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Month: <span>July 2021</span>

Month: July 2021

Big Ideas / Business / Commercial Real Estate / Finance / Los Angeles / Media / Orange County / Paywall Down / Sports

What Activists, Legacy Media Miss in Chinatown | Raj Stays Under Radar | Another Take on Lakers Stake | Cash Gets Expensive in Jewelry District Crackdown | Dunn Deal in OC

Residential projects are the shiny objects of gentrification, with developers tearing down older, cheaper housing stock to profit on new upscale apartments or condos …

Big Ideas / Media / Paywall Down / Single-subject Focus

Consumers of Media Everywhere Should Question Coverage on Police Killing of Black Man in Hawaii: Go Inside Numbers, Give Local Circumstance and Considerations Their Due

This week’s column is based on recent events in Hawaii but also addresses matters of local interest in a broad and vital sense of …

Big Ideas / Business / City Hall Scandal / Development / Education / Finance / Legal / Los Angeles / Orange County / Paywall Down / Politics

Garcetti Ripe for GOP Grilling | Irvine Company Innuendo Costs Attorney $2,000 | Mottek’s Big Move | Red Flag on UCI’s Flattery | LAX Hotel Deal Suggests Dip for Local Sector

It looks as though Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti finally got his ticket out of town—a nomination as ambassador to India that comes amid …

Arts / Big Ideas / Business / City Hall Scandal / Development / DTLA / Finance / Global Affairs / Los Angeles / Media / Orange County / Paywall Down / Politics

Bargain Basement for DTLA High Rise? | Gehry’s Roman Road Should Lead to LA River Park | Kim’s Ambition | City Hall Hate Speech | SCNG’s Tardy Solidarity | About HK

Informed sources tell me that Downtown LA could soon get some help for its gap-toothed skyline, with talks about a bargain-basement deal for the …