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Fashion Island Hotel Follow-Up | Wrong-Headed Recall Analysis | OC Base for UMass Global | LA Times Stumbles on ‘Too Predictable’ | Quaker Claps Back in Whittier

It looks as though a full circle drawn nearly 50 years ago will ensure that whoever Newport Beach-based Irvine Company picks to operate its …

Black Pols Shine Bold New Light on Redistricting | Media Meltdown Matters | LABJ’s Miss, Bakewell’s Dare | FivePoint’s Transition Lab | Conrad’s Fit

A vitally important story that went largely overlooked last week should reverberate in LA, where City Council districts are being redrawn. It has to …

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 …

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 …

About That Asian Crime Ring in Santa Ana: An Incomplete, Imperfect—and Honest—First Draft of History

Here’s a fact that appears to be lost in SoCal these days: You can condemn “Anti-Asian Hate” and also oppose Asian-American criminals. You can …

OC Signals Trump is Fading | Berggruen Fellow’s Ambitious Brief | Dr. Kim Leans Into Inclusion | IMC Doubles Up for Disaster Relief | Doti’s Dart | Soon-Shiong’s $7B Slide

There’s a lot of back and forth about whether the Republican Party is in thrall to Donald Trump, but recent signals from Orange County …

Garcetti’s Scramble | National Media’s Miss | LA Times’ Lipstick | City of Hope’s Bertell | F&M’s PPP Perspective | Metchek’s Suggestion | Andy’s Apples

My scoop last week on LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s bid to get a ticket out of SoCal with some second-tier job in the Biden …

Sources Say Garcetti to Quit | ‘Horrible’ Good Enough on Paloma Street | South Coast Metro’s Luckey Streak | Dulce’s Definition | Various Views on Armenian Genocide

Reliable sources say Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will announce his resignation this week as part of plans to take a second-tier job in …

Sickly Silence This Side of Pacific | Non-Profit’s Inside Game | LA-OC Riptide as Waters Trims Porter’s Sails | Korek Gives Mid-City Museum Plug from UK | RIP Cuevas

‘Possible Worlds’ Doubles Down in Debut | Haddad’s Enlightened Self-Interest | LA Times Gets Trumpy | San Marino Comp Raises Questions on Uptown Newport | Daisy Chain on Paloma Deal