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Campaign for DTLA streetcar ramps up; needs residents' votes
By Hayley Fox — Yesterday, 03:42 PM — 3 Comments
A campaign in support of the streetcar project is ramping up this fall in an effort to garner votes for a crucial November election, which asks some Downtown property owners to fund a portion of the $125-billion project.
Arts/Culture
Mooncakes and moon-gazing at Chinatown's autumn harvest festival
By Hayley Fox
Yesterday, 10:12 AM
A Chinese harvest festival dating back 3,000 years will be celebrated this weekend in DTLA's Chinatown -- with moon cake, art galleries and high-tech telescopes for moon-gazing.
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Summerland Produce delivers farmers market fruits and veggies to DTLA residents
By Hayley Fox
Friday
Angelika Tesch's business is less than a year old, and has grown out of her apartment in an Arts District loft to a refrigerated storage center on Alameda. The reason for her success? A curated, convenient product, says Summerland.
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Bicycle-churned ice cream maker to set up shop in DTLA
By Hayley Fox
September 17, 2012
Peddler's Creamery owner Edward Belden cranks out organic, dairy and vegan ice cream by pedaling and using a hand crank on a specially made bicycle. He has now signed a lease for a permanent store in downtown L.A.
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Despite growing pains, Stan Lee’s Comikaze draws tens of thousands to downtown LA in 2nd year (Video, photos)
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It was the convention’s first year with Stan Lee’s name attached, which brought more people — and the fire marshal shutting the doors due to crowds inside.
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"We’ve seen it grow, have been part of that growth, and knew we wanted to stay in this community."
Opening Up Shop: A Preview And A Word With Poketo On Their New Store
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Choosing a neighborhood was probably the easiest for us. The Arts District of Los Angeles is an area of LA that is exploding right now with new residents, galleries, coffee roasters/cafes like Handsome Coffee and Urth, bars like Wurstkuche and Villains, boutiques like Apolis Activism, and now Poketo.
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A documentary called "#ReGENERATION" about the Occupy Movement will premiere at Downtown Independent tomorrow.
Documentary Film Narrated by Ryan Gosling Premieres Thursday
LAist
It's true. RyGo is coming to Downtown Los Angeles Thursday, May 3 -- kinda.
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This is a real story in the LA Times: Some dog owners let their pets run around the LAPD park without leashes.
LAPD 'doggy park' is a bright green spot in a concrete world
LA Times
Elizabeth Ishili, who frequents the lawn with her poodle, Moses, thinks that dog owners who bring their pooches to mix, mingle and just be dogs should be more responsible with their pets to ensure the lawn remains available.
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» Kirk Douglas pledges $10 million for Skid Row women's programs. "It was a total surprise," LA Mission President says.
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