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Santa Monica: How the People's Republic Became a Business Mecca

Frank Gruber | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: William Fulton, Los Angeles Real Estate, Steve Lopez, L.A. Live, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Urbanism, Redevelopment, The Reluctant Metropolis, La Real Estate, Los Angeles News

Why does L.A. need to subsidize offices downtown when Santa Monica has developers banging on the door?

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Wolfgang Puck's L.A. Food Wine Festival Is Special

Jay Weston | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Meals on Wheels, LA Live, Hotel Bel Air, Los Angeles News

For the past 27 years I have faithfully attended and written about the Wolfgang Puck/Barbara Lazaroff "Meals on Wheels" Benefit. But this year there is a new gala.

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Target's Latest Clothing Ad Plays Proper Homage to Downtown L.A.; Time Magazine Does Not (Video)

Style Section L.A. | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Nokia Theater, L.A., Advertisements, Target, Los Angeles, Jazz Songs, Downtown La Stadium, Los Angeles Shopping, Commercials, Video, Los Angeles Fashion, California Soul, Advertising, Los Angeles Culture, Time Magazine, Downtown Los Angeles, Marlena Shaw, LA Live, Los Angeles News

According to a recent Time magazine article about the renaissance of downtown L.A., the reason why people go out in that part of town is because of L.A. Live. Uh, really?

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Sporting Good: Of X Men, X Women and Families at X Games 17

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Candy Jacobs, Venezuela, Motocross, X-Games-17, Airborne, Extreme Sports, Kyle Baldock, Skating, X Games, Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, X-Men, Andre Villa, Shaun White, Half-Pipe, Sports, Daniel Dehrs, Los Angeles Lakers, Dirtbike, Espn, Bmx, Rally Car, Families, Staples Center, LA Live, Skateboarding, Los Angeles News

While television created ESPN X Games, it's a whole other thing when seen up close. Few sports combine athleticism, artistry, and outright danger as much as the X Games 17 in Los Angeles.

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ESPN X Games 17: Up. Side. Down. And All Around. The Hot Pics!

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Candy Jacobs, X-Games-17, Venezuela, Motocross, Extreme Sports, Airborne, Espn, Kyle Baldock, X Games, Skating, Shaun White, Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, X-Men, Andre Villa, Half-Pipe, Sports, Daniel Dehrs, Dirtbike, Los Angeles Lakers, Bmx, Slidepollajax, Up in the Air, Rally Car, Staples Center, Families, Skateboarding, LA Live, Los Angeles News

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Los Angeles Film Festival

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Lime Orchard, New Moon, Video, Chris Weitz, LA Events, Film Festivals, La Around Town, Sundance, Laff, Film Independent, Los Angeles Film Festival, LA Live, Los Angeles News

On June 16, Film Independent and the Los Angeles Times present the highly anticipated, seventeenth annual, ten-day-long movie-watching extravaganza th...

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AEG's Stadium Ultimatum: Make A Decision By July 31

latimes.com | Sam Farmer | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Staple Center, Tim Leiweke, Los Angeles Nfl Stadium, LA Live, Aeg, Tim Leiweke Ultimatum, Los Angeles News

AEG's Tim Leiweke, spearheading an effort to build an NFL stadium next to Staples Center, said Thursday the project could be scuttled if the city does...

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10 Recommendations For The Downtown NFL Stadium

Curbed LA | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Tim Leiweke, Nfl La Stadium, Urban Planning, Urban Tailgating, Aeg, Downtown La Nfl Stadium, Farmers Field, LA Live, Los Angeles News

As discussions with AEG about an NFL stadium in Los Angeles continue, we're starting to think this thing actually might happen! (If the NFL wants it t...

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AEG Picks Gensler To Design Downtown Los Angeles Stadium

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Nfl Team, Los Angeles Nfl Stadium, Gensler, Downtown Los Angeles Nfl Stadium, L.A. Live, Aeg, Los Angeles News

The LA Times reports that AEG has selected the architectural firm Gensler to design the billion dollar NFL stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. The LA Tim...

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PHOTOS: Huge Muhammad Ali Sculpture Made Of Punching Bags

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Street Art Los Angeles, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ali Art Installation, Tribute to Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ali Sculpture, Nokia Plaza, Slideadbigshot, Muhammad Ali Sculpture La, Street Art, Art Installation, Michael Kalish, Los-Angeles-Culture, Los Angeles Street Art, Sculptor Michael Kalish, LA Live, Arts News

Paying homage to a legendary figure can be risky - you have to make sure your work is large enough to really pay tribute to the person's legacy, while...

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Jerry Brown Flies Solo On Southwest (Just Like Everyone Else!)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southwest Airlines, La Chamber of Commerce, California Budget Crisis, LA Live, Jerry Brown, Video, Los Angeles News

A giggly San Francisco Chronicle reporter caught up with Governor Brown at the Sacramento airport as he boarded his Southwest flight solo. Her shaky c...

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Downtown LA's Transit-Oriented Stadium

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wilshire Subway Extension, PAC-10 Conference, Casey Wasserman, 10 Freeway, Usc, Affordable Housing, LA Coliseum, 110 Freeway, CRA/LA, Shea Stadium, New Jersey, Metro Blue Line, Talk Radio, Congresswoman Giffords, Nokia Theatre, Deficit, ARC Tunnel, Meadowlands, Football, Chris Christie, City of Industry, Governor Brown, 30/10, Tucson, Congress, Nfl, Los Angeles, Transit-Oriented Development, Broad Museum, Downtown L.A. Streetcar, Farmers Insurance, Mercedes, Metro Expo Line, Ucla, Metro, Tommy Trojan, New York Jets, Stanford, Metro Red Line, Staples Center, Aeg, LA Live, Guns, Second Amendment, Los Angeles News

I'm not one who thinks stadiums are the best sparkplug to ignite the economy of downtown. But that a stadium, along with the restaurants in South Park and the new Broad Museum, will make downtown more happening is without question.

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Stretching a Buck

Bill Lasarow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interact Theatre Company, San Pedro City Ballet, $1 Per Year, L.A. Live, Grand Avenue, Non-Profits, Arts Organizations, Eagle Rock Art Center, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, Arts Funding, Moca, Eli Broad, Sparc, Arts News

Public budget debates continue to play out as government enters its new fiscal year on July 1st. Fears continue to mount that important community organizations may be dismantled.

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Taco Truck Throwdown at #CADem2010

Wendy Carrillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, John Perez, L.A. Live, Tacos, California Democratic Convention, Taco Trucks, Los Angeles, Food Trucks, Los Angeles News

Taking a break from the very important work party platforms, California Democrats and guests had the unique opportunity of feasting to the ever "only in LA" growing mobile food truck cuisine.

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LA Live Marriott Opens Its Doors

NBC Los Angeles | Posted 05.25.2011

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The curtain's gone up on the newest luxury hotel in Los Angeles: the JW Marriott at LA Live. The hotel is in a 54-story tower, which will share spa...

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Metropolitan Urbanism? A Review of Grid/Street/Place by Nathan Cherry (with Kurt Nagle)

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Planning Association, Convulsive Urbanism, Books News, L.A. Live, Rtkl Associates, Urban Planning, Sprawl, Los Angeles, Urbanism, Los Angeles News

Although the dynamism (and the dysfunction) of LA is characteristically expressed in small and often idiosyncratic projects spread around the grid, the book is weighted in favor of large developments.

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Los Angeles Auto Show -- Insider's Guide

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year the big news is, much to the chagrin of car-makers and their PR people worldwide, about GM and their ongoing leadership problems.

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ESPN's Los Angeles Studio Debuts

Los Angeles Times | Diane Pucin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Espn, Sportscenter, LA Live, ESPN Los Angeles, ESPN LA, Los Angeles-California, Media News

Amid expectations of more coverage for West Coast games and events, ESPN is officially opening its 12,300-square-foot studio today in the middle of LA...

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The Grammy Museum Is L.A. Live's Christmas Gift to City of Angels

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Wilson, Neil Portnow, British Music Experience, L.A. Live, Recording Academy, Music and Technology, Jimmy Jams, Ted Tanner, Nokia Theater, Mayor Villaraigosa, Grammy Awards, Experience Music, American Express, Sounds of Freedom, Interactive, Grammy Museum, Club Nokia, Country Western Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songs of Conscience, Music Legends, Elvis, John Lennon, Robert Santelli, Technology, Entertainment News

L.A. Live's Grammy Museum is an interactive playground using technology that facilitates the experience of music in so many ways; it is much more than a traditional museum.

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Greening Hollywood: Staples Goes Solar

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, LA City Council, Tax Credits, Lakers, L.A. Live, Green LA, Solar Power Inc., Solar Energy, Nokia Theater, Green Energy, Staples Center, Aeg, Solar Roof Panels, Photovoltaic, Celtics, Eric Garcetti, Ladwp, Alternative Energy, SoCal Edison, Solar Investment Tax Credits, Greenhouse Gases, Lee Zeidman, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Itc, Million Solar Roofs Plan CA, Steve Kircher, Green News

According to an economic study released last week, California's green policies will create as many as 403,000 jobs in the next 12 years and household incomes will increase by $48 billion.

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