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- 1. 2/9/2013, "State should not lease museum parking lots to USC, developer says," L.A. Times
Soboroff said Wednesday that USC's proposal to assume management of the parking areas as part of the private university's plan to take control of the Coliseum could be "the end of the museums."
- 2. 2/7/2013, "Angelenos React To Figueroa Street Transformation," Neon Tommy
South Figueroa Street, currently a traffic-clogged boulevard, will soon be transformed into a haven for pedestrians and cyclists by the My Figueroa project. The project will revamp Figueroa from 7th Street in downtown L.A. to 41st Street near Exposition Park.
- 3. 2/7/2013, "Downtown's First Two Parking Space Parks Now Open on Spring," Curbed LA
Parklets are small extensions of the sidewalk that create a small park in spaces formerly dedicated to parked cars.
- 4. 2/5/2013, "NBCUniversal's $1.6B park, studio plan approved by L.A. City Council," Los Angeles Daily News
A $1.6 billion proposal to expand the Universal Studios theme park and production facilities won final approval from the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday and now faces a county review before work can begin.
- 5. 2/5/2013, "How A Community Fought The 710 Expansion And Won: What Happens Next?", Neon Tommy
Alternatives Anaylsis for the SR-710 Project has been released on the Metro website.
- 6. 2/3/2013, "DWP seeks truce in water wars as L.A. Aqueduct nears 100," L.A. Times
The attempt to end hostilities in the Owens Valley pleases residents, but has them wondering why it hasn't come earlier.
- 7. 1/31/2013, "Fashion District Mega-Project Proposed," Los Angeles Downtown News
A Fashion District property owner is in the very early stage of planning a transformation of 10 acres of mostly unused produce warehouses into a $1 billion hub of housing, office space, hotel rooms and a college campus.
- 8. 1/30/2013, "Exploring the Course of the Future Metro Expo Line: Phase 2," KCET
- 9. 1/30/2013, "Does Central Valley irrigation boost the Southwest's rainfall?", L.A. Times
Irrigation in California’s Central Valley pours so much water vapor into the atmosphere that it significantly drives up summer rainfall and runoff in the Southwest, according to a new study.
- 10. 1/29/2013, "Central Valley farm region reacts to Obama immigration reform," L.A. Times
Kern County supported Mitt Romney by one of the state’s most lopsided margins, and its local congressman, Kevin McCarthy, is the majority whip and a hard-line conservative. Yet the area is heavily dependent on the farming industry, which has hailed the latest immigration reform proposals.
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