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• Toy Factory Lofts Style

  A photo essay inside Toy Factory Lofts, where residents have taken essentially the same canvas and made it their own.

  LA Times – Feb 12
• Philippe's Closed by Health Department

  The French Dip eatery closed because of an infestation found after a complaint. May be open by noon Friday.

  LA Times – Feb 11
• Ex-Hospital CFO Pleads Guilty

  Vincent Rubio, former chief financial officer of a Tustin hospital, plead guilty today to paying illegal kickbacks for patients recruited from Skid Row.

  www.myfoxla.com – Feb 09
• Q&A With Tim Leiweke

  The AEG CEO answers questions about the Ticketmaster / Live Nation merger and about how L.A. Live is hitting the company's projections.

  LA Times – Feb 04
• New Downtown Gallery: Control Room

  Kevin Ott reviews gallery Control Room, in the Arts District.

  la.metblogs.com – Feb 04
• Recording Mr. Ayers

  Steve Lopez helped set Nathaniel Ayers up with a recording session recently that featured Flea as accompaniment.

  LA Times – Feb 02
• Debating Safer Cities

  URM's Andy Bales leaves a lengthy comment responding to a letter asking that Safer Cities policing work on Skid Row be focused elsewhere.

  blogs.laweekly.com – Feb 02
• Budget & Finance Votes Against Layoffs

  Ten hours into their Monday meeting, Budget & Finance voted against authorizing 1,000 layoffs to help balance its budget. The full Council must still vote this week.

  LAist – Feb 01
• Eddie Vedder at the Rowan?

  Is Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder living at the Rowan? A Curbed reader in the building says yes, using the intercom listings as evidence.

  Curbed LA – Jan 29
• Job Cuts Would Hit Cultural Affairs Hard

  A City plan to cut 1,000 jobs would affect all departments, but would hit El Pueblo, Cultural Affairs and libraries particularly hard.

  LA Times – Jan 28