As Arts District property owners look ahead, many are landing fat paychecks from developers keen on razing or redeveloping old warehouses, while lessees are finding themselves forced out. Continue reading
![[LA Business Journal] Arts District industrial property owners sold on big paydays](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-24-at-11-35-48-pm.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Arts District industrial property owners sold on big paydays")
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![[LA Business Journal] Snapped Up](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/snapchat-ringo.jpeg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Snapped Up")
[LA Business Journal] Snapped Up
Determined to cling to Venice’s counterculture despite the need for a corporate-scale workforce, Snapchat has opted to pick off properties here and there rather than consolidate into a single space. Continue reading
![[LA Business Journal] Inglewood Long Framed as Artist Enclave](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/inglewood-ringo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Inglewood Long Framed as Artist Enclave")
[LA Business Journal] Inglewood Long Framed as Artist Enclave
Artists have flocked to Inglewood for decades, drawn by low rents at warehouse and commercial spaces, but changes are afoot that might put upward pressure on rents. Continue reading
![[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/heatwave-richardson.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale")
[LA Times] Urban legend about Times reporting during Watts Riots conceals a sadder tale
In August 1965, as violence flared in Los Angeles’ African American neighborhoods, Robert Richardson became a part of urban legend. Continue reading
![[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/wattshackathon.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide")
[LA Times] Watts ‘hackathon’ takes a step toward narrowing the digital divide
Teaching kids at a Watts housing project to code websites and apps could be a step toward easing the digital divide in South LA. Continue reading
![[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/solis-slider.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants")
[Intersections] LA County vows support for immigrants
Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to put resources in place to help immigrants apply for deportation relief, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week to halt an expansion of the Obama administration’s deferred action programs. Continue reading
![[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/rosetsai-usckilling-creditdainasolomon-600.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack")
[Intersections] USC student attempted to flee fatal attack
Xinran Ji sprinted into the middle of the street toward his apartment near the University of Southern California last summer as three attackers dashed after, striking him one by one with a baseball bat. Continue reading
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[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert
A new crop of Zumba studios have taken root in South LA, helping people lose weight and transform their lives. Continue reading
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[Annenberg Radio] Singing for detainees behind the walls
The Day Laborers of the North and Ana Tijoux brought music to the doorstep of a federal prison in downtown L.A. in solidarity with detained immigrants. Continue reading
![[Annenberg Radio] Rosslyn Hotel now a home to 75 veterans](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/lionel-600w.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Annenberg Radio] Rosslyn Hotel now a home to 75 veterans")
[Annenberg Radio] Rosslyn Hotel now a home to 75 veterans
Lionel Muldrew picked up his keys on Monday for a renovated apartment at the Rosslyn Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles — not only a new home, but also his first home in six years. Continue reading
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