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First Ruscha retrospective in 20 years opens April 7 at LACMA
The Impressionists painted flowers and lush landscapes, and Rembrandt mastered self-portraits. Ed Ruscha’s palette, however, has been his adopted home, Los Angeles, depicting a mixture of commercial advertising, entertainment and the words and images of everyday American life. Paintings of a can of Spam, a Standard gas station and the Hollywood sign are among some […]
Planning staff’s efforts seek to change city’s urban design
Do you love your neighborhood, your quaint street with leafy trees and houses that date back to the early years of the last century? So do Wall Street investors and real estate developers and brokers. It’s time to stand up, again, to defend your turf. That’s the message local homeowner groups relayed to area residents […]
Election 2024 winners and Nov. runoffs
While some City of Los Angeles candidates’ seats were secured for another term on Super Tuesday, the remainder — who ended in the “top two” of their respective statewide races — will be on the ballot in the General Election on Tues., Nov. 5, 2024. Voters have a long stretch ahead — seven months — […]
Modernization on track at Burroughs School
Final phase is estimated to be complete in 2027 John Burroughs Middle School (JBMS) in Hancock Park is celebrating its 100th year during a growth spurt. The campus in many ways looks as charming as it did when it opened a century ago. A welcoming brick façade showcases its historic buildings and landscaped grounds at […]
Neighbors, councilwoman ask Hackman to reduce TVC size
The developer of a proposed expansion and modernization of CBS Television City, at Beverly and Fairfax, received requests last month to reduce the density and mass of the TVC 2050 project prior to public hearings which are expected to start this month. Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, CD5, asked the property owner and developer Michael Hackman and […]
LACMA Geffen Galleries construction on schedule
The money has been raised — the $750 million goal, plus more — and construction is moving along at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Building LACMA, as the ambitious building project is called, will culminate by the end of the year with completion of the expansive reinforced concrete David Geffen Galleries building designed […]