their ... [ Full Story ]
City Budget Crunch Puts… - 02/19/2010
Broadway Parking Plan on the Shelf
A proposal for the city to spend nearly $60 million to build a multi-level parking garage on the 600 block of S. Broadway has been quietly put on hold amid the ongoing economic downturn and budget cru ... [ Full Story ]
Cooley Thrown to the Lions - 02/19/2010
He Didn’t Mind a Bit: District Attorney Steve Cooley served as a judge in the annual Student Speakers Contest held by the L.A. Host Lions Club on February 12 at Taix restaurant in the Echo Park district northwest of Downtown. The four fin ... [ Full Story ]
Commentary - 02/19/2010
Emergency!
Give some credit for effort to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who recently walked into the chambers of the City Council and gamely insisted that genuine, structural changes must be made to our municipal gover ... [ Full Story ]
Letters to the Editor - 02/19/2010
Guest Viewpoint
The Fix for LAUSD: Break It Up
By Chuck Levin
When will the crises in Los Angeles schools mercifully end?
Only when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is finally dismantled. Only then will w ... [ Full Story ]
Dot Dot Dish - 02/19/2010
MEMO TO ECHO PARK: Gotta eat! That’s the short answer on why street vendors continue to set up shop around the lake with little interference from city officials. The smart money says this has little to do with court cases concerning Venice Beach, a ... [ Full Story ]
Community Calendar - 02/19/2010
Tiger Time in Chinatown
Where It’s Fun to Run: There will be plenty of fun to be found in the Chinatown district northwest of Downtown between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturday, February 27, and from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 28. ... [ Full Story ]
Nat’l Acclaim for Garment & Citizen Artist Hassan - 02/19/2010
A painting by Los Angeles Garment & Citizen Art Director Sam Hassan has been chosen for the permanent collection of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Directors of the Arab American National Museum recently selected ... [ Full Story ]
DLANC Revises Procedures on Grievances - 02/19/2010
Members of the board of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (DLANC) recently moved to change the procedure for considering grievances against the organization or its directors, opting for the establishment of a committee to be made up of volunte ... [ Full Story ]
Gutierrez Wants Obama to See Next Gran Marcha - 02/19/2010
By Nora Alicia Estrada
Courtesy of Impulso/Labeez.org
A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives recently traveled all the way to Downtown Los Angeles from his home district in President Barack Obama’s hometown of ... [ Full Story ]
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