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While City Wrestles Budget, Neighbors Pull Weeds at LAPD

By Eric Richardson — August 05, 2011 — 13 Comments

Opened in 2009, the Police Administration Building was part of a $437-million construction project. Why, then, are its neighbors still having to volunteer to pull weeds?

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Angels Knoll's Goats are Back

By Eric Richardson — August 03, 2011 — 6 Comments

One of Downtown's most peculiar urban sights returned on Wednesday as a herd of hungry goats was unleashed on the weedy Angels Knoll hillside at 4th and Hill.

Video Shows Suicide Leap Averted at 7th and Main

By Eric Richardson — July 30, 2011 — 8 Comments

LAPD officers saved a man intent on jumping from a 13th floor roof on Thursday evening, and a video shot by a neighbor shows the rescue taking place.

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X Games 17 Kicks Off

By Eric Richardson — July 28, 2011 — 3 Comments

Ready for your close-up, Downtown? The four days of X Games 17 will star a neighborhood that has grown up since the last time the big air ramp was out on a parking lot in 2006.

Win Tickets to See The 88 at the Grammy Museum

By Eric Richardson — July 26, 2011 — 6 Comments

Local indie rockers The 88 come to the Grammy Museum on Thursday, and we've got tickets for blogdowntown readers who want to see the show.

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What to Do About Art Walk?

By Eric Richardson — July 21, 2011 — 41 Comments

Last week's Art Walk tragedy has led to calls for the streets to be handed over to the crowds during the monthly event. That would make the wrong statement for Downtown.

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A Royal Visit and a Trashy Parking Lot

By Eric Richardson — July 12, 2011 — 11 Comments

Monday's written tiff between Patt Morrison and Zooey Deschanel over a trashy parking lot should remind us that the neighborhood's cleanup can't have blind spots.

Monday Library Hours to Return on July 18

By Eric Richardson — July 11, 2011 — 7 Comments

The doors of the Central Library will open on a Monday for the first time in a year next week, but don't hold your breath for Sunday hours: they come in 2014.

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Jocks v. Nerds at L.A. Live

By Eric Richardson — July 10, 2011 — 2 Comments

Downtown will be the center of the world for both jocks and nerds this week, as Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference and ESPN's ESPY Awards collide at L.A. Live.

DLANC Complete Streets Group Wants Pilot Project Ideas

By Valerie Watson — July 07, 2011 — 24 Comments

Valerie Watson, a 4 1/2 year Spring Street resident, wants to make a change to our streets. Her working group will hold its second meeting on Thursday evening.

Sunday: Free Screening of Rudy at Farmers Field

By Eric Richardson — June 24, 2011

The politics of AEG's proposed stadium will take a backseat on Sunday as the Farmers Field turf is rolled out for a free screening of the 1993 football film Rudy.