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Headlines
Stories about Downtown from elsewhere on the Internet.
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Dodger Trolley Returning
A $300,000 air quality grant will return bus service to Dodger Stadium this season, running from Union Station and free to ticket-holders.
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Man Dies in Broadway Elevator Accident
A man died today after being trapped between a wall and an elevator in the garment building at 939 S. Broadway.
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Update on Downtown Walgreens
Curbed LA reader notes the new Walgreens near 7th and Hope will be opening in late April/ early May.
Curbed LA – Mar 08
Our Tweets
140 character observations from blogdowntown staff.
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» Wow. Just saw a bus that couldn't stop going down Grand blow right thru a red at 5th! #dtla
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ER
» USC may be ineligible for the Pac 10 men's bball tourney, but it's in the intramural 3 on 3 tourney, going on now at Nokia Plaza.
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» Council is flying through this morning's agenda to head over to Assembly Chair John Perez' swearing in ceremony.
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» USC-less Pac 10 pep rally at LA Live's Nokia Plaza from 1-4 today. Part of festivities for the bball tourney, underway now.
2 days AGO
DTLA Biz Tweets
The latest from Downtown businesses on Twitter.
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LAOpera
» RT @jaybaer: Staggering Social Media Insights - The Best of Twitter 20 eBook http://bit.ly/cM1zds
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cb1gallery
» is open (til 6) for the final day of "Difference & Repetition." Great paintings by Daniel Aksten & Hk Zamani. http://bit.ly/aR3oyh
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SpringStreetBBQ
» a huge congratulations to one of our lovely managers, Nicole on her wedding day! we'll be having #bbq tonight!
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CiudadLA
» RT @BorderGrill: Come see us at the natural history museum today from 12-2! Mention BG and get a free T-Rex skull! (offer subject to change)
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lacitabar
» http://yfrog.com/izghxj
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lacitabar
» It's that time again come celebrate your extra hour of daylight on el patio with La's best bloody Mary bar @lacitabar party starts at 2
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Latest Stories
- Yesterday
- Angels Flight Reopening Set for Monday
- Friday
- New Assembly Speaker Sworn In Close to Home
- Luxe Releases Room Mockup for City Center Renovation
- Plans Submitted for $6.6 Million Park at 9th & Hill
- Changed Live/Work Definition Will Take Time to Affect Downtown Condo Market
- Thursday
- Monday: Talk Transit at 'Transportation 2020'
- 720 Stop Added to Serve Skid Row
- Wednesday
- Angels Flight Return Set After PUC Approval
- Grammy Museum Opens Comedian Series with Bob Newhart
- Learn About L.A.'s Mayors at the Central Library
- Art Walk Preview: March, 2010
- Tuesday
- Ay Caramba to Close
- Fiesta Broadway Moves North
- Monday
- Around the Halls: March 8 - 10, 2010
- Air Rifles Cause Major Police Response in Historic Core
- Ask Downtown: What's on Your Tour?
Active Stories
Stories that have been creating a conversation this week:
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New Assembly Speaker Sworn In Close to Home
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Air Rifles Cause Major Police Response in Historic Core
20 this week – 20 total
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Fiesta Broadway Moves North
13 this week – 13 total
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Ask Downtown: What's on Your Tour?
10 this week – 10 total
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Angels Flight Reopening Set for Monday
10 this week – 10 total
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St Patrick's Day Festival Moves to L.A. Live
9 this week – 11 total
Most Viewed Stories
What people have been reading over the past seven days:
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Art Walk Preview: March, 2010
1022 Views – Wednesday
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Air Rifles Cause Major Police Response in Historic Core
922 Views – March 08, 2010
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Fiesta Broadway Moves North
663 Views – Tuesday
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St Patrick's Day Festival Moves to L.A. Live
633 Views – March 05, 2010
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Ask Downtown: What's on Your Tour?
595 Views – March 08, 2010
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Visiting Faculty Member at SCI-Arc Killed in 5th & Main Traffic Accident
425 Views – March 04, 2010
Downtown Blogs
- View from a Loft (Ed)
- 5th & Spring
- Angelenic
- BGFA
- Central City East
- D n A on Broadway
- Downtown Book Blog
- Downtown Chick
- eecue - log
- Ginny Here and There
- In LA, On LA
- LA Cowboy
- Little Tokyo UnBlogged
- Meeko on Main
- Scribeskidrow
- Sinking Cities
- trainedmonkey
- Tales of Downtown
- Under the Alexandria
- Urban Memo
- When Are We Going to California?
- White Boy / White Dog
Downtown Sites
Elsewhere
- The Bus Bench
- Curbed.LA
- Franklin Ave
- LAist
- LA Now
- LA Observed
- LA's Homeless Blog
- Metblogs LA
- Streetsblog LA
- Transit Coalition
- WitnessLA
- You Are Here Photo Archive
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