![[LA Business Journal] Waterfront’s Future Adrift After Redondo Beach Voters Reject $400 Million Project](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/redondobeach.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Waterfront’s Future Adrift After Redondo Beach Voters Reject $400 Million Project")
Tony Trutanich Jr. said he wants to maintain the nostalgic maritime décor at his 65-year-old Redondo Beach seafood restaurant, but he recognizes the aging waterfront district around it needs to catch up with the times. That hope took a blow when Redondo Beach voters passed Measure C to block the city’s $400 million waterfront redevelopment plan. 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")
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] Can Paper Bag Billionaire?](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/latroof2.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Can Paper Bag Billionaire?")
With the Gannett Co. bid for Los Angeles Times parent tronc Inc. having fallen by the wayside, local eyes have turned to biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, tronc’s second-largest shareholder, as a potential savior for the institution. Continue reading
![[LA Business Journal] Trump’s L.A. Golf Course Still Carrying Handicap](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/trumpgolfcourse-palosverdes-publicdomain.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Business Journal] Trump’s L.A. Golf Course Still Carrying Handicap")
Donald Trump’s only development in Los Angeles, the Rancho Palos Verdes golf course he purchased in 2002 and poured more than $250 million into fixing up, struggled to live up to revenue expectations amid the 2008 recession and tumult in the golf industry. Continue reading
![[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")
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")
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")
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")
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
![[Reuters] Teen and transgender dad find their way to U.S. family TV](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/carlylehwald2.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Reuters] Teen and transgender dad find their way to U.S. family TV")
“Becoming Us” is one of the first reality TV shows to broach transgender acceptance to a mainstream U.S. audience. Continue reading
![[Pacific Standard] A Low-Tech Solution to a Hi-Tech Problem: Trains That Generate Electricity](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/ares.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Pacific Standard] A Low-Tech Solution to a Hi-Tech Problem: Trains That Generate Electricity")
One company is using simple train technology to address a gap in our solar-power infrastructure. Continue reading
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