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40YEARS

Since 1972

CELEBRATING

Eli Broad was on hand Tuesday to mark the

“topping out” of his $100 million contemporary

art museum The Broad on Grand Avenue.

The new Dodger owners on Tuesday detailed

approximately $100 million worth of upgrades

coming to the 51-year-old stadium. See story p. 10 .

Bill Witte of development firm Related saw the

long-delayed Grand Avenue project finally hit a

groundbreaking, with work beginning on a

$130 million apartment tower. See story on p. 6.

Downtowners were among those fondly

remembering television icon Huell Howser, who

passed away Jan. 7. See story p. 13.Downtowners were among those fondly

remembering television icon Huell Howser, who

passed away Jan. 7. See story p. 13.

Bill Witte of development firm Related saw the

long-delayed Grand Avenue project finally hit a

groundbreaking, with work beginning on a

$130 million apartment tower. See story on p. 6.

Eli Broad was on hand Tuesday to mark the

“topping out” of his $100 million contemporary

art museum The Broad on Grand Avenue.

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2 Downtown News January 14, 2013Celebrating 40 Years

Tell a Love Story, Win a Big Prize

Valentine’s Day is a month away. Maybe less by the time you read this. So what’s

the best V-Day present for your significant other? It’s sharing your own personal love story with Los Angeles Downtown News readers. In honor of Cupid’s favorite holi-day, Downtown News is giving away romantic gifts galore to those who have great tales of amour to share. We’re looking for essays — no more than 200 words — in three catego-ries: Best Wedding Day/Engagement Story, Most Romantic Story, and for those less bull-ish on Feb. 14, Best Worst First Date Story. All or part of the submissions may be published in our special Romance in the City issue (or online), which hits stands Feb. 11. Winners in the various categories will receive prizes such as a one-night stay at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel, dinner at Noé restaurant and $100 cash, a $100 gift card to Morton’s, and a $50 gift card to Katsuya. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 4, and become the property of Downtown News. Seriously, no more than 200 words. Submit by emailing your entry to [email protected] with the sub-ject line Love Story Contest, or mail entries to Los Angeles Downtown News, 1264 W. First St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026.

Broadway Building Façade Revealed

For the first time in about 60 years, the original façade of a 1911 Broadway build-

ing is visible. On Wednesday, Jan. 9, work crews removed the scaffolding and tarps that had covered the five-story edifice at 351 S.

Broadway to reveal a restored yellow front and 12 large, square windows. The work is part of a $7.5 million restoration by architect and build-ing owner David Gray, who expects to reopen the structrue as office space by the first quarter of 2014. The project calls for the addition of a sixth floor and a bar in a 3,500-square-foot ground floor space, Gray said. The building’s façade was covered with stucco in the 1950s, and in the early 1990s artist Johanna Poethig’s mural “Calle de la Eternidad” was placed there. The artwork, which featured a pair of arms stretching to the sky, had to be removed in order to add windows and restore the fa-çade. Gray, working with city officials and art experts, came up with a plan to preserve the mural by digitally scanning and then repro-ducing it on a canvas and attaching it to the building’s south-facing wall.

Fatburger Coming To Downtown

The burger options in Downtown are con-tinuing to grow, or as some could say,

getting fatter. Downtown’s first Fatburger is scheduled to open at 888 S. Figueroa St. in approximately two weeks, said Atif Sheikh, the franchisee for the 50-seat restaurant. The diner-style burger joint on the ground floor of the 888 International Tower building will fill a space that once housed Christie’s Gourmet Coffee and Sandwiches. “This is a premier location,” Sheikh said. The 1,700-square-foot Fatburger is Sheikh’s first Downtown establish-ment, although he has owned other franchise restaurants in the past. The Fatburger chain was launched in 1952 in Los Angeles. The 1950s themed joint is decorated in red and yel-low reminiscent of ketchup and mustard.

Still No Development For Pico House

Chalk up another failure in the effort to reactive the 1863 Pico House. Proposals

from the two operators hoping to develop the property were rejected by the city, said Chris Espinosa, the general manager of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. Espinosa said neither bid met the criteria set forth by the city to develop the structure, which was built by and named for former gov-ernor Pio Pico. He said one developer asked for a 50-year lease to make the project profit-able; the city was prepared to offer a 20-year agreement. Now, said Espinosa, the city will likely bring in a consultant to determine what improvements need to be considered in order to make the property more cost-effective for future developers. An attempt to find a devel-

oper in 2010 ended when no one responded to a city bidding process. The building will continue to be used as a meeting and event space and for filming.

Glass/Wilson Opera Coming Downtown

Local opera fans will get a chance to see a rare staging of the 1976 Philip Glass/

Robert Wilson production Einstein on the Beach. Los Angeles Opera last week an-nounced that the show will run Oct. 11-13 as one of seven productions in the company’s next season. The season will open Sept. 21 with a revival of Bizet’s Carmen, with Plácido Domingo conducting four of the seven per-formances. Other highlights include Billy Budd in early 2014, and the season-closing, company premiere of Massenet’s Thaïs, star-ring Domingo and soprano Nino Machaidze.

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EDITORIALSEDITORIALSUrban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Monday, Jan. 14, marks the 50-day countdown until vot-ers in Los Angeles head to the polls to choose a mayor, a city attorney, a controller and eight members of the

city council. Although some candidates have been positioning themselves and raising money for more than a year, this is the meat of the election season. Now is the time when the public be-gins really to pay attention. In the next seven weeks we’ll hear contenders for the various offices lay out plans and proposals. Each will describe why his or her back-ground has uniquely prepared them for leadership of either a city, an office or a diverse and dynamic council district. Whether at personal appearances or through direct mail or advertisement, voters will hear and see candidates unspool their life stories. In many instances the carefully culled material will follow a theme of people overcoming odds and working hard to unite individuals and communities. That’s not all we will hear, however. Election season also means that the people likely to vote (as well as those who will never deign to go to the polls) will be on the receiving end of some nasty mudslinging. Reputations that have been built over decades will be attacked. Comments and positions that have been carefully prepared will be taken out of context and splashed across mailers. Candidates’ transgressions, even if minor and decades in the past (who didn’t do a few stupid things in college?) will be unearthed and trumpeted. In their quest for victory, some of those seeking office will treat others in ways they would never want to be treated or depicted themselves. Here’s a pie-in-the-sky request/daydream for the candidates: Please do not fall into the personal attack trap. Further, please don’t turn a blind eye to your own campaign employees who are hired for the express purpose of smearing, or who are allowed to operate in such a manner with a winking, “I never knew about it” endorsement. The likelihood of such restraint happening is just about nil. With all the money being spent and careers on the line, some good people may be willing to tolerate just about anything if it winds up ensuring they are the one sworn into office on July 1. After all, as the expression goes, and as former Mayor Richard Riordan made widely popular, it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Still, there are some good reasons to conduct a campaign that is tough but also positive. First, the public generally does not like

when candidates are smeared and people play dirty. We’re not saying it is an ineffective strategy and doesn’t change elections in certain instances, but still, the negative elements of a race cannot be separated from the person who is victorious on election day. Going dirty during a campaign remains part of the baggage that a newly elected leader brings into office. A candidate may be for-given after a win, and the smears may not be held against him or her personally, but the ugliness they allowed is never forgotten. It is part of what turns people off politics. Refusing to go negative does not automatically invite a softball or uneventful campaign. Candidates and their advisors can still raise serious, hard questions about choices and political stances that their opponents have taken. Debates can still be tough, di-visive and bitter. But there’s a big difference between going that route and conducting opposition research, dredging up mistakes from the distant past, testing them through polling to see which ones will have the most resonance with voters, and then blasting an opponent on mailers and in TV, radio and web ads. This is not the first time this page has made such a request. In 2011, a few months after people began declaring themselves as candidates for the mayor’s race, we raised a similar plea, asking the aspirants for Los Angeles’ top office to focus on issues and to keep the proceedings civil. We’re pleased that, to date, the candidates have generally behaved the right way. Things are not always nice, but neither have they gone too ugly. The last months of a tight election, however, are a different time. This is when things change. In the next 50 days (and then in the runoff) we urge Controller Wendy Greuel, council members Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, and attorney Kevin James to remember that they set the tone for their respective campaigns, that things trickle down from the top. They can dictate that no one on their staff descends into the mud. Even though a Super PAC has been set up for James and could spend millions on his behalf while operating independently of his campaign, he should come out publicly and state that he does not want to see negative and personal attacks staged for his benefit. The message continues for every race down the ticket, whether for citywide office or the council districts. Again, it might be a foolish daydream, but what reflects better on a candidate than running a campaign built on issues, not attack ads.

Memo to Candidates: Keep a Civil Tongue

One of the loudest and most frequent critiques of Downtown Los Angeles is that the community lacks gro-

cery stores. Although the residential base has exploded during the past decade and bars and restaurants have proliferated, plenty of people continue to ask, “Where do you do your weekly shopping?” Some people choose to drive out of Downtown for the major grocery run, opt-ing for a Trader Joe’s and/or Whole Foods. What’s more, these two Holy Grails of gro-cery stores don’t seem to be interested in heading to the Central City any time soon. It’s something we may not like but need to accept. Still, the suggestion that Downtown is a supermarket desert is no longer accurate. It’s not even a case of Downtown boasting just a booming Ralphs Fresh Fare and a few sup-porting convenience stories. As Los Angeles Downtown News recently reported, there are a number of older, non-mainstream food choices along with a growing batch of rec-ognizable names, as well as some intriguing new options in the pipeline. These days, it’s easy to fill the refrigerator and the pantry with quality goods without having to drive far or at all. The first new brand name option arrived in October, with the City Target at the up-graded FIGat7th shopping complex. The store has a sizable grocery section with pro-duce, eggs, dairy items, meat and, since it’s a Target, gobs of paper products. Although just a few blocks from the Ralphs that debuted in 2007, it’s a viable choice for many in the Financial District. The options will expand as the year pro-gresses. A 33,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market is under construction at Cesar Chavez and Grand avenues, and a 25,000-square-foot Smart & Final Extra is being built at 845 S. Figueroa St. Again, they may not be destinations for the people who shop primarily at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, but the convenience of local options with thousands of products will certainly draw customers. Also now under construction is Urban Radish, an Arts District business that plans to offer, among other things, seasonal pro-duce and quality meats. While we won’t know specifics about the selection until it opens, Urban Radish appears to be aiming for a niche that to date has not been filled in Downtown. The number of food options continues, depending on how willing one is to shop outside mainstream supermarkets. Fresh fruits and vegetables can be found at any of Downtown’s four weekly farmers markets (including one on Saturdays in the Historic Core). Woori Market in the Little Tokyo Galleria is a full-sized Asian-centric super-market and the nearby Marukai is a smaller space with a base in Japanese goods. The Grand Central Market continues to offer a diverse array of items for the kitchen, wheth-er fruit, spices, powders, breads, etc. We could go on, but the point is clear. It’s not hard to find a place to buy groceries in Downtown. As the community continues to grow and become more vibrant, expect even more choices.

Got Groceries? Yes, You Do


by Jon RegaRdie

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David Roberts spent 11 years inside City Hall as an aide to two different South Los Angeles council mem-

bers. Still, he was unprepared for what would happen after Ninth District Councilwoman

Jan Perry picked him in 2011 as her appoin-tee to the 21-member committee redrawing council borders. Maybe Roberts was naïve to think that the process, with string pulling from Council president Herb Wesson (who was warring with Perry) would take into account little things like public testimony and real-world economic concerns. Maybe he also believed that storks bring babies and professional wrestling is real. Whatever the case, he found himself powerless to stop a large chunk of af-fluent Downtown from being stripped from Perry’s Ninth District and moved into the 14th, which is controlled by Councilman José Huizar. The move left huge portions of the Ninth largely impoverished. “I was disgusted. My jaw dropped,” he said one recent afternoon while sitting in a sunny Downtown cafe. “I think it’s symbolic of the culture in City Hall.” That experience might lead most people to avoid City Hall for life. Instead, whether be-

cause he’s a masochist, a do-gooder or some-thing else, Roberts wants to spend more time in the building. He’s a candidate to replace the termed-out Perry, who is running for mayor. It’s no easy task. At least five people ap-pear to have enough connections and money to contend in the March 5 election for the district that includes L.A. Live and stretches down the Figueroa Corridor into a large, poor swath of South L.A. The top two finish-ers will move on to the May runoff. Roberts, who had pulled in more than $170,000 through fundraising and city matching funds by the end of 2012 (he also reported expenses of nearly $80,000), thinks he is well positioned to make the runoff. “I have indigenous relationships that none of the other candidates have,” he said.

Watching the Riots Roberts, 41, hails from Harbor City, near Torrance. He grew up the third of four chil-dren (three sisters) to a mother who taught kindergarten and second grade and a father who worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Every other year the family would drive east on the 10 Freeway to New Orleans, where his par-ents met while attending college. Roberts said his political call to action came from the Rodney King riots. That said, he wasn’t close to the tumult. He was a stu-dent at UCLA on April 29, 1992, when a

Simi Valley jury acquitted four white police officers of beating King. As the city exploded, Roberts watched the devastation unfold from the campus in Westwood. He went on to intern for then-Eighth District City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, whose district included much of battered South L.A. After graduating with a degree in political science and spending about four years working for real estate companies, he joined Ridley-Thomas’ staff. He focused on economic development matters including the Groundhog Day-like effort to bring profession-al football to the aged Coliseum (a highlight was driving future NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell from City Hall to Century City). After Ridley-Thomas moved on, Roberts served as an economic development deputy to new Eighth District rep Bernard Parks. Apparently Roberts’ UCLA ties didn’t run deep, as in 2009 he took a job in local govern-ment relations with USC. He spent countless hours in community meetings and wound up well acquainted with the offices of the Central City Association and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. “Little did I know I was expanding my contacts in the business community that I would utilize in this race,” he said. Roberts has a serious but sincere manner. He’s sharply dressed in a dark suit and striped tie. He is well spoken with a grasp of the brutal economic realities facing the Ninth in the post-redistricting era. One can understand how he secured endorsements including Parks, the CCA and affluent developer Steve Soboroff. Still, getting high-profile endorsements is a far cry from winning a race that is almost certain to get bitter.

Crowded Field There is no easy path to victory in the Ninth, where voter turnout has plummeted in the past 12 years, from more than 21,000 ballots cast in the 2001 runoff (when Perry first won office)

to 14,768 in the 2005 general election and, four years ago, just 7,158 (in 2009 Perry ran unop-posed). It’s a cliché, but come March every vote will count and victory may depend on who can most effectively turn out their supporters. The field is crowded. LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara has outdistanced everyone in terms of money raised, and though some observers believe a Japanese American can’t capture the heavily Latino and African-American Ninth, the cash reserves along with his law-and-order credentials and past heading police divisions in the district could yield votes. Then there’s Ana Cubas, the former chief of staff to Huizar. She has demonstrated fundraising prowess and appears to be aim-ing for blocs of women and Latino voters. Also on the ballot are ex-state Assemblyman Mike Davis, who has been weak on fundrais-ing but probably has more district name ID

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David Roberts hopes to succeed Jan Perry as the representative of the Ninth District, which includes L.A. Live and a large portion of South Los Angeles.

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Six years after development firm Related won approval for a $2 billion mega-project on a series of publicly owned parcels on Bunker Hill, the firm is building the

first private component of the Grand Avenue plan. On Thursday, Jan. 10, the firm marked the groundbreaking of a $120 million apartment tower that will rise just south of the under construction Broad museum. The site, known as parcel M, was originally slated to be developed in a secondary phase of the Grand Avenue project. Related also had far grander visions for the project in 2007. Parcel M was entitled for two towers of up to 35 stories. Instead, Related is erecting a single 19-story, 271-apartment tower. Twenty percent of the units will be subsidized afford-able housing. Despite the delay and the scaling back of the residential component, the groundbreaking marks a milestone for the firm, and for the city-county joint powers authority that con-trols the Grand Avenue project land. As part of the development rights for the project that initially included two towers with a boutique hotel, luxury condos and 250,000 square feet of retail, Related was required to pay for and oversee development of the $56 million Grand Park — the 12-acre facility opened last summer. Later, Related also agreed to transfer some of its develop-ment rights to Eli Broad for his contemporary art museum. Parcel M represents Related’s first opportunity to see a return on its investment on Grand Avenue. Designed by Miami-based Arquitectonica, the parcel M tower, which does not yet have a name, will include two ground-floor restaurant spaces with outdoor seating. It will

abut a public plaza next to the $100 million The Broad. The Related tower is expected to be completed in late 2014. “For the first time you’ll have a seamless street front on up-per Grand,” said Bill Witte, president of Related California.

Looming Deadline While the Thursday groundbreaking was a celebratory event filled with smiling politicians, looming over the affair was the reality that Related still lacks a plan for the site across from Walt Disney Concert Hall, even as it faces a Feb. 15 deadline to literally break ground. Of course, the firm will not meet that deadline. Instead, it is expected to request a third extension from the Grand Avenue Authority, the city-county body that oversees the complex development agreement. After bypassing expected groundbreakings in 2007 and 2008 as the nation went into recession and the real estate market tumbled, Related secured a two-year extension in 2009 and another two-year reprieve in 2011. The Grand Avenue Authority, a five-member panel chaired by County Supervisor Gloria Molina, could opt to deny an extension be-yond Feb. 15, which would essentially sever ties with Related. That, however, appears unlikely. Molina said that despite the delays, Related has been a ca-pable partner and she wants the firm to remain on board to develop the remaining Grand Avenue project parcels. But she also said that any extension will likely be tied to new expecta-tions for a more realistic project on the original phase one site, which is currently a parking lot. “Obviously it can’t be a meaningless extension, like ‘let’s just see and hope that the economy gets better,’” Molina said. “It has to be more meaningful from the standpoint of out-comes. We’re going to be asking those questions and trying to

hold their feet to the fire.” Fourteenth District Councilman José Huizar, who has replaced Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry on the Grand Avenue Authority, said he too favors an extension for Related. The delays on phase one can be blamed on the economy, not Related, Huizar said. Related’s primary obstacle in developing the proposed Frank Gehry-designed complex has been financing — a fac-tor that the firm has said would hinder any developer. Its last deadline extension came with the condition that if a project of a similar budget elsewhere in the state secured financing, it would essentially nullify the deadline reprieve. Such a project was never identified. Witte has indicated that its plans for the site across from Disney Hall, as with parcel M, will likely be scaled back from what was entitled. But he has been silent on what an alterna-tive project might entail. The next meeting of the Grand Avenue Authority is tenta-tively scheduled for 10 a.m. on Jan. 28 at the County Hall of Administration. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

Progress and Questions On Grand AvenueAs $120 Million Apartment Tower Breaks Ground, Developer Looks to Alter Plans for Other Parts of the Mega-Project

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Imagine a single-family home on a quiet street in the San Fernando Valley. Unlike its neighbors, it is crammed with 20 tenants

who share a few bedrooms and an array of makeshift units. They’re noisy and the sheer number of people causes the weekly trash to spill out of the standard garbage bins. Parking is limited because there are more residents on the street than the zoning allows. The office of 12th District City Councilman Mitch Englander has identified up to 60 such properties in his West Valley territory. Authorities, however, have struggled to shut down the homes because of vague, outdated regulations that give landlords too much wiggle room, Englander said.

Under a proposed set of new, carefully worded regulations set to go before the City Council this week, such shared liv-ing environments would be outlawed in low-density zones. Landlords could, however, be allowed to operate boarding houses in any zone through a new permitting process. On the surface, the Community Care Facilities Ordinance might seem only to impact neighborhoods with quiet leafy streets, driveways and garages and front yards — in other words, not Downtown. However, a wide array of local stake-holders are banding together to urge the council to defeat the ordinance. Critics of the proposed regulations say they would put the squeeze on a crucial segment of affordable housing. Doing so, they warn, would send more people to Downtown in pursuit of the area’s abundant social services, further concentrating homelessness in the Central City. Englander argues that the law has protections that would preserve group homes for the disabled, and actually increases housing options by providing the new boarding house per-mitting process. Fourteenth District Councilman José Huizar, who has struggled with illegal boarding homes in parts of his district such as Eagle Rock, said the ordinance’s potential impact on Downtown represents an unintended consequence. “It goes against what all the homelessness experts and ad-vocates are saying, that we need a comprehensive and decen-tralized approach to the problem,” Huizar said. Huizar, whose district now includes all of Skid Row, and Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry are among an un-usually broad group of Downtown stakeholders opposing the ordinance. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles, which is behind a major push to build more permanent supportive housing in the city, is against it. So is the business-minded Central City Association. Under the new law, it would be illegal for four or more people who are unrelated to rent a house together in a low-density zone (a family of that size could still rent a house). So the owner of, say, an Exposition Park-area house could not rent it to four college students. Three would be OK.

Revisions and Review The four-person restriction presents difficulties for an array of individuals, from students to those on the brink of home-lessness, who must team up to make rent affordable, said Alisa Orduña, a program officer at the United Way of Greater L.A. Securing an apartment on their own is often out of the question, she said. “It’s almost like we’re punishing them for finding creative solutions for themselves for housing,” Orduña said. One aspect of the law that has perplexed critics is that it targets a problem that is technically already illegal. Boarding homes are currently outlawed in low-density zones, and many of the nuisances affiliated with overcrowded housing can be addressed under existing laws, said Molly Rysman, director of the Corporation for Supportive Housing Los Angeles.

“The houses people have issues with, boarding houses, they’re illegal today,” Rysman said. “It’s not that there aren’t laws on the books. It’s that the city has had trouble enforcing them.” Englander, however, says that current codes, which date back decades, make enforcement difficult. He said several previous attempts to crack down on unlicensed facilities were thrown out of court. The new law, he said, requires operators of boarding homes to get the appropriate state license or to secure a permit from the city. “If you’re not doing something protected under [the fed-

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Los Angeles Downtown News: When did you first see the Los Angeles River?Lewis MacAdams: I had been working on this public works project during the Carter Administration. I was living in somebody’s at-tic in Venice taking the bus Downtown for this $3.50 an hour job. I saw the river and it’s just one of those moments. I just knew that I was going to be involved in it for the rest of my life.

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Los Angeles River?A: I started in 1986. FOLAR began as a per-formance art piece in a theater Downtown on a really scuzzy street. It was called the Wall and Boyd Theater. I had just fairly recently moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco. At that point MOCA was brand new. It was the time for performance art. They asked me to do a piece, so I did and it was called Friends of the Los Angeles River. Part of the perfor-mance was going down to the river with wire cutters and cutting a hole in the fence along the river and declaring that the river was now open. It was still the days of the $500 fine or six months in jail. Around the same time, I and a few other people walked to the confluence of the river and we asked the river if we could speak for it in the human realm and it didn’t say no.

Q: Is there a part of you decades later that is surprised to still be doing this?A: No. I’m embarrassed to say, not really.

Q: The river has changed a lot since you started. Put that change in perspective.A: The poet William Carlos Williams says, “A new world is a new mind.” And people are always telling me how much the river has changed. But in most ways the river hasn’t changed at all. Peoples’ attitudes toward it

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Q: But environmentally, hasn’t it changed quite a bit?A: Twenty years ago, the sides of the riverbeds were paved every year. Now there are mature willow trees. But working on the river is like building a subway system. I don’t call myself an environmentalist. I call myself an infra-structuralist because it’s a built environment we’re working with.

Q: FOLAR was involved in the plan to replace the ailing Sixth Street Bridge, but you didn’t always favor a new design. How did your posi-tion on the bridge evolve?A: At first, we like most other people didn’t trust that the bridge needed to be taken down. The city hired an expert on historic bridges, Eric DeLony. When the city agreed to hire Eric to see if there was any way to save the Sixth Street Bridge, and he came back and said there wasn’t, that was enough for me because I knew he was an honest and knowledgeable guy. Then the city started do-ing outreach. Most people wanted something that looked exactly like the bridge they were going to replace. But when it was clear that the city had to do a new bridge, we felt that they should open it up to an international de-sign competition because it was such an op-portunity. They were going to do the project in-house. FOLAR was the only entity push-

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Q: How important is the new bridge for the river?A: With this new design by HNTB and Michael Maltzan, I think the Sixth Street Bridge is going to be as iconic as Disney Hall. I think it’s that good architecture.

Q: Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 1201, which has been hailed as a major boost for the river. What does it do?A: The County of Los Angeles was bitterly opposed to it, which was sort of absurd be-cause all it did was basically add two words to their mandate. Up until then, the L.A. County Flood Control District had two mis-sions: One was storm water runoff. One was flood control. We added education and rec-reation. The implications of that are only beginning to be felt. It was really an attempt to redefine the mission of the county to in-clude access and recreation along the river. There’s been a legal battle over whether it’s a river or a flood control channel and how that affects clean water. The case is Natural Resources Defense Council vs. L.A. County Flood Control District.

Q: Is the river’s redevelopment now happening faster?A: I suspect that it will be another 30 years as it evolves. You don’t replace the Sixth Street Bridge overnight. That’s going to take, what, six years? There’s also the Piggyback Yard. It was built in the 1880s by Southern Pacific Railroad and it’s still in use. They break down trains there and put stuff on containers on Federal Express chassis. It’s 125 acres across the river from Union Station. We did a ma-jor study imagining how that site could en-gage with the river and be a park, with Mia Lehrer and Michael Maltzan and all these

Downtown and Silver Lake people working on it pro bono. That was an extremely im-portant thing. The railroads have no inten-tion at this point of selling it, but they didn’t have any intention of selling the Cornfield or Taylor Yard and they did. Right now the Piggyback Yard is invisible, but part of what we do is make the invisible visible.

Q: Despite all the progress, making the river a true community gathering place still seems far away. What is there to do at the river? A: Well, fishing. There are increasingly more people fishing. It’s a combination of white guys with their fly rods doing catch and re-lease and people hitting carp over the head with two-by-fours and tossing them into an ice chest. The river is already providing sus-tenance for both kinds of fishing and I think that’s growing. Last year there were 2,000 people who did

George Wolfe’s L.A. River Expeditions kayak trips during the dry season, when the previ-ous year it was more like 200. You just keep putting images in front of people of a liv-ing river and people are drawn to rivers. It’s natural. All you have to do is kind of nudge them a little bit. Being involved in the river you touch the idealist in people. That’s really rewarding.

Q: You’re 68. You’ve been doing this for 26 years. Do you think about what the ultimate goal is, either for the river or for you personally?A: I’m trying to have much more of a life than I’ve allowed myself to have before. I think it would be foolish to have an ultimate goal at this point. I’ll just keep doing it as long as I’m capable of it and as long as it seems like fun, which it still does. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].


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Dodger fans went wild last year when the team took on some $250 million in long-term contracts by trading

for marquee players Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett. While the improvements the Dodgers’ an-nounced last week may pale in comparison to those big-money acquisitions, for fans in the stadium and especially families, they could prove much more valuable. The ancient restrooms on some upper lev-els will be renovated and more will be added, with a 62% increase in the number of facili-ties for women. The number of concession stands will rise, with the goal of ending the sometimes innings-long wait for Dodger dogs and other fare. The spotty cell phone and Wi-Fi service will be addressed, with improvements de-signed to make the 1962 stadium function like a 21st century building. The only catch, warned team President and CEO Stan Kasten, is that so many things are taking place that he can’t guarantee ev-ery task will be completed by the time the Dodgers take the field in April. “I think this is a very ambitious project,” Kasten said. “I think we’re going to get it done by opening day.” During a Tuesday, Jan. 8, presentation in the Stadium Club, Kasten and Senior Vice President of Planning and Development Janet Marie Smith ran down a lengthy list of obvious and behind-the-scenes fixes and upgrades. They all stem from Guggenheim Baseball Management’s $2 billion purchase of the team and the stadium last May. Kasten said that about 100 projects are being undertaken, with the first pieces being those that could be completed in the ap-proximately 25 weeks between the end of last

season and the start of the 2013 campaign. Although he would not put a total price on the upgrades, he said that a $100 million fig-ure that has circulated in media reports is “as good as any.” Among the first changes fans will notice are improvements to the scoreboards and the sound system. The old scoreboards, said Smith, had “fallen behind the times.” They will be replaced by high-resolution, high-def-inition outfield displays. Although just 22% physically larger, Smith said they will increase the video viewing area by 66%. The scoreboards will also change shape from last season’s rectangles to the hexagons that were an early hallmark of the 51-year-old stadium. The video upgrade will be complemented by audio enhancements, with a new sound system still built around a cluster of speak-ers in center field. They will be augmented, she said, by better acoustics in other places, including restrooms. Kasten said the first phase of improve-ments aim to remedy shortfalls the new own-ers observed and problems reported by fans and the media. That led to the restroom up-grades; although some lower level facilities were renovated during the years Frank and Jamie McCourt owned the team, custom-ers on the Reserve level were accustomed to dimly lit areas and, in the men’s room, long metal troughs. In addition to the new wom-en’s options, there will be 32% more facili-ties for men, as well as unisex family toilets, Smith said. Also coming are wider concourses. Smith said two rows of seats have been pulled out on many levels, providing eight to 15 more feet for people to circulate. Kasten said, however, that seats will be added in other parts of the park, so that the capacity will remain at 56,000. Additional improvements will include cell-

phone charging posts and drink rails, where people can sip a beverage and look out over the field of play. Other upgrades are aimed at the players. They include larger bullpens, as well as mod-ern clubhouses and an upgraded weight and conditioning room. A second weight room for visiting teams is also being constructed. That, said Smith, will mean Dodger oppo-nents won’t have to share the home team’s facilities. Kasten said he thinks the improvements would make Dodger Stadium a viable lo-cation for a baseball All-Star Game, which has not been held in Chavez Ravine since 1980. That’s something that would pay off immensely, said Kathryn Schloessman, president of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission. “It’s huge,” she said of an All-Star Game. “It’s a lot of hotel room nights. Even though it’s summer, there are a lot of parties booked

and money spent.” Though Schloessman did not have a pre-diction of the economic impact of a baseball All-Star Game, a report commissioned by the LASEC determined that the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, which took place at Staples Center, generated $85 million in regional spending. In addition to warning that not everything may be completed by opening day, Kasten predicted that there will be some early-season hiccups, in particular with the sound system and the Wi-Fi service. He said he expects everything to be ironed out by the first or second homestand. The problem, he noted, is that no test can replicate a 56,000-seat stadium filled to ca-pacity. “We really don’t have an opportunity for a dry run, he said. Contact Jon Regardie at [email protected]

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In the Central City Crime Report, we survey the recent week in public safety. All information is provided by the LAPD’s Central Division.

Watch Your Head… phones: A 22-year-old man was walking in Downtown at about 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 9, listening to tunes through his Beats by Dre headphones, which sell for about $250. At the busy inter-section of Seventh and Olive streets he was approached by three men, who proceeded to snag the headphone and beat him up. Presumably that’s not the kind of “beats” Dre intended.

Stoplight Stickup: A 54-year-old woman from Beverly Hills was at the intersection of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue at about 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 12 when two individuals approached her car. One man on the passenger said stated that he was hungry. On the driver side, a sec-ond man brandished a gun and demanded cash. The woman handed over her money and a necklace.

Screwed Up: A man was arrested for attacking another man and his dog. His weapon of choice? A screwdriver. On Dec. 13 at about 4:30 p.m., the 44-year-old suspect approached a man walking with his dog near Main Street and Olympic Boulevard. He swung the screwdriver at the man and hit the dog instead. Fortunately the pooch was not injured.

Someone Missed Last Call: A man was arrested for breaking into the bar at the Standard Downtown hotel on 550 S. Flower St. at 4:10 a.m. on Dec. 15. The suspect entered the hip establishment through an open door, then broke into the closed bar. He made off with $99 worth of alcohol, but was caught a day later after being identified on surveillance footage. The 56-year-old was no stranger to authorities. According to police, he has 11 felony convictions and a 70-page rap sheet.

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The Los Angeles Lakers’ troubles this season are already legion. From the shocking firing of coach Mike Brown after five games to the injury that

kept Steve Nash out of the lineup for more than a month to being eclipsed by the Clippers to the disappointing, sub-.500 record, this is, so far, a campaign to forget. Despite the woes, Kathryn Schloessman, the pres-ident of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, said she never once contemplated skip-ping the annual event that gives well-heeled fans an up-close glimpse at Laker players, coaches and execs. Instead, the ninth annual Lakers All-Access takes place on Wednesday, Jan. 16. “It has been more challenging that the usual year, but we never considered not doing it,” Schloessman said. “The Lakers are still the number one team in L.A. They are iconic. Everyone knows that even though they have had trouble this year they will pull out of it.” Lakers All-Access, previously known as NBA 101, offers the kind of encounters that few fans get to ex-perience. The evening starts with an opportunity to shoot free throws and three pointers on the Lakers’ court, and to get autographs and have pictures taken with players and some of the team’s championship trophies. Tickets for the 5 p.m. event on the floor of Staples Center are $550. Proceeds benefit the Lakers Youth Foundation and the LASEC. The night also holds dinner and two panel discus-sions. One will feature new coach Mike D’Antoni, as well as players Steve Blake and Antawn Jamison. The other, which Schloessman termed a “legends” panel, brings together James Worthy, Robert Horry and, for

the first time, general manager Mitch Kupchak. “I think of all the years, this is the year we would most like to have Mitch,” Schloessman said. “People want to hear what he has to say, what the long-term plan is. I think Mitch is the strategist and they want to hear from him, hear what’s going on, how to fix it.” While the panelists this week may face questions about the ascendant Clippers, Schloessman said there are no plans to do a similar event with L.A.’s “other” team just yet. After all, she noted, the Lakers signed on years ago. “We started this with the Lakers and they were so quick to jump on board. We have had this so long and it is so established,” she said. “We may try to do some-thing else with the Clippers.” Lakers All-Access is Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. at Staples Center. Information at lasec.net. For tickets contact Aubrey Walton at (213) 236-2347 or [email protected]. Contact Jon Regardie at [email protected].

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Plans for the Origins exhibition at the Chinese American Museum are as old as the museum itself. That’s worth mentioning because the El Pueblo de Los Angeles

Historical Monument institution turned nine last month. The road from conception to completion of a museum show can be tricky, especially for a small, independent attrac-tion such as CAM. Somehow, though, like the building that houses it — a structure in Downtown’s original settlement — the intimate destination has survived financial hardships and growing pains. Origins is the museum’s third permanent exhibit, as well as its most ambitious. It represents an attempt to build con-nections between generations and communities, while also boosting CAM’s profile and annual attendance. Museum Executive Director Michael Duchemin took an active role in organizing the show, working with curator Steven Wong to create an interactive exhibition that he ex-pects will remain relevant for at least the next decade. The exhibition’s original title was Evolving Culture and Community, Duchemin explained. The unwieldy moniker was dropped as the show took shape and CAM looked at the role and makeup of the Chinese and Chinese American com-munity over more than a century. “It is to be the next installment in the story told by the museum,” Duchemin said during a recent visit to CAM. “It began with the Journeys exhibition, which looks at where people came from as they arrived in the United States. Then came the Sun Wing Wo Store, an immersion environment that shows what life was like in historic Chinatown from the turn of the century to the 1950s. The next step is to look at what has been the culture and the community of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles.” Development of what eventually became known as Origins began in 2004. Officials planned to cover the esti-mated $500,000 cost primarily through grants, most notably $260,000 allocated from Proposition 12, a state measure for parks funding. “Then we ran into the recession,” Duchemin recalled.

“Some of the funding was frozen, including those from the California State Parks. It looked bleak. We didn’t know if the state would ever release the money.” It wasn’t until three years later, at the end 2010, that the purse strings were loosened. Work finally began in earnest as CAM officials raced to beat a calendar milestone. “The last two years have been [a time of] intense develop-ment,” Duchemin said. “We finished several months ahead of the deadline in time to prepare for the year of our 10th an-niversary.”

Timeless Approach Origins fills part of the first floor and most of the mezzanine level, the majority of the museum’s public space. As a perma-nent fixture, Duchemin believes it needs to connect with the community in a meaningful and in-depth way. He anticipates drawing visitors not just from Downtown, but also areas with substantial Asian populations including Silver Lake, the San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando and Cerritos. Wong, the curator, said the design of Origins was intended to steer clear of trendy styles. Instead, he wanted a simple look that would remain timeless. The show is divided into three main sections and each incorporates an iconic location as its anchor. For the first section, Historic Chinatown, the base is the museum’s cur-rent home, the Garnier Building, erected in 1890. Duchemin noted that it served as the unofficial town hall for the local Chinese community from the day it opened. “The building reflects the longevity of the Chinese American community in L.A.,” he said. The Historic Chinatown section examines key character-istics and organizations of the time, including the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. The Los Angeles lodge was grant-ed a charter in 1912. The organization was housed in the Garnier Building until the community was displaced by the construction of Union Station in the 1930s. The second section, New Chinatown, recognizes the coun-try’s first Chinese American community owned and operated by the people who lived and worked there. A photo from the 1938 grand opening of New Chinatown introduces the section. The portion includes one of Wong’s

favorite displays, which focuses on the Mei Wah Drum Corps. The group began as a women’s basketball team in 1931 and later transformed into a competing drum and bugle team. The display features a photo of the Mei Wah club and a uniform of a member. “It’s interesting to see those early generations and their strategies to assimilate into mainstream society, but also to maintain an ethnic identity,” Wong said. The third section covers the first planned Chinese American suburb, Monterey Park, which saw intense immigration in the 1970s, thanks to Frederic Hsieh and his Mandarin Realty Company. The expansion of Chinese Americans away from Chinatown and to the area was reflected in the political land-scape, as explained in biographical displays of figures includ-ing Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress. Origins is limited in physical space, which meant several tough decisions for the curatorial team regarding what stories and artifacts to include. Although not everything could make it to the Downtown Los Angeles museum, the show has an online presence (origins.camla.org). The website also seeks to get input from the community, especially younger audiences. Origins Online, which incorpo-rates Google Maps, encourages visitors to add to the continu-ing story by marking a significant location and then posting text, photos or video. “We’re asking people to help us curate,” Duchemin said. “They decide where the significant locations are and they tell us why. One of the great early pieces that got posted was a video by the Fung Brothers, who made a hip-hop song about JJ Hong Kong Café in Monterey Park. This group helps young kids understand what it means to be Chinese American today.” It also serves as a path for the community to remain active and involved well into the future. The Chinese American Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Suggested admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. At 425 N. Los Angeles St., (213) 485-8567 or camla.org.

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Remembrances of Huell Howser have been flying across the state since the public television host passed away on

Monday, Jan. 7, at the age of 67. Fans have lovingly recalled the Tennessee twang and the folksy approach he exhibited in KCET series such as “California’s Gold” and “Travelling With Huell Howser.” Howser became famous for his fascination with seemingly all aspects of life in California, which were often punctuated with bursts of “That’s amazing!” Downtown was no excep-tion. He explored the community at various times over the decades, and made it the cen-terpiece of its own 15-part series, fittingly titled “Downtown,” that ran from 2006 until 2009. In “Downtown,” Howser explored vari-ous Central City businesses, destinations, events and residences. He brought his camera to restaurants such as Cole’s and the French Garden. He dropped in on the Biscuit Company Lofts. He showed up at Los Angeles State Historic Park and Art Walk. “He was just really affable and genuinely excited to learn about what was going on Downtown,” said LAPD Commander Andy Smith, who appeared on an episode in 2007 when Smith helmed Central Division. Smith recalled how the two spent a couple of hours walking through Downtown for an episode on safety in the Central City. They stopped often to talk to people on the street, to vendors and to other police officers on pa-trol. They spoke with patrons at Pete’s Café. It was part of Howser’s effort to show all aspects of the rapidly changing community.

He spoke of his hope to capture a warts-and-all view in a 2006 interview with Los Angeles Downtown News. “We want to talk to people on the street who wouldn’t normally be approached and show that Downtown has lots of layers,” Howser said in the interview. “When you come Downtown you’re going to come into contact with the best and worst Downtown has to offer. You’re going to have some positive and negative ex-periences and some experiences in between. And that’s what life’s about. If you want an an-tiseptic experience, go to Universal Citywalk or Disneyland. If you want to see what life is about in Southern California, come Downtown be-cause it’s all compressed here.”

Abrupt Retirement Howser began his television career at WSM-TV in Nashville after receiving his B.A. from the University of Tennessee. He moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to work as a reporter for KCBS-TV. In 1987 he joined KCET and began producing “Videolog,” which paved the way for “California’s Gold.” Angelenos began speculating on Howser’s health late last year when his retirement from KCET was abruptly announced. He passed away at his home in Palm Springs. Those who were the subject of Howser broadcasts say the impact was long-lasting. They include Sean Woods, a California State Parks superintendent who appeared on the Los Angeles State Historic Park episode of “Downtown.” “He wanted his viewers to understand about the hidden treasures and the green space in Downtown,” Woods said. After reruns air, he said last week, he still

sees new faces. “To this day, when people see that episode they come out to the park. His impact was tremendous,” he said. Howser’s visit to the hidden French Garden restaurant was part of the premiere episode of the Downtown series. During his stop at the space on Seventh Street in 2006, he chatted with diners and restaurant owner Benoit Lesure. After the episode first aired, Lesure said busi-ness boomed. He recalled being booked almost nightly for about a year with customers telling him they saw the restaurant on the show. Lesure said even to this day he gets new customers who learn about the restaurant

through reruns. Howser also became a regu-lar at French Garden and would talk with many other customers before finally sitting down for his meal. Grateful for the business Howser brought to the restaurant, Lesure regularly offered to pay for his meals. Howser politely refused every time. “He always paid. He wanted to be treated like everyone else,” Lesure said. Georges Laguerre, the owner of TiGeorges, the Haitian chicken restaurant on Glendale Boulevard in City West, fondly remembers Dec. 16, 2002. That was the day Howser and a cameraman walked into his place and began

Huell Howser and Downtown’s GoldThe Unforgettable Host Searched Out the Central City’s Secrets, and the Effects Were Long-Lasting


TV icon Huell Howser passed away Jan. 7 at the age of 67. One of his many series on KCET focused on Downtown Los Angeles.

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Free Downtown Housing TourDowntown Center Business Improvement District, downtownla.com/housing tour. Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: This guided bus tour will take you through Downtown’s vi-brant neighborhoods and into six residences for sale or rent, from lofts to luxury condos. See the hot spots and amenities that make Downtown living exciting and easy. RSVP required.

Tuesday, January 15Amy Wilentz at AloudMark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7:15 p.m.: The ghost of Toussaint Louverture and the messages of Wyclef Jean add nuance to this experienced Haitian scholar’s observations on the island nation in the time after the catastrophic earthquake.

Wednesday, January 16Yoga in the ParkGrand Park, Between Grand Ave. and Hill, (213) 972-8080 or grandpark.lacountry.gov. Jan. 16 and Jan. 18, 12:15 p.m.: Free yoga in the park is just the ticket to sublimate the inherent rage of a 9-5 job.SCI-Arc Lecture SeriesSCI-Arc, 960 E. Third St., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: Partners Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu have been a presence in Los Angeles architecture since 2004. They’re dropping by to talk shop.

Thursday, January 17Daniel Pink at Live TalksGensler, 500 S. Figueroa St. or livetalksbusiness.com. 7:45 a.m.: For your inner objectivist, an early-morning study in business psychology and motiva-tional leadership from author Daniel Pink.Mid Century Modern Event at AloudMark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7:15 p.m.: Jenny Watts, archival scholar and the intellect behind the recent Civil War study at the Huntington Library, joins fellow scholars D.J. Waldie and Christopher Hawthorne for a discussion on architecture and style in Cold War California.

saTurday, January 19The Human ExperiencePeace Yoga Gallery, 903 S. Main St. or humanexperiencecreations.com. 3 p.m.: David Block of the Human Experience hosts an electronic music workshop complete with live DJ’d yoga, raw food and collective community.

ROCK, POP & JAZZBlue Whale123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. Jan. 14: Nicole Mitchell, Chad Taylor, David Boykin and Craig Taborn. Jan. 15: David Roitstein and Larry Koonse. Jan. 16: The second week of the John Beasley resi-dency. Jan. 17: Joe La Barbera Group. Jan. 18: Michael Feinberg Group. Jan. 19: Jason Harnell Group. Jan. 20: The Sidewinder.Bootleg Bar2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. Jan. 14, 8 p.m.: And as the other indie rock bands gathered around them, Papa asked the eternal ques-tion, “Who’s your daddy?” Jan. 15, 8 p.m.: With an electro dance sensibility and a healthy taste for macabre visuals, Professor Possessor promises to confuse and delight. Jan. 17, 9 p.m.: Just in time for the release of their new album, Vermouth infects the Bootleg with their dizzying “retroFuture Pop Exotica.” Quotes are theirs.Broadway Bar830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la. Jan. 17, 10 p.m.: Broader Than Broadway is not a “yo mama” joke, but an eclectic smattering of elec-tronic music.Casey’s Irish Pub613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. Jan. 18, 10 p.m.: The Peach Kings are neither Georgian nor derived from royal blood. The circle of lies continues.

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Now that the amateur predictions of the Mayan apocalypse have gone out of vogue, we can again focus on the finer merits of New Age culture: yoga and ambient electronica. The local gurus of self-realization at Peace Yoga are offering a day of alternative enjoy-ment and mind melding with their partners ProjectFresh and Mindshare LA. The collec-tive consciousness begins Saturday, Jan. 19, at 3 p.m. with a live DJ’d yoga session in

the Peace Gallery followed by a catered dinner of raw foods and a hands-on electronica workshop led by David Block of the Human Experience. The wheatgrass will flow as the party goes long into the night, and no, we’re not making any of this up. At 903 S. Main St., (213) 500-5007 or mindshare.la.

Don’t let the Dollyrots’ punk aesthetic throw you off — this duo is all about accessibility. Sure they may be crowding the otherwise underground minded halls of the vaunted Redwood Bar and Grill on Friday, Jan. 8, but their music features a bright, up-tempo, major chord/feel good vibe that’s already earned them placement spots in Pixar features and a Miley Cyrus film trailer. Cool Dollyrots fact: In July 2011 they played the Midnight Mission in Skid Row as part of a program of shows for the homeless population. At 316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com.

Straight outta Hungary comes composer and conductor Peter Eotvos. This week, the L.A. Phil is rolling out its red carpet for an Eotvos micro-residency that is part of the Phil’s Green Umbrella series of new music. On Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 8 p.m., it’s Eotvos’ operatic adaptation of Tony Kushner’s seminal AIDS-invoking text Angels in America at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Then on Friday

at 8 p.m. and again on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m., the

Phil will play the world premiere of Eotvos’ DoReMi concerto alongside pieces by Kodaly and Bartok. The other special

guest is the ace violin-ist Midori. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com.

An unthinkable peace between the three major Middle Eastern religions becomes a reality in our time as the World City program hosts the Yuval Ron Ensemble on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The show at the outdoor W.M. Keck Amphitheatre at Walt Disney Concert Hall is a collaborative effort featur-ing musicians and performers of sacred music from the Judaic, Muslim and Christian traditions. Expect prayers, chants, the occasional whirling dervish and enough beautiful music to make you ponder whether or not the tumultuous rancor of the region is a construct of modern geopolitics and not an inherent condition.

Hark! Free tickets are dispensed at 10 a.m. for the first show and 11 a.m. for the latter performance. At 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7211 or musiccenter.org.

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FILMCalifornia African American Museum600 State Drive, (213) 744-7432 or caamuseum.org. Jan. 17, 7 p.m.: A discussion with filmmaker Heather Hope concludes an evening that features two short, religious-themed films. Downtown Independent251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. Jan. 14, 5:30 and 7:15 p.m., Jan. 15, 2 and 4 p.m., Jan. 16-17, 5:30 and 7:15 p.m.: Based in San Diego’s

indie music and art scene, I Am Not a Hipster explores what it means to be creative in the face of tragedy. Jan. 18-23, showtimes vary: Algiers, 1920s. Rab-bi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter Zlabya is becoming a teenager and, above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking. It’s Le Chat Du Rabbin, a dandy piece of French ani-mation. Jan. 18-24, showtimes vary: In Dead Sushi, Keiko, daughter of a famous sushi chef, leaves home to es-cape his overbearing training in both sushi-making and martial arts.IMAXCalifornia Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org. Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt. Ice and polar bear enthusiasts will likely dig To the Arctic 3D. Experience the gripping story full of hope, crush-ing disappointment and triumph in Hubble 3D.

Club Nokia800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com. Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.: It’s going to get technical as some of the rock world’s finest percussionists face off in the grand finale of Guitar Center’s Drum Off.Escondite410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com. Jan. 14, 10 p.m.: Yonatan brings friends to rock out in Skidrokyo. Jan. 15, 10 p.m.: If Bunny West isn’t enough of a sell, Boom Boom Boom closes the night. Jan. 16, 10 p.m.: Irish import The Mighty Stef gives an extra dose of surly with support from Smooth Sound Smith. Jan. 17, 10 p.m.: Leggy Smith and Andrew Shep-pard crowd the corner stage. Jan. 18, 9 p.m.: Blues Friday commences with Trevor Menear and Johnny Moezzi. Jan. 19, 11 p.m.: Respect your elders with Charlie Chan and the SOBs. Jan. 20, 10 p.m.: Honkytonk your way out of the weekend with RT n the 44s.Exchange LA618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. Jan. 18, 10 p.m.: Tydi is the perfect soundtrack for excessive alcohol consumption. Jan. 19, 10 p.m.: The only thing house music act Madeon has in common with Tyler Perry’s Madea is an utter lack of humor.Grammy Museum800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.: With the mantle of “America’s Best DJ,” Kaskade shares his turntable throne with a cadre of musicians including Rick Dees. Kaskade will be stopping by to share stories of manipulating a computer into making noises. Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.: If you were wondering where Lifehouse has been since soft-rocking the heck out of 2008, they’ll be in the house this Thursday to an-swer your queries.Nola’s734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com. Jan. 15, 8 p.m.: Reggy Woods Jam Session. Jan. 16, 7 p.m.: Aalon. Jan. 17, 7 p.m.: USC Jazz. Jan. 20, 11 a.m.: Sunday Brunch with Jeff Robinson.One-Eyed Gypsy901 E. First St., (626) 340-3529 or one-eyedgypsy.com. Jan. 16: RT N the 44s. Jan. 17: Nocona. Jan. 18: The Vibrometers. Jan. 19: The Get Down Boys.Redwood Bar and Grill316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com. Jan. 14: The Burning Dolls and Y. Jan. 15: Johnny Madcap and The Distractions, Hands Like Bricks and the Green Machines.

Jan. 18: The Dollyrots, Michael Van London, In-genue and The Gay Gays. Jan. 19: The Amadans, The Hitchhikers, Crazy Squeeze, Love Sores and Sorrows. Jan. 20: The Hot Toddies and Bam Bam.Seven Grand515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. Jan. 15: With precision riffs and immaculate co-hesion, the Makers’ improvisational jazz is perfect enough to have you wondering whether they were sent back in time by Skynet to kill John Connor. The Smell247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. Jan. 14: C.R.A.S.H., Regal Degal, Crazy Band and Protectme. Jan. 18: So Many Wizards, Feeding People, Now and Wild Pack of Canaries. Jan. 19: Frequency 2.0 Festival featuring Elekid, Here Between Me You, Xombie, ParallaxScroll, Dasid, 1000 Needles and Mike Bleeds. Jan. 20: The second nigh of the Frequency festival

Journalist Amy Wilentz is a long-time observer of Haiti. Her lat-

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CLASSICAL MUSICTuesday, January 15

Angels in AmericaWalt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. 8 p.m.: Peter Eotvos’ operatic adaptation of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is the subject of a spe-

cial program at Disney Hall.

Friday, January 18Midori Plays EotvosWalt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. Jan. 18, 8 p.m. and Jan. 19-20, 2 p.m.: The L.A. Phil plays the world premiere of Eotvos’ DoReMi, with other selections by Bartok and Kodaly. Midori takes that first violin spot.

saTurday, January 19Brahms Clarinet QuartetZipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: KUSC radio personality Brian Lauritzen hosts an in-depth exploration of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet. Renee Fleming and Susan Graham in RecitalWalt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.com. 8 p.m.: Two of the world’s foremost stars of opera join together here for a rare recital of duets.

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The Los Angeles Downtown News is the must-read newspaper for Downtown Los Angeles and is dis-tributed every Monday throughout the offices and residences of Downtown Los Angeles.


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“We liked each other from the get-go,” Laguerre said. Howser’s passing naturally prompted a wave of remembranc-es from friends and public officials. One came from Fourth District City Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose office is helping to arrange a Tuesday, Jan. 15, sunset salute to Howser at the Griffith Park Observatory. “Huell Howser was my friend for over three decades, and no one knew this state better,” LaBonge said in a prepared statement. “He had a great ability to find fresh faces in old places, and he paid tremendous at-tention to our incredible California infrastructure. Huell was an advo-cate for good.” The Salute to Howser starts at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 15 at the Griffith Park Observatory, 2800 E. Observatory Rd. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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