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Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries performs a November show in Montreal. Photo by ceedub13.
Irish rock band The Cranberries is back on tour after a six year break-up. This Friday, December 4, the band will play a sold out show at Club Nokia, but we've got tickets for blogdowntown ...
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This story is an installment of Central Area Weekly Update. Each week Captain (and soon to be Commander) Blake Chow, Commanding Officer of LAPD's Central Division, sends out an email to the community. Captain Chow has agreed to let blogdowntown bring his emails to our readers.
As of Nov 28, ...
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A diesel Southern Pacific locomotive -- or at least a "G" scale replica -- rounds a turn on the California Plaza Watercourt. Photo by Eric Richardson.
A pair of model trains at California Plaza aren't just a bit of traditional holiday decoration, they're also a homage to Los Angeles' ...
Sports
Jrue Holiday
Heavily damaged by a recent gala, the nearly one-acre lawn on the 2nd street side of the new Police Administration Building should soon be brought back to life. Photo by Eric Richardson.
Two and a half months after the unveiling of a new park as part of the Police Administration ...
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LAist -- The slowness of the local economy remains what's holding back plan to revitalize Grand Avenue.
News
Plywood covers halted sidewalk reconstruction outside the Jewelry Trades building at 5th and Broadway. The property owner and the City disagree on how the sidewalk should be rebuilt. Photo by Eric Richardson.
For the past two weeks, a thin layer of plywood outside the Rite Aid at 5th ...
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LA Times -- The County Supervisors today directed staff to report on the feasibility of reopening the 14-story 1925 building, red-tagged after the 1994 Northridge quake.
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Northridge
Rebecca Hall
Confetti falls as L.A. Live's metal LED Christmas tree is lit on December 4, 2008. Photo by Eric Richardson.
GRAMMY-award winning singer LeAnn Rimes will headline L.A. Live's second tree lighting on Thursday, an event which will also serve to open the entertainment complex's ice rink ...
Sports
Kings
Attendees celebrate the lighting of the County's official Christmas Tree on Monday evening. Photo by Ed Fuentes.
On Monday, L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich oversaw the county's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Music Center. KNBC weathercaster Fritz Coleman lead the ...
A&E
New bollards on Chick Hearn Court are activated to block the street off for a private event on Monday, November 23. Photo by Eric Richardson.
Hardware needed to easily close off L.A. Live's Chick Hearn Court has gotten its first live action in recent weeks, but that doesn't mean that ...
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Staples Center
Curbed LA -- Financial issues at Dubai World have the sovereign wealth fund restructuring debt, but Related says that financing for the Grand Avenue Project is unaffected.
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Michael Tansey's 1996 "Daffodil Metamorphosis" in its new home on Cherry street, adjacent to the 110 freeway. Photo by Eric Richardson.
Four years after it was relocated from the corner of Figueroa and Olympic, Michael Tansey's 1996 "Daffodil Metamorphosis" has once again come into ...
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This story is an installment of Around the Halls.
Photo by Ed Fuentes.
Today is Monday, November 30, and Council returns from a holiday-shortened week to light agendas. Inside are a World Cup petition, planning documents for Crazy Gideon's live/work development and consideration ...
News
Champoy and Rhea scare the children. Photo by Monk Turner.
Speaking with Campoy and Rhea was like stepping back to my high school years. Talk of zines, independent distribution, renegade art shows and sharing spaces took me back.
Back to a time before Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter ...
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LA Times -- Many at Fred Jordan Mission said they were first-timers, never imagining they would line up for a free meal until they hit by the economy.
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Skid Row
Captain Blake Chow serves Thanksgiving dinner at the L.A. Mission on Wednesday. Photo by Ed Fuentes.
As LAPD's Central Division comes to the end of a year in which crime has been down nearly 8% from 2008, it must also prepare for new leadership.
Captain Blake Chow, appointed to ...
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While still a construction site, this patio space at L.A. Live's J.W. Marriott will soon become outdoor seating for a new restaurant named L.A. Market. Photo by Eric Richardson.
File this as an unconfirmed rumor, but blogdowntown believes that Kerry Simon will be the celebrity ...
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Disney's Tania Gunadi shows menu items at the Los Angeles Mission's Thanksgiving Dinner on Wednesday. Photo by Ed Fuentes.
The Los Angeles Mission held its annual sit-down Thanksgiving Dinner today, serving up 3,000 meals on-site and boxing away another 3,000 for delivery to those ...
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Lost Tuesday evening, 'Bones' was last seen on Spring street near the Los Angeles State Historic Park, far from his home at 7th and Spring. He was wearing a black harness, and is described as "very friendly" with "a full waggy tail."
Bones should also perk up to the name ...
