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L.A.'s Chinatown tries to draw more nighttime visitors

Published May 8, 2010 at 1:59 p.m.

By the light from a Chinatown bakery, Steve and Isela Gibbs snacked on cake at an outdoor table as the last few of the day's tourists wandered through nearby Central Plaza, under hanging red paper lanterns. At night, the shuttered ...

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Around the Halls: February 8 - 10, 2010

Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 12:06 p.m.

This story is an installment of Around the Halls ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... Today is Monday, February 8, and the city budget continues to be priority one at City Hall ... 41 budget instructions go through Council on Tuesday, including recommendations on El Pueblo and the Convention Center ... Expect to see more Council in the upcoming weeks: a motion is on the table to schedule Monday and Thursday sessions until the deficit is hammered out ... MONDAY: Only Budget & Finance committee meets ...

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LAist Goes Shopping in 2009

Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Vintage eyewear at Hotel de Ville (Julie Wolfson/ LAist) ... Here at LAist, we love to shop local. This year in our "LAist Goes Shopping" series, from downtown to Abbot Kinney we found amazing things by talented independent designers, as well as vintage jewelry, Japanese housewares, and pop culture themed pop-up shops ... House of Love & Luck On La Cienega next to The Roger Room and Largo at the Coronet, The House of Love & Luck is full of beautiful vintage costume jewelry ... Jane Doe John Doe

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Pencil This In: Allen Ruppersberg Speaks at SMMoA, Loud and Rich at UCLA

Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

ART   ... Two gallery openings pique our interest tonight. Besides, I Hate Everything But You at De la Barracuda gallery on Melrose (they're serving up the Colt 45 & Red Bull!). Munson Industries presents a show featuring poster art, rare pieces, originals and other surprises by artists known for rock’n’roll poster art. Works by PNE - Jermaine Rogers, Justin Hampton, and EMEK, Tara McPherson, Cole Gerst/Option-G, Zoltron and Dave Hunter will be featured. The opening VIP reception at

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Save Your Quarters! Park[ing] Day LA Returns for 3rd Year on Sept 18

Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Park[ing] Day LA returns for its third year, when on September 18th metered parking spaces all over the city will be taken over by temporary on-the-fly green spaces where anyone is invited to sit down, relax, play, grab a bite, or chill out ... With the aim of promoting the value--and in turn, the lack of--safe, accessible, and plentiful green spaces in Los Angeles, the event is an opportunity to break with convention and bring communities together ... You can still get involved by hosting a

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Facing No Money, Homeboy Industries Saved for Now

Published Aug. 17, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

Workers print T-shirts at the Homeboy Industries shop in the Boyle Heights (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews) ... Last week, the nation's largest anti-gang program was looking at their own financial crisis ... After Friday, Homeboy Industries would have been out of money, thanks to the economy that blew a $5 million hole into the nonprofit's budget this year ... For a place with the slogan "nothing stops a bullet like a job," they were considering furloughs ... Now, thanks to a move by the city,

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At Least 5 Local State Parks Slated for Closure

Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 12:55 p.m.

Climbing at Point Dume Photo by billaday via Flickr No official list of state parks to close had been published yet, but at least five in the Los Angeles area face the real possibility of closing if partnerships are not formed to save them after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed $39 million from the department's budget ... Los Encinos in Encino, Santa Susana Pass in Chatsworth, Rio de Los Angeles in Chinatown, Point Dume in Malibu and Pio Pico in Whittier are all being considered for

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Homegirl Cafe Adds Dinner Service

Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.

Homegirl Cafe is located in the Homeboy Industries building, next to the Chinatown Gold Line station ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... Dinner is now being served at Homegirl cafe in Chinatown ... The two-year-old eatery has added evening service on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights from 5:30 to 9pm ... An expanded menu gives diners the option to build their own enchiladas or chiles rellenos and features unique appetizers like the apple and onion rings that have sprinkles of cinnamon and cayenne

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Recession Obsession: Cheap-Enough Organic

Published July 30, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.

Asian- ish ... Green Zone's Asian influence is definitely noticed on the menu ... While their dishes aren't too traditional, they offer a mild fusion that doesn't flaunt itself ... It's a humble, winning formula ... Entrees are about $8 each ... The fish, a few dollars more than that (the above salad was $11 .) That sea bass was fresh, not fishy , and melted in my mouth (not in my hand, which would be weird.) I had pangs of longing the next day ... They say absence makes the heart grow

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Is Downtown in the Middle of a Summer of Love?

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Published July 22, 2009 at 7:48 p.m.

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Spirit Vine at Bloomfest 09 ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... In the year that marks Woodstock's 40th anniversary, Downtown may be having its own summer of love ... This week we recalled how two years ago Ralphs returned to the Downtown home where the chain was founded in 1873 ... It was also two years ago that friends and family first gathered to memorialize Arts District pioneer Joel Bloom, who passed away from cancer ... The tribal gatherings continued, and this Saturday the neighborhood held its

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