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Villaraigosa wants to rescind L.A. arts grant cuts that stirred protests

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Published May 2, 2010 at 2:38 p.m.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has backed away from his controversial plan to cut the city’s arts grants by $415,000 and give the money to four other cultural organizations he picked himself. “We were overzealous,” Ben Ceja, deputy mayor for ...

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Ventura County Sting Finds Link to Mail Theft in Downtown L.A.

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Published April 30, 2010 at 4:19 p.m.

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Photo by Eric Richardson ... Mail stolen from the Arts District may help add mail theft charges to the results of a Ventura County operation that last week led to 94 arrests and the recovery of stolen vehicles, drugs and counterfeit money ... Mail theft had been a topic of particular interest in the neighborhood, where some residents and businesses had discovered that checks they had sent out hadn't be reaching their destinations ... A community meeting was held on the topic last month, and one

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Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Opens Today, Comes Downtown Next Week

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Published April 29, 2010 at 2:36 p.m.

SYoun Yuh-Jung, Lee Mi-Sook, Choi Ji-Woo, Ko Hyun-Jung, Kim Min-Hee, Kim Ok-Vin of "The Actresses." The South Korean film closes the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Saturday, May 8 ... Photo by ... The 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival opens this evening in Hollywood, the start of a weekend highlighted by programming that celebrates Bruce Lee's 70th birthday ... On Monday, the festival action moves Downtown, with an extensive slate of screenings split between the

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Pencil This In: LA County's Holiday Celebration, Feast of the Seven Fishes and Heebonism

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

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A Christmas house along the Venice canals ... Photo by lmiyake via LAist's flickr pool ... It's Christmas Eve, but there are still a few events worth checking out. Happy holidays! ... HOLIDAY ARTS BASH ... This afternoon’s the 50th annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration at the Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from 3-9 pm. The free event features music and dance of the season from the many neighborhoods and cultures of LA. The lineup includes more than 40 groups, including

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Smoking ban for outdoor restaurant seating backed by L.A. City Council committee

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Published Dec. 8, 2009 at 2:13 p.m.

A plan for banning smoking in the outdoor sections of Los Angeles restaurants moved one step closer to approval today. The City Council’s Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee agreed this morning to prohibit smoking within 10 feet of restaurant ...

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Metro Says Fully Underground Connector Feasible, Could Cost 20% More

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 6:54 p.m.

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A rendering released today by Metro shows the routing that a fully underground Regional Connector might take ... Photo by Metro ... Little Tokyo's call for a fully grade-separated Regional Connector has been answered. Metro today used its blog to unveil early engineering study results, which it then presented to a Little Tokyo working group meeting later in the evening ... The transit agency warned that the new configuration, which continues under 1st and Alameda below-ground, could add $200

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School Search: Solano Elementary

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 6:26 p.m.

This story is an installment of Kid-Friendly Downtown ... A young student uses one of Solano Elementary's computers, donated through a partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Photo by Susana Benavidez ... It seems like I have been looking for a school since Bella and Iza were kicking in my belly: first there was the traumatic daycare hunt that aged me five years, then the pre-school stressor and now the hovering animal called Kindergarten. To keep other Downtown parents from my fate, this

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Shepard Fairey's Latest

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 5:56 p.m.

The Downtown Art Walk, which is centered around Gallery Row, might be all the buzz tonight, but over in the nearby Arts District, a new 24-foot tall mural at Traction and E. 3rd by Shepard Fairey has just gone up, says Ed Fuentes at blogdowntown. It's called the "Peace Goddess" and is part of LA Freewall project, which could turn the area into largest outdoor art gallery ... ALSO : Fairey's art gallery, Subliminal Projects, has a new show featuring work by WK Interact ... It's a solo exhibition

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On Tap for the Downtown Art Walk Tonight: Music at the Spring Arcade, Salons at Cliftons

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

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Downtown Art Walk tonight ... Photo by nadiakovacs via LAist's flickr pool ... Tonight's the second Thursday of the month, meaning that it's time for the Downtown Art Walk in LA's Historic Core. Dozens of galleries and arts venues participate into the wee hours of the evening, but there's much more than art happening, tonight. Two salons are being held at Clifton's from 5:30-7:30 pm: One on writer John Fante hosted by biographer Stephen Cooper; the second is on LAvender Los Angeles, a look at

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Pencil This In: Screenwriting Expo Starts Today, Alicia Silverstone at Book Soup

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

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BENEFIT ... The standout Figueroa Corridor nonprofit Esperanza Community Housing Corporation celebrates its 20th Anniversary Celebration tonight by honoring four advocates of health, housing and human rights in South Los Angeles. Esperanza’s benefit "Dancing under the Stars" will be held at the Mercado la Paloma tonight at 7 pm and honors Congressman Xavier Becerra, Community Activist and Esperanza’s Board Chairman Pastor Brian Eklund, founder of Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)

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