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• City of Angels is golden again

  Columnist Ginny Prior was in town taking her daughter to USC and decided to get by without a car on their visit. She was impressed by how Downtown has developed.

  www.mercurynews.com – Aug 28
• Public-Private Chain of Command at Staples Center

  Government Technology looks at the relationship between Staples Center's security personnel and local law enforcement. The piece talks about the facility's $3 million security system, which includes a 24-hour command center.
  

  www.govtech.com – Aug 28
• Twittering a Birth

  Ginny-Marie Case is over at Good Samaritan giving birth to a baby girl. Her twitters made it to Silicon Valley tech gossip blog Valleywag.

  valleywag.com – Aug 27
• N.Y. Times Reviews Taper Redesign

  The NYT looks at the redesigned Mark Taper Forum, which we covered in July. Favorite line: "Watching a show load into this building was like watching a snake swallow a rodent," said Jonathan Lee, the Taper's production manager for the last 20 years.

  www.nytimes.com – Aug 26
• Katsuya to Open Downtown Sushi School

  Master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi and food importer Mutual Trading Co. are opening a sushi chef school next to one of Mutual's facilities on 4th street.

  LA Times – Aug 25
• Margaret Cho on the Fashion District

  Metromix does a Q&A with Margaret Cho about her love of shopping in the Fashion District.

  losangeles.metromix.com – Aug 20
• Gregorio Luke Takes Latino Museum Post

  In a piece from Saturday, LAT looks at Gregorio Luke's new role as part-time curator of the "struggling" Latino Museum.

  LA Times – Aug 19
• Is L.A. Fashion Week Over?

  An LA Mag blog speculates on the future of "L.A. Fashion Week" (held in Culver City), but despite asking if the week is over presents two Downtown alternatives for the future.

  lamag.com – Aug 19
• LA Gets Power Chic

  The Boston Globe says that "Industrial chic is all the rage these days, nowhere more so than at the Edison, a stylish bar and lounge located in the bowels of a former power plant in this City of Angels."

  www.boston.com – Aug 17
• Food Garden Blossoms in Skid Row

  LAT on the 34-foot long garden wall planted by residents of the Rainbow Apartments. The wall's part of a project by organization Urban Farming.

  LA Times – Aug 14