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Eric Richardson

Publisher and Founder
e@blogdowntown.com

Eric Richardson was born in the heart of South Carolina and spent time in New Jersey and Michigan before winding up in California. He moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to attend USC, where he majored in Communications.

In May of 2004, Eric moved a few miles away from campus to Downtown's Historic Core. That August he was elected to the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, a position in which he served until the fall of 2007.

Eric started blogging in November of 1998, back when "weblog" was still the predominant term.

Eric's wife Kathy also works Downtown, as a teacher at Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School.

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Recent Stories by Eric Richardson

Roads/Rails

Big Turnout for First Night of Shuttle Between USC and L.A. Live

By Eric Richardson — Yesterday, 03:26 PM
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Maybe it was the free pizza, the promise of free movies or the chance to see Pete Carroll, but nearly 1,000 USC students made their way to Figueroa street on Thursday night for the kickoff of shuttle service between the campus and L.A. Live.

Roads/Rails

Regional Connector Meetings Kick Off Saturday

By Eric Richardson — Yesterday, 02:08 PM
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Regional Connector Render: 2nd Street Looking West

Another round of outreach meetings kicks off tomorrow for Metro's Regional Connector, a project proposed to link the Blue Line and Expo Line to the Gold Line and Eastside Extension. Four meetings in the next week offer weekend, daytime and evening time slots.

Everyday

False Alarm: Suspicious Package at 5th and Grand

By Eric Richardson with Ed Fuentes — Yesterday, 12:30 PM

A suspicious shopping cart near U.S. Bank tower led to street closures just before noon, but turned out to be a false alarm. Rosie Carrillo, a Coffee Bean barista, says it was frightening to be evacuated along with other lunch retail shops on 5th street. She saw the suspicious package, made of a shopping cart with a photo of Obama, a soldier and a cross. "It...

Everyday

Lengthy Closures for Saturday Police Gala

By Eric Richardson — Thursday
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Saturday evening's True Blue gala at the new Police Administration Building is expected to draw 800 guests, each of whom has contributed at least $500 to the non-profit Los Angeles Police Foundation. Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien will emcee. It's likely that some Downtowners feel they've given their own mandatory contribution to the festivities. The new...

Politics

Filming Nodes Proposed for DWP HQ, City Hall and 650 S. Spring

By Eric Richardson — Thursday
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A three-site pilot of "infrastructure nodes" to provide power for filming sites and base camps could be in operation by February of 2010, four years after the idea was first introduced at City Council. In the process, the estimated cost per site has ballooned.