Occupy LA protesters marched eastward through the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, in conjunction with Tuesday’s May Day protest for immigrants’ right. Occupy protesters waved signs decrying corporate tax breaks and calling for equality. A number of protesters drove down Wilshire with signs affixed to their vehicles. Four separate Occupy LA marches [...] [...more]
It was supposed to be a fight to the finish, with David, a mom and pop retailer, standing its ground to Goliath, the W Hotel and its developers, over a sliver of the project’s 61,500 square feet. Yet, five years later, David remains, largely undaunted. Such was the story of Bernard’s Luggage, a family-owned shop [...] [...more]
Following prospects that the Oscars could be headed to downtown Los Angeles or elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed a 20-year agreement to keep the Academy Awards in Hollywood. Furthermore, the Oscars will stay in the same venue, which will be known as the Dolby Theatre, per a 20-year agreement [...] [...more]
During rush hour on a weekday, one might expect the traffic control center in downtown Los Angeles to be a frantic, frenzied place. One might envision workers with disorderly, graying hair jogging in business attire, dodging airborne sheets of paper. However, even with last week’s rain, the atmosphere at the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control [...] [...more]
The 10-block stretch between major attractions at Hollywood and Vine and Hollywood and Highland may get a little easier to traverse through a proposal that would bring pedicabs to Tinseltown. Pedicabs, which are chariot-like vehicles where a bicyclist tows a two-wheeled carriage that can hold up to five passengers, have become popular modes of transportation [...] [...more]
Cinco de Mayo at Red O Enjoy specially priced menu items at the Street Food Social Hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sat., May 5. Oysters are $2 each and ceviches are $10. Order guacamole with warm chips and salsa to accompany a craft beer ($5) or a selection of wines ($7). Specialty margaritas [...] [...more]
Protesters from the Los Angeles Armenian community crowded the sidewalk and spilled into the street outside the Turkish Consulate for more than two hours on Tuesday, to commemorate the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians beginning in 1915 at the hands of the former Ottoman Empire. Chants of “Fight, fight to the end” (in [...] [...more]
In a last-minute change of plans, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) board may today approve a Purple Line subway station more in line with the wishes of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) than the site recommended as ideal by Metro engineers. The Metro board is scheduled to meet today and potentially approve [...] [...more]
An ongoing legal dispute between two aviation companies is threatening to delay the transport of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) physicians, specialists and patients to and from area facilities. The disagreement between Helinet Aviation and Pentastar Aviation has the potential to impact emergency flights, in which each passing moment is precious, said Judy Sherif, the [...] [...more]
The magnitude of the civil unrest that erupted during the Los Angeles Riots in 1992 took law enforcement officials by surprise, according to former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bernard Parks, who was a deputy chief at the time. Parks said police lost valuable time in responding to the rioting because a tactical alert was [...] [...more]
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