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Business
Downtown LA

City may give edge to local businesses for contracts

For the first time, local businesses would be given preferential treatment when bidding for contracts with the city of Los Angeles under a proposed ordinance unveiled Thursday. More...

contracts buy local Villaraigosa Local Preference Ordinance

12:32pm, 9/10/10 by Christina

Style
Downtown LA

Fashion's Night Out Highlights Downtown's New Retail Scene

Fashion has always been big business for Downtown, with manufacturing and showrooms occupying the area now known as the Fashion District for nearly a century. More...

Fashions Night Out FNO Cynthia Rowley GATHER boutique

9:26am, 9/10/10 by argyle

Sports
Downtown LA

Kobe Bryant and the express train to happiness

This year, Kobe Bryant is scheduled to earn $24,806,250, roughly $6,302.40 per minute in an 82-game, 3936 minute NBA season (no accounting for overtime). More...

Kobe Bryant Lakers salary basketball happiness money

9:15am, 9/10/10 by argyle

Sports
Downtown LA

Matt Barnes' fiancee: Accusations false

The fiancee of Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes says a domestic violence accusation against him is false, and he has never physically abused her or her family. More...

Matt Barnes domestic violence false fiancee abuse

9:04am, 9/10/10 by argyle

Politics
Downtown LA

LAPD Looking for Suspects in Botched Fashion District Robbery

LAPD today released video of a violent Fashion District robbery attempt in which six suspects beat the owner of a wholesale store and his employee before fleeing empty-handed. More...

robbery LAPD suspects fashion district surveillance video

7:16pm, 9/9/10 by nirad

Urbanism
Downtown LA

TEN Historic Buildings along the CicLAvia Route

Here are ten great examples of historic architecture located on the October 10th 2010 CicLAvia route. Remember, CicLAvia is on 10/10/10! More...

CicLavia architecture route cycling historic street closure

6:18pm, 9/9/10 by Kennedy

Sports
Downtown LA

Magic Johnson Looking to Leave Lakers

It was bound to happen. Given Magic Johnson’s ever growing business acumen and the perpetual grip the Buss family has on the Los Angeles Lakers, you knew it was only a matter of time until the Magic Man was going to have to leave the coop in order to spread his wings. More...

Magic Johnson Lakers NBA ownership basketball Jerry Buss

12:02pm, 9/9/10 by nirad

Food
Downtown LA

NYT: Delicious Ways to Love Downtown Los Angeles

An increasing number of intrepid diners are venturing a few miles east on the 10 Freeway toward the contemporary response to years of suburbanization and sprawl that led to downtown’s descent years ago. And they will now be well fed. More...

Lazy Ox Canteen WP24 Church and State Rivera Starry Kitchen

10:38am, 9/9/10 by nirad