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• LA Street Food Fest Feeds Thousands

  City West attracted thousands to the LA Street Food Fest Saturday where about 30 of the city's most popular food trucks served up its best.

  LA Times – Feb 14
• 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