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• 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
• Little Tokyo's Lazy Ox Canteen

  Jonathan Gold says the menu at the Lazy Ox Canteen is "controlled chaos," but that chef Josef Centeno's cooking "is the sort of thing you want to dive into."

  www.laweekly.com – Jan 28
• Gushing over downtown

  Artist Luther Thie wants to build a 100-foot high fountain inside the connection between the 110 and 10 freeways. He's talked to property owners on Wright Street, Downtown's No-Man's Land.

  LA Times – Jan 28
• Gorbals Review

  Two stars from S. Irene Virbila, who says the restaurant is "weird and fun and a little rough around the edges, but definitely from the heart."

  LA Times – Jan 26
• Commercial Market Bottoms, DT Stable

  A Colliers report says that the worst is over for commercial occupancy, but that recovery might take a while. Downtown rents held stable in 2009, though vacancy rose to 16.7%.

  LA Times – Jan 25
• LAFD Dog Rescue Makes National News

  Updated post with video of today's heroic rescue of a dog which was airlifted out of the LA river, downtown near Vernon.

  LAist – Jan 22
• First and Hope Opening This Spring

  Planning for a March or April opening, First & Hope to become a new destination for concertgoers headed to Disney Hall or the Music Center.

  Eater LA – Jan 22
• Draft Plan to Lay Off 1,000 City of L.A. Employees

  Amid the process of letting 2,400 city of Los Angeles employees retire early--a draft plan surfaced, to let go at least 1,000 employees.

  LAist – Jan 21
• Did Downtown need Jewish/Scottish food?

  A lunchtime review of The Gorbals at Downtown's Alexandria.

  eatingla.blogspot.com – Jan 20
• LA Firefighters Crush Derby Dolls

  Good times were had as the Derby Dolls met in defeat against the LAFD, (photo essay included).

  LAist – Jan 15