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.
![[Blog] Social justice history saved from the trash](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_2750.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] Social justice history saved from the trash")
The Southern California Library in South LA preserves historical records that could have been lost. Continue reading
![[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2014_7_comfortzone_ph1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms")
One family has turned their house green, walls and all. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Snapshots from the Watts Senior Citizen Prom](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_2329-1-blog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Snapshots from the Watts Senior Citizen Prom")
Guests shared stories about long lives spent in the ever-changing neighborhoods of Watts and South LA. Continue reading
![[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mexicogunedit2-650-forblog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback")
The Los Angeles Police Department collected 950 weapons in its annual buyback program that gives Angelenos gift cards for guns.
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![[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/law_people_ramiro_gomez-2250.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful")
“I know how to draw faces!” Ramiro Gomez insists with a grin, dabbing brown paint onto a glossy white magazine page with a slender brush. Shoulders and arms appear in a coppery sheen, then a head topped with thick black hair. But no face, at least not this time. Continue reading
![[The Forward] Wexler’s Brings The Deli Revolution to L.A.](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/sandwich2.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[The Forward] Wexler’s Brings The Deli Revolution to L.A.")
Chef Micah Wexler spent months developing the rye bread recipe in his aim for craftsmanship. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Facing off against pollution in South LA neighborhoods](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/environmentalmap.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Facing off against pollution in South LA neighborhoods")
An updated report says ethnic minorities comprise a large proportion of residents in California’s most polluted neighborhoods. Continue reading
![[The Forward] For Moroccan Jews, Passover Has a Sweet Ending](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/simonelmaleh.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[The Forward] For Moroccan Jews, Passover Has a Sweet Ending")
Tonight, right after sundown, chef Simon Elmaleh will discard the Passover matzo, set out fine platters laden with leavened, sugary sweets and welcome friends into his home with cries of terbhou ou tseedou, Arabic for “good luck.” Continue reading
![[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mariaelenadurazo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)")
Activists will press for immigration reform and livable wages on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Continue reading
![[Blog] Back at Ted Gibson’s framing shop, this time in for a surprise](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/129.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] Back at Ted Gibson’s framing shop, this time in for a surprise")
Ted Gibson’s framing shop has stubbornly stayed in business. It has kept its charm, too. Continue reading
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