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.
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.
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.
In August 1965, as violence flared in Los Angeles’ African American neighborhoods, Robert Richardson became a part of urban legend.
![[Reuters] Fox Sports sets up for long game in U.S. women’s soccer](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/foxwomensworldcup.jpeg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Reuters] Fox Sports sets up for long game in U.S. women’s soccer")
Soccer star Alex Morgan could score a goal not only for her team, but also for Fox Sports. Continue reading
![[Ampersand LA] LACMA’s “Islamic Art Now” highlights female vitality](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/lailaessaydi-cropped.jpeg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Ampersand LA] LACMA’s “Islamic Art Now” highlights female vitality")
How do Middle Eastern women wish to be seen? While newspapers and televisions often exhibit photographs plucked from incidents of violence and chaos, artists are using images to express personal stories of empowerment and vitality. Continue reading
![[Global Post] Not all mosques welcome in Indonesia](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_7062.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Global Post] Not all mosques welcome in Indonesia")
Even in the world’s most populous Muslim country, Ahmadiyya mosques are still getting shut down for being considered “deviant.” Continue reading
![[Global Post] Indonesian Christians pray in protest after government shuts down churches](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_7150.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Global Post] Indonesian Christians pray in protest after government shuts down churches")
Even in a nation committed to “pancasila,” or religious pluralism, minority groups such as Christians fight for the freedom to keep churches open. 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")
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")
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
![[Blog] Top 11 writing books for journalists](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/writingbooks.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] Top 11 writing books for journalists")
For young journalists, teaching ourselves how to write (without relying on professors and editors) is an essential tool for survival in the news business. Continue reading
![[Trojan Family Magazine] Next-Generation Newsroom](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/willowbayinterview.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Trojan Family Magazine] Next-Generation Newsroom")
Willow Bay, new director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, spoke with graduate student Daina Beth Solomon about the challenges and rewards of modern journalism, and why USC Annenberg is becoming the city’s most innovative newsroom. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Zumba boom in South LA’s concrete desert](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/zumbajump-slider-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[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
![[LA Times] Basketball coach accused of sexual battery](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/michaelmiller-print-header.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Times] Basketball coach accused of sexual battery")
A Los Angeles basketball coach who ran a program for aspiring collegiate athletes was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and illegally filming young men in the bathroom of his home. Continue reading
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