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Downtown’s New $6 Million Strike Tired Little Tokyo Galleria Gets Perked Up With 24-Lane Bowling Alley and Huge Video Arcade

photo by Gary Leonard

The Little Tokyo Galleria has a high-tech tenant in X Lanes.

by RichaRd Guzmán city editoR

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or years, the Little Tokyo Galleria has been something of a gray elephant in Downtown. The massive complex at Third and Alameda streets is regularly derided for its insular, fortress-like design. Inside, it has long been plagued by empty space, with only a few shops, sushi spots and the cream puffs of Beard Papa’s drawing attention.

Now, things are changing. X Lanes, a 50,000-square-foot bowling alley and entertainment center, opened May 17 as the centerpiece of an ongoing renovation. The $6 million at-

traction is the first major step in bringing younger customers to the 28-year-old mall.

“Little by little, we’re turning into a location where more people will want to come,” said Jay Chun, CEO and director of operations of X Lanes.

Like Lucky Strike at L.A. Live, which opened in 2009, X Lanes is more than just a place for bowling diehards to throw balls at pins. In addition to a 24-lane bowling alley, it has a 150-seat Italian/American restaurant, a sports bar, a ninetable billiard room, three private rooms for parties and a 100game video arcade.

Work on the bowling alley began about two years ago, following the 2008 purchase of the building by a group of Korean American investors. Although the structure had held a bowling alley when it originally opened, the buyers knew a repeat of the past was no guarantee of success.

“Having just a bowling alley in this current economic situation wouldn’t make sense,” Chun remarked during a recent afternoon tour. “We wanted to bring a lot more.”

Chun is running the venue with his younger brother Moses. He said that before the renovation, the space, which see Bowling, page 12

After Brookfield’s Big Buy, Now What?

Trying to Gauge the Future of the Downtown Office Market

by Ryan VaillancouRt staff wRiteR

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hen it comes to real estate, Downtown Los Angeles over the past decade has been almost synonymous with economic revitalization and growth, except within one key sector — office properties.

As the housing market has skyrocketed, the number of restaurants, bars and stores has multiplied. Lately, a burgeoning trend of

new hotels has emerged.

At the same time, the Downtown skyline has stagnated. Worse, some of its trophy buildings have seen vacancy rates increase.

Vacancy in Class A office buildings — that’s most of the steel and glass towers on Bunker Hill and in the Financial District — has steadily risen from about 13% before the recession to 21.3% in the first quarter of this year, according to data compiled by brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Even the area’s marquee building, U.S. Bank Tower, has been unable to keep tenants. The tallest structure in the West is only 59% occupied.

Additionally, there’s little evidence that a major growth spurt in the industries that fill the towers is on the cusp. Financial service companies, law firms and other whitecollar institutions are slowly rebounding, but they haven’t yet reached their pre-recession employment numbers, according to

data provided by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.

Despite the tumult, one key player is betting big that the Downtown office market has bottomed out and is poised for a comeback.

New York-based Brookfield Office Properties last month announced that it has a deal in place to acquire what’s left of beleaguered MPG Office Trust, the former Maguire Properties entity that long ruled the skyline but has been slowly selling assets in an attempt to climb out of a sinkhole of debt (in March, it reached a deal to sell U.S. Bank Tower to a Singapore-based investor for $367.5 million).

The deal would give Brookfield four propsee Office Market, page 10

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AROUNDTOWN Streetcar Proponents Woo Washington Leader

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n an effort to drum up federal support for the proposed $125 million Los Angeles Streetcar, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar and dozens of Downtown business and civic leaders last week took Congressman Bill Shuster (R-Penn.) on a 90-minute “whistle stop tour.” The May 29 event ferried Shuster, who is chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, along the proposed route of the project. The tour included stops at L.A. Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Orpheum Theatre, as well as talks with Downtown stakeholders. The move is important because Huizar and officials with Los Angeles Streetcar Inc. hope to secure $52 million in federal funds to pay for the project (in December, Downtown residents approved a plan to tax area property up to $85 million for the circulator). Huizar hopes to secure the money through a single grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Small Starts program, and has said an application will be filed this year. Shuster’s Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has oversight of the DOT. The streetcar would connect L.A. Live and the Civic Center with a main spine on Broadway.

Another 159 Apartments For Main Street

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ade Enterprises, a development company that primarily works in the Fashion District, is expanding its reach: the firm has submitted plans for a 159-unit apartment complex in the Historic Core. Jade is looking for city approvals to erect a seven-story building at 540 S.

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Main St. on what is now a parking lot. The site, which is just north of the Santa Fe Lofts at Sixth and Main streets, stretches between Main and Los Angeles streets. Jade officials would not comment on the plans, but according to documents filed with the city, the project, which is dubbed Topaz, would cover the entire lot. The proposal would require some special city approvals, including a transfer of floor area rights needed to allow the proposed density. A hearing has not yet been scheduled for the project.

While a timeline is unclear, a groundbreaking is likely at least a year away due to the project’s current status and needed approvals.

Bloomfest to Return In the Fall

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Last year the one-day festival attracted more than 20,000 people, with bands booked by KCRW performing on two stages. Jerald said LARABA is still looking at parking options for the Oct. 19 event.

Crash Mansion Building Coming Down

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nother musical venue is being torn down to make way for a parking lot.

Crews have begun demolishing the Grand Avenue building that most recently was home to the troubled nightclub Crash Mansion.

The property owner is clearing the building, which was previously home to the Grand Avenue Night Club and Myron’s Ballroom, to make room for more parking on the site

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south of Olympic Boulevard, said attorney Dan Hales, who represents property owner Jim Myron. Myron has long been looking to sell the site near L.A. Live to a developer, but Hales said there is currently no deal in place.

Crash Mansion closed in 2008 after its liquor license was revoked following a string of incidents at the club, including a shooting of a 19-year-old patron in the venue’s parking lot.

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EDITORIALS Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Well, That Was Ugly

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inally, we’re beginning to get a little distance from the 2013 Los Angeles election cycle. As attention shifts to what the Eric Garcetti era will be like, we are mentally moving away from all the negativity that the people running for office, along with the deep-pocketed labor and business groups that were backing certain candidates, made the populace endure.

The cycle was ugly. Actually, ugly doesn’t cover it. You can add “mean-spirited.” Occa­ sionally “venomous.” While we’re at it, throw in “unnecessarily personal.” It’s best to stop there.

Unfortunately, this is a time in which fierce negativity is part of the political process.

Despite uniform early proclamations that they want to focus on the issues voters care about, candidates and the people they pay to run their campaigns inevitably worry and get desperate. When there’s a downturn in the internal tracking polls or concern arises that a foe is making inroads on a voter bloc, going negative is seen as a reliable move.

It was that way across the board during the recent cycle, but especially in the mayor’s race. Wendy Greuel delivered the harshest blows against several candidates, with Garcetti taking the brunt of her most personal attacks. Of course, by the time the votes were counted, the now mayor-elect had launched his own daunting offensives.

The attack ads and mailers seemed to give a green light to the Super PACs and independent groups supporting the candidates (the committees are legally barred from coordinating with the campaigns). That’s where some of the nastiest stuff flew.

Other races were just as fierce. The city attorney’s contest between now incoming officeholder Mike Feuer and outgoing incumbent Carmen Trutanich was dominated in the latter stages by allegations and accusations. Although Gil Cedillo triumphed in the race for the First District City Council seat, it was only after he and his opponent Jose Gardea (and, once again, their independent supporters) overloaded district mailboxes with some vicious stuff.

The biggest question at this point is, do the ends justify the mudslinging means? It is easy for the winners to claim that they only gave what they got, and to seek to distance themselves from the rhetoric that flew during the height of a bitter election.

Still, we think the situation requires a broader view of both politics and the city.

The ugliness seemed to turn off a lot of people, and the harsh mailers and TV ads likely convinced at least some of those who would cast a ballot that no one deserved their vote.

It’s hard to get the citizenry excited and eager to participate in the democratic process while they are drowning in poison.

Given the turnout of around 24% on May 21, it’s hard to say that the attacks and negativity work in the best interest of Los Angeles, whether or not you like the particular winners. People were either turned off or they weren’t paying attention or they didn’t care.

None of those is good for our representative democracy.

At Long Last, a Blossom in Chinatown

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e know from painful experience that you can never rely on a project until the occupancy permits are granted and workers or residents stream through the front door. That said, we think it is worth celebrating the “ceremonial” groundbreaking of a development that took place recently in Chinatown. It is also worth dispensing some congratulations to a group of public officials, private sector leaders and community stakeholders who refused to let a new project on the old and decrepit Little Joe’s site die.

On May 20, First District City Councilman Ed Reyes appeared with Kevin Ratner, the president of Forest City Residential West, to stick golden shovels into a patch of dirt to commemorate the kickoff of Blossom Plaza. As we say, it was symbolic — actual construction of the $95 million effort will not start until August. Still, the symbolism is important, as Reyes will be termed out of office on July 1. After 12 years in the post, and nearly as much time working on different facets of the project at 900 N. Broadway, he deserved to share in the accolades.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, multiple speakers referenced how difficult the project was to bring together. This was not hyperbole, as the strategically located development appealed to individuals and agencies whose desires did not always align. A developer needed to make money. Area inhabitants wanted the project to include a plaza for community events. Reyes had concerns such as making sure the market-rate project held apartments for lowincome residents. Representatives of Metro wanted the housing effort to connect to the nearby Gold Line station. Still others cited the need to create parking for visitors to Chinatown.

As Los Angeles Downtown News reported last week, Blossom Plaza has generated attention for more than a decade. It has garnered longstanding interest in part because it will occupy the site of the restaurant Little Joe’s. The Italian establishment in the heart of Chinatown shut down in 1998, meaning the community has suffered through 15 years of glaring blight.

For a few years it seemed like Blossom Plaza would actually blossom. After dozens of neighborhood meetings and spending untold dollars and hours going through the permitting process, developer Bond Companies secured city approvals to build a $165 million complex with nearly all the elements people wanted. Chinatown stakeholders saw it as the lynchpin in a new wave of development, one that would allow the area to catch up to the surge of activity happening in other parts of Downtown Los Angeles. In that regard it was more than just a project: It was a catalyst for additional investment.

The catalyst was felled by the recession. Lending markets dried up and in 2009 the property fell into foreclosure. With very little construction happening in Downtown, it appeared Chinatown would be stuck with the blight.

Fortunately, Reyes and others plugged forward. In 2010 a plan was hatched for the city to buy the land for nearly $10 million, with the aim of finding a developer later. That process, however, was slowed by another unforeseen hurdle: the demise of the Community Redevelopment Agency, a victim of Gov. Jerry Brown’s shutdown of agencies across the state.

Still, local players refused to give up. Reyes stayed involved and a deal with Forest City, which was recommended by the CRA before the agency’s dissolution, was slowly hammered out. Some specs changed — the project shrunk by a floor and the budget decreased by $70 million — but most of the key aspects were included.

Officials from the city Housing and Transportation departments provided logistical aid. Additional funding was secured in the form of low-income tax credits and federal money.

The long-awaited groundbreaking clears the way for a 250-apartment project, with 53 residences set aside for lowincome individuals. The development will have 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 392 parking spots, about 200 of them reserved for visitors to Chinatown.

Blossom Plaza will also create a platform linking Broadway to the Gold Line station, meaning light rail riders will no longer have to disembark, go down several flights of stairs, then walk up an ugly stretch of College Street to reach the center of Chinatown. If all goes according to plan, the project will open in 2015.

There’s one unlikely benefit to the delay: During the down time, some other area projects moved forward, meaning Chinatown is starting to catch up to the rest of Downtown. Developer Meta Housing’s Metro at Chinatown Senior Lofts opened at 808 N. Spring St. in January, creating 123 apartments for low-income seniors. The huge Jia Apartments is under construction at the southern entrance to Chinatown.

In the case of Blossom Plaza, we’ll be cautiously optimistic that, for once, the really hard work is done, that the construction will seem easy compared to the painful gestation. The people who kept the project alive over more than a decade deserve credit. The only thing better than seeing construction start will be seeing it finish and watching residents and visitors activate the property. It can’t come soon enough.

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Opinion

Another Look at the Arts District BID Organization Served the Community and Expanded Without ‘Strong-Arm Tactics’

by Michael Tansey

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s the former chairman of the Arts District Business Improvement District (ADBID), I am deeply saddened over the court action that directed the dissolution of the BID and the impact that GUEST OPINION

the termination of BID services has had, and will continue to have, on the Arts District.

I also take exception to a rumor-turnedfact your editorial (“Life After the Death of a BID,” May 27) referenced. No “strongarm tactics” were ever used by “Arts District BID leaders.” At the time of its two-block expansion (to which the court had no objection), the Toy Factory and Biscuit Company lofts were the only large live-work properties that were still outside the Arts District BID boundaries. With their new owners and residents, many of whom contacted our offices requesting services during our first term (2007-2011), it made sense to consider bringing these properties into the BID. We did a separate survey of both buildings before our renewal began. We received 22 responses, of which 12 were “yes” and 10 were “no.” Five of the “no” responses were from the developers of these properties (the same individuals who sued the ADBID.) During renewal, we conducted diligent public outreach, held public meetings and sent multiple information mailers to all the property owners. Furthermore, the ADBID repeatedly requested to be agendized for the Toy Factory and Biscuit Company HOA meetings, but was rebuffed by the develop-

ers of the properties (who sat on both HOA boards.) At an open community meeting hosted by one of these HOAs to discuss the ADBID, not only was Executive Director Estela Lopez not allowed to speak, she was not allowed to enter the building (despite an invitation from a resident). She was told by one of the developers that she would be removed if she attempted to attend the HOA meeting.

The developers of these two properties have subsequently waged a three-year campaign of misinformation, have succeeded in gathering a handful of supporters and have repeated many untruths frequently enough that even the Downtown News has printed them. As Mark Twain said, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

You also incorrectly stated that the court ordered BID operations to cease by July 24.

July 24 is the deadline the court set for the city to repeal the ordinance that established the ADBID. Two business days after the court ruling (May 14) the city instructed the ADBID to stop maintenance, security, economic development and marketing services immediately and wind down the administrative operations of the BID as quickly as possible. This includes resolution of contracts, accounting, disposition of assets and related matters. We had no choice but to discontinue operations when and how we did. Our dedicated uniformed workers, who had become familiar faces to everyone in the district, were called in from the field and services ended.

While the most visible services we pro-

vided were the bright blue-shirted personnel who cleaned and patrolled the streets of the district every day and night, the ADBID also provided economic development (business attraction/assistance, tours, marketing) and communication (newsletters, website) services. We also worked to raise the “cutting edge” profile of the district and have advocated for additional resources for the district.

The ADBID was renewed in 2011 in a manner consistent with state law and ordinances governing BIDs of the city of Los Angeles.

Our renewal process was approved by the City Attorney. The court found no wrongdoing by the ADBID; rather, it ruled that the city’s process for renewal was not consistent with the California Constitution. All BIDs in Los Angeles will now amend their calculation of special vs. general benefits, and they will continue their laudable work supplementing services the city cannot provide, and making our communities places where people want to invest, live and work.

The Arts District community deserves the continued revitalization and growth that has made it one of Los Angeles’s most-talked about neighborhoods. The Central City East Association, the not-for-profit entity that has administered these services to the ADBID for more than six years, remains committed to the area and to a dialogue with all district stakeholders toward reestablishing this positive vision.

Michael Tansey is the former chairman of the Arts District Business Improvement District and a member of the board of directors of the Central City East Association.

More BID Talk The Readers Chime In

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he story of the Arts District BID’s dissolution has drawn a lot of attention.

Here are more comments readers made on downtownnews.com to the May 27 editorial “Life After the Death of a BID.” Additional comments on this and other stories are welcome.

Good editorial. I know as a Historic Core resident the purple shirts [BID safety officers] provide a layer of security that you just don’t see from the LAPD. And it’s not realistic to expect that level of coverage from the police. If the BID in the Historic Core were to fall, it would be seriously awful.

—Robert, May 29, 10:45 a.m.

What a shame, the BID was an integral part of the Arts District community. My husband was attacked and the BID was there within seconds. The LAPD took an hour to show up, while his head was bleeding and his ankle was broken. And we live blocks from the police station. Business owners, especially those who own residential properties, should be more concerned about their tenants than their wallets. With the pricey rents they charge they can easily afford to pay the BID. —Kathleen Hopkins, May 29, 5:49 p.m.

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The Central City Crime Report

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

Sick Strategy: A man suspected of shoplifting at the Fallas Paredes store at 449 S. Broadway was confronted by a security guard on his way out of the shop at 10 a.m. on May 19.

The suspect became aggressive with the uniformed guard and allegedly screamed, “Get back, I have AIDS.” The guard, fearing for his safety, relinquished the heisted clothes and the suspect fled eastbound on Fifth Street.

Street Robbery: A man walking eastbound on Sixth Street near Spring Street was robbed at knife-point at about 2:40 a.m. on May 20. The suspect allegedly approached the victim and placed a knife to his throat and said, “If you don’t give me your camera I am going to kill you.” The man complied, and after follow-up demands also handed over his iPhone.

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Celebrating 40 Years

A Quarter Century of Homeboy Downtown-Based Gang Prevention Program Marks a Milestone Anniversary And a Comeback From a Financial Calamity

by Richard Guzmán city editor

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t can take quite a while for Father Gregory Boyle to walk into his office these days. It’s not because the 58-year-old, white-bearded founder of Homeboy Industries has been slowed by age. Rather, the grandfatherly figure is constantly approached by the former gang members he has been trying to help for the past quarter century.

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Homeboy Industries celebrated its 25th anniversary on April 27. The organization started by Father Gregory Boyle in 1988 helps 15,000 former gang members and at-risk youth every year.

That was the situation on a recent afternoon as he made his way into the gang prevention and intervention program headquartered on the edge of Chinatown. Every few steps, Boyle was approached by heavily tattooed men and women with their hands outstretched or arms opened wide for a hug.

Boyle acknowledged every one of them. He hugged some, patted others on the back and rested his hand on a few shoulders.

It continued inside his glass-walled office. Before Boyle had a chance to sit, one man gave him a tight hug to thank Boyle for helping him find a job. He then introduced his friend, another former gang member looking to Homeboy Industries for a lifeline.

“Nobody would have been able to imagine something like this,” Boyle marveled. “It would be sort of inconceivable to imagine it.”

Perhaps the most shocking part is that Homeboy Industries has entered the mainstream. On Saturday, April 27, the organization celebrated its 25th anniversary with its annual Lo Maximo awards dinner at the J.W. Marriott hotel at L.A. Live.

The event commemorated more than just a silver anniversary. It also marked a big step in Homeboy’s recovery from a devastating financial downturn. Just three years ago, Homeboy had to lay off 75% of its workforce after financial difficulties grew out of the recession and poor organizational planning.

Now, many of the positions that were eliminated have been reinstated. The nonprofit with the $14 million annual budget is financially stable, Boyle said.

Unlikely Icon Homeboy Industries helps former gang members and atrisk youth through job training and job placement services, including its well-known bakery, its silk screening business, its Homegirl Café restaurant and another eatery at City Hall.

The program also offers free tattoo removal services and classes in anger management, parenting and substance abuse to about 400 people a day. In total, about 15,000 people a year

access Homeboy services.

About one-third of the budget comes from the businesses.

The rest is secured through donations and grants.

Over the past 25 years, there has been another unlikely twist.

Homeboy Industries has turned Boyle into an icon. He has authored a New York Times bestseller, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. He’s served on the State Commission for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National Youth Gang Center Board. He has received honorary degrees, the California Peace Prize and was named

Humanitarian of the Year by Bon Appetit magazine.

Still, for those who work in some troubled Los Angeles neighborhoods, the accolades are a far second to what Boyle does each day.

“Homeboy is like that lighthouse that brings in resources and provides safety to many of our kids who are lost in the dark or fall into the cracks of the educational system,” said City Councilman Ed Reyes, whose First District includes the Homeboy Industries headquarters. see Homeboy, page 13

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Around Town Continued from page 2 can learn about the Connector and raise any concerns during three community meetings Metro is hosting this week. The sessions will cover topics such as construction plans and station designs. The first meeting, to discuss the station at Second Street and Broadway, is slated for 6-8 p.m. on Monday, June 3, at the Deaton Auditorium at the LAPD headquarters at 100 W. First St.; the station at Second and Hope streets will be the focus on June 4 from 6-8 p.m. at the Central Library at 630 W. Fifth St.; a third meeting that will focus on the portion of the route that will traverse Flower Street through the Financial District is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on June 5 at the Central Library (a meeting regarding the station at First Street and Central Avenue in Little Tokyo took place last week). Additional information about the project is at metro.net/regionalconnector.

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good firefighter should have several qualities.

He or she needs courage to enter a burning building, strength to carry the heavy gear and dedication to be able to handle the long shifts.

Then there’s a much-appreciated asterisk: cooking skills good enough to feed a station.

“I don’t think people realize how seriously the fire stations take cooking,” said Juliet Brandolino, event coordinator for the Los Angeles Fire Department Widows, Orphans and Disabled Firemen’s Fund.

Brandolino would know, as her organization stages the annual Hope for Firefighters, a fundraiser that includes some serious cooking competitions. Hope for Firefighters takes place Thursday, June 6, from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Hope Street between Third Street and Hope Place.

About 7,000 people are expected to attend the 16th annual Downtown event, which is aimed at thanking the men and women of the LAFD and raising more than $100,000 for the charity. The afternoon includes muster games, in which corporate teams compete in a series of firefighter-related physical challenges, raffles and the sale of LAFD merchandise.

Then there are the food booths, with meals prepared by firefighters from more than 25 stations. In addition to raising cash, the fire personnel are competing in the Best Dessert and Best Food competitions. The winners earn a plaque, though the bragging rights may be the real prize.

“The firefighter culture is very competitive with each other,” Brandolino said. “It’s all in good nature, but they are very competitive.

Serious Skills For firefighter/paramedic Rico Gross of Fire Station 60 in North Hollywood, cooking is about feeding the station, but also family pride.

“My whole family is made up of chefs,” said the 12-year veteran, who last year teamed with firefighter Tai Trinh to cook up the Asian Fusion Tapas Tacos that won the Best Food category.

Gross said he’s been cooking as long as he can remember, and when his station commander last year asked him to step up for the Downtown competition, he was eager. He and Trinh, whose family also works in the food industry, decided to blend their talents.

“He did an Asian short rib and I did a basil garlic shrimp and we put them in tacos with the condiments,” Gross said. “We put one of each on a plate, so you have the yin-yang tacos.”

Gross marinated his shrimp in lemon and orange juice for about 48 hours, then grilled them on a mesquite open flame with a bit of a honey lime sauce. The secret weapon was a chipotle-based sauce.

Trinh marinated his short ribs for four days in a secret sauce he got from his parents.

“He still won’t give me the recipe for that sauce,” Gross marveled.

The tacos brought the victory plaque to Fire Station 60. But just like hockey’s Stanley Cup, it has to be passed on to the next winner.

So Sweet Normally, firefighter Jose Rodriguez tries to turn down the heat. However, when it comes to his Deep Fried Oreos, which grabbed the Best Dessert plaque last year for Fire Station 12 in Highland Park, it is all about getting things hot and then experimenting “We started deep frying everything, from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to cheese sticks,” said Rodriguez, who is now a member of Fire Station 50 in Los Feliz.

Rodriguez considers himself a novice cook, but a very serious competitor.

The entire station participated in a daylong taste test last year to decide what deep-fried concoction they would enter.

The Oreos were the hands-down winner.

“Then we just had to play with the recipe a little, and before you know it we had it dialed in,” said the five-year LAFD veteran. “We used a waffle batter that worked out perfectly and a little bit of vanilla for the decorative part with whipped cream, powdered sugar and syrup.”

Neither Gross nor Rodriguez will try to defend their title this year. Instead, they’re passing the whisk and knives to other chefs in their stations.

Like Gross, Rodriguez said the best thing about having the plaque is the bragging rights.

“Every time there’s an argument about the kitchen, you can’t argue with the plaque,” Rodriguez said.

Hope for Firefighters is Thursday, June 6, from 11:30 a.m.2:30 pm. on Hope Street between Third Street and Hope Place.

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Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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It would also instantly make Brookfield Downtown’s biggest office landlord.

Considering the high vacancy rate, Brookfield is likely approaching the deal with a long-term view, said Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist for the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.

“If you’re looking to invest in Downtown L.A. it’s best to do that when the market is under the greatest stress, when vacancies are at their highest levels,” Kleinhenz said. “So from a business perspective, it was an opportune time for Brookfield to step in and get a good deal knowing that over the long run they’re going to be able to fill that space.”

Pricing Power Under terms of the pending deal, which is valued at about $450 million, Brookfield and a team of unnamed institutional investors will take over Wells Fargo Center, KPMG Tower, the Gas Co. Tower and 777 Figueroa.

“These aren’t just four office buildings,” said Steve Marcussen, executive director at Cushman & Wakefield. “They’re the best of the best.”

Brookfield entered the local market in 2006 when it spent $4.8 billion to acquire the firm Trizec Properties. That gave it control of Downtown’s Bank of America Plaza, 601 S. Figueroa and Ernst & Young Tower, as well as the FIGat7th shopping center.

Today, those buildings run the gamut in terms of occupancy. Vacancies in Bank of America Plaza, Ernst & Young Tower and

601 S. Figueroa and are 5.6%, 17% and 27.4%, respectively.

The proposed MPG deal calls for the creation of a new ownership entity titled DTLA Holdings. Brookfield, which will own 47% of the fund, will manage the properties. It values the new fund at about $1.15 billion, which includes the company’s $410 million in equity in its three existing Downtown office towers, according to a Brookfield statement.

Some expect that the MPG acquisition will jolt the market in a positive way. Office building owners have worried that an outside investor could buy MPG’s assets, then lower prices to lure tenants. That strategy wouldn’t line up with the goals of Brookfield, which as a Downtown owner is just looking to build value, Marcussen said.

“This is the best outcome that ever could have happened with MPG,” he said, adding that he expects Brookfield to invest in upgrades in the new properties in a way that MPG, with its strangled cash flow, could not afford.

With such a sizable portion of the best office product in its control, Brookfield would also be in a position to buoy pricing, said Nelson Rising, who served as CEO of MPG from 2008-2010 before resigning. Today, average rents for Class A space is about $35.66 per square foot per year, or just under $3 a month.

“Clearly owning that much of the institutional quality office space Downtown gives them some degree of pricing power,” said Rising, who last year launched Rising Realty Partners, a Downtown venture focused on acquiring and managing creative office properties. “In that sense it might be a very smart move.”

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He noted that Brookfield’s purchase gives the firm a potentially powerful role.

“Clearly owning that much of the institutional quality office space Downtown gives them some degree of pricing power,” he said.

Pershing Square Building, to go after so-called creative office tenants that value common space and open-air layouts over the traditional cubicle grids and corner offices.

Those landlords are largely trying to pry technology companies, Internet start-ups and fashion design entities away from Santa Monica and the Westside, where rental rates and occupancy levels are higher.

Real as it may be, the recent emphasis on creative office space is a trend that poses little competitive threat to Downtown’s top quality skyscrapers, Marcussen said.

“People with blue hair and facial jewelry who want to bring their dogs to work, that’s a trend,” he said. “If the windows leak and the air conditioning doesn’t work, [the trend] doesn’t matter. Tenants want parking, elevators and air conditioning. These buildings have it.”

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Small Signs While the key sectors that traditionally fill Downtown’s office towers are seeing only mild recoveries, some recent data could indicate a growth trend.

In 2012, L.A. County saw just 31,000 office jobs created, said Peter Muoio of real estate research firm Auction.com, However, he said that in February and March of this year alone, 35,000 new office jobs materialized in the county.

“All of a sudden it’s gone from a slow, moderate pace of adding office users, to at least over last two months a real shot in the arm,” Muoio said.

Still, the jobs market has a ways to go before anyone pronounces a recovery. Before the recession, there were 247,000 people employed in the financial activities field in L.A. County, according to the LAEDC. At the end of 2012, the count stood at 210,000.

The professional and business services category (think accountants, law firms and consultants) is down from 605,000 to 567,000 jobs during the same time frame. Government, another key Downtown employment sector, dropped from 596,000 to 557,000 jobs.

Some office market watchers say that as employment improves, the rate at which cubicles get filled will be slower than in previous real estate cycles. That’s because this time, office culture is changing. Technology is increasingly allowing companies to use less space more efficiently, said Kleinhenz of the LAEDC. That trend is in part what has spurred Rising, as well as firms like Evoq Properties and developer Jeffrey Fish of the

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Bowling Continued from page 1 sat behind a large metal roll-down door, had been empty for more than a decade. Other past occupants included a Coco’s restaurant.

According to a 1992 article in the Los Angeles Times, Little Tokyo Bowl opened with the mall in 1985. It closed on a Saturday in October of 1992 without much fanfare or explanation.

When the original bowling alley closed at the complex then called Yaohan Plaza, it was home to dozens of leagues. Brian Kito, a longtime Little Tokyo business owner and a member of one of those leagues, recalled a simple, no-nonsense facility with a store that sold some bowling accessories.

“It served a really good purpose back then and a lot of people really missed coming there when it closed,” he said.

Kito hasn’t been to X Lanes yet, but he plans on taking his 12-year-old son soon.

When he does, his son will see a very different place than where his father bowled.

The Approach The renovation transformed the cavernous space into a club-like venue illuminated by more than 3,000 colorful LED lights. A wide hallway leads to the restaurant on the right side. Just past the restaurant door, the view opens to reveal the entire space, which can hold 1,300 people.

A sort of restaurant patio area sits above the hallway. There are circular ottomans between tables and chairs, allowing people to hang out and watch the bowlers. Behind glass walls is a banquet room. Next to that is an open area where the pool tables are located.

As with seemingly every modern bowling alley, there are high-tech touches and comfortable decor. At the top of the lanes, players

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sit on vinyl brown and red curved couches that flank short glass tables. Bowling pins serve as the base for the tables.

Bowling costs $4.50 to $6.50 per game depending on time and day (weekends are more expensive). Shoe rental is $4 for adults and $3 for kids.

Projection screens at the end of every lane can broadcast sporting events or be programed with abstract images and lights that are synchronized with the music that comes from the more than 200 speakers in X Lanes.

Above the projection screens are dozens of flat screen TVs. Brightly colored bowling balls are stacked at one end of the bowling area.

The sports bar is also filled with LED lights that change colors. The arcade area is jammed with a mix of games, everything from pop-a-shot basketball hoops to skeeball

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to video games.

In the center of it all is a cylinder-like structure that stretches to the roof. It’s called the Homerun area, and is where people can rent shoes. It is also where X Lanes staff operate the lights, music and TVs. “It kind of has a UFO look to it, but we wanted to have a focal point here,” Moses Chun said.

Craig Ishii, the 28-year-old executive director of the Little Tokyo-based Kizuna, an organization that works to encourage activism in Japanese American youth, said the bowling alley is exciting news for Little Tokyo.

“Little Tokyo is evolving, and as much as we talk about preservation in Little Tokyo, it doesn’t always mean keeping it the same.

This will bring a level of vitality to Little Tokyo,” he said.

Mall Makeover Although bowling is the most noticeable addition to the mall, it is neither the first nor the last arrival.

About three years ago, the Pho Shop opened on the third floor. In 2011 it was joined by Manna Korean BBQ. In December an outpost of Tom N Toms Coffee, a Koreabased chain, opened on the ground floor of the shopping center near the Third Street entrance.

There are holdovers to the past, though some of those have seen change. The su-

permarket in the building today is a Woori Market, part of a Korean grocery chain. It succeeded the Little Tokyo Market Place, which itself had replaced the former Japaneseoriented Mitsuwa Marketplace.

Jay Chun said three more restaurants may come to the mall, but there is no timeline yet on when they would open. He would not identify them. He said that plans to create a permanent space for Wolvesmouth, a dinner series run by popular young chef Craig Thornton, did not come together.

Although the new bowling alley is modern and bright, the exterior of the mall remains gray, dull and, yes, fortress like.

Chun said the owners are planning to liven it up a bit, and will spend about $300,000.

That will bring cosmetic changes that may include new materials placed on the walls to break up the dull design.

While that may be more limited than what some neighbors want, Chun said that after years of relative quiet in the building, people are really surprised by what has arrived.

“I’ve been saying that if you come in here and I don’t get a ‘Wow’ from you, I will buy you dinner,” he joked.

He hasn’t bought anyone dinner yet.

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Homeboy Continued from page 7 It hasn’t always been an easy ride for Boyle, who was born in Los Angeles and is one of eight children. He received a BA in English from Gonzaga University and theology degrees from the Weston School of Theology and the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. He taught high school and then became a prison chaplain, first at the Islas Marias Penal Colony in Mexico and then at Folsom Prison.

In 1986 he was appointed pastor of the Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights. Two years later, he started a small school at the church to help kids who had been thrown out of school.

Those kids began asking for work, Boyle recalled. That’s when the Jobs for a Future program, which led to Homeboy Industries, was started at the parish. Yet there was an immediate problem: Many employers were hesitant to hire tattooed former gang members.

So Boyle opened a small bakery in a warehouse across the street from the church. It was followed by a tortilla stand at Grand Central Market in Downtown. People took notice and Boyle soon became known for the mantra, “Nothing stops a bullet like a job.”

Tough Sell Boyle said the first decade of Homeboy Industries was the toughest. He recalled that many city and law enforcement officials doubted his theory about stopping gang violence through employment. Some accused him of being an apologist for hardcore gang members.

Now, he said, things have changed.

“In the past 25 years we’ve moved as a county from a place that demonized and thought we could make progress by getting tough and incarcerating [gang members],” he said. “I think most would agree that in large part it’s due to Homeboy Industries.”

Indeed, the last quarter century has seen a major shift in combatting gangs in Los Angeles, with numerous politicians and others coming to the conclusion that L.A., to use a popular phrase, can’t arrest its way out of the problem.

Not only is widespread incarceration impractical, it’s also expensive, say advocates of intervention programs. According to figures provided by Homeboy, the state and county spend $150,000-$200,000 to incarcerate a minor for one year, while jailing an adult for a year costs about $65,000. Meanwhile, employment and support services at Homeboy Industries run approximately $35,000 per trainee per year.

It makes practical sense to Reyes, whose district has historically been a hotbed of gang activity.

“We all need to understand how much we save in avoiding more individuals in jail and in the prison system,” Reyes said. “It not only saves us money, but without Homeboy Industries more bullets would find their targets.”

There was another tough period, though ironically, it was spurred by Homeboy’s success. In 2007, Boyle moved the organization out of Boyle Heights and into a sparkling $8.5 million facility in Downtown on Bruno Street.

While the change was a positive, Boyle acknowledged that the organization did not factor in enough money for operations when he embarked on the capital campaign to build the project. The mistake was compounded by the recession, which led to a slowdown in donations.

The plunge proved impossible to stop. On May 13, 2010, during an event at the Central Library to promote his book, Boyle shocked the audience by saying that a $5 million budgetary gap was forcing Homeboy to lay off 300 of its 400 employees.

The recovery has been slow, but after a series of fundraisers and contracts with the county to provide services, Homeboy now employs 280 people. It’s a comeback, if still short of the 400 jobs before the downfall.

“We’re still here, but it’s always a struggle,” Boyle said.

It would be more of a struggle for gang members to leave the streets without the help of Homeboy Industries, said Luis Rodriguez, who chronicled Los Angeles gang life in the 1993 book Always Running. Rodriguez, a frequent Homeboy volunteer who lectures and leads writing workshops, said one of the organization’s primary accomplishments has been to show that caring can make a difference.

“I think a lot more people are now getting it that if you don’t care, you throw these kids away. That does not work,” he said. “A lot of people want to do good things, but making it happen, especially against great odds, when the money isn’t always there isn’t easy.”

Boyle isn’t sure what the next 25 years will bring. He was diagnosed with leukemia nine years ago. It is in remission now, or, as the homeboys call it, “intermission.”

These days, with the organization fully staffed, Boyle said he doesn’t really run the place anymore. He said Homeboy Industries will continue after he is gone.

Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

Before a financial downturn in 2010, Homeboy Industries employed about 400 people, including jobs at its bakery.

Cutbacks meant 75% of the positions were eliminated. Today, the organization has about 280 workers.

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CALENDAR Blood, Guts and Toasted Marshmallows Campout Inspired by Slasher Films Comes to State Park

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os Angeles State Historic Park is a quiet, peaceful place when there aren’t any concerts happening. But this weekend, the sounds of birds chirping will be exchanged for humans screaming.

No one will actually get hurt, but if all goes according to plan, there will be plenty of fear, as well as copious amounts of fake blood.

The Great Horror Campout, orchestrated by Ten Thirty One Productions, unfolds over 12 hours at the park on the edge of Chinatown. The event, inspired by 1980s slasher films, starts with horror movies and bonfires. Then things go terribly wrong for the campers at each of the two events.

“No matter what, it will be scary,” said event creator Melissa Carbone, president of Ten Thirty One Productions.

The campout has two installments, one from Friday, June 7, to the following morning, and the next one on Saturday night into Sunday morning. It aims to put guests in the middle of a real life horror film with creatures, killers and kidnappers operating in the 32-acre park. There is also a macabre scavenger hunt.

“Our company tries to create an attraction in an environment that hasn’t been done before,” said Carbone, whose company also stages the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, held each October at Griffith Park. “There hasn’t been an experience when someone can go overnight and the action doesn’t end.”

The $149 event (it includes dinner, breakfast and the overnight stay) starts at 8 p.m. with check-ins and tent assignments. There are four people per tent. Those who fly solo or arrive with less than three friends will be paired with others.

After viewing some recently released horror movies — Mama, Dark Skies and Come Out and Play — campers can join the Hell Hunt. The late-night excursion will have people trek through the park and take part in rituals including a voodoo ceremony. Organizers warn that monsters and other creatures will be roaming about.

The Hell Hunt is an optional activity, though Carbone said it is also the most intense way to spend the night. Campers who opt for a more tranquil evening (which begs the question, why go on a horror campout?) can stay in the ground’s “safe zone,” where they can watch the movies and hang out with others by their tents.

Then again, Carbone points out that even a “safe zone” is a relative thing.

“There will always be things lurking around,” Carbone said. “Someone can open your tent while you’re dead asleep and just pull you right out. In fact, we’re counting on people falling asleep. That’s when we’ll ruin them the most.”

Carbone recognizes that, if things go right, the campout may get too intense for some guests. With that in mind, they’ve taken precautions, including creating a “safe phrase” for those who want the terror to stop.

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Organizers of the Great Horror Campout hope to treat guests to a hellacious 12-hour experience at Los Angeles State Historic Park.

The event with horror movies and a “Hell Hunt” is this weekend.

Then again, screaming the safe phrase might just cause someone to die… of embarrassment.

“If it’s too much, all you have to do is yell out, ‘I want my mommy,’” Carbone said.

Consider yourself warned.

The Great Horror Campout is June 7-9 at Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St. or greathorrorcampout.com.

Downtown Goes Indie Jubilee Festival Brings More Than 50 Bands, Comedians and Poets to the Arts District

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he Arts District is known for its creative culture. This weekend, it will be even more creative than usual, as it fills with more than 50 bands, comedy acts and poets on four stages.

Approximately 10,000 people are expected to throng a warehouse complex near Sixth Street and Santa Fe Avenue for the Jubilee Music and Arts Festival. The event, which had been held in Silver Lake since its 2010 founding, is moving to Downtown Los Angeles for the first time.

“There’s going to be so many cool bands and it’s just overall a cool experience,” said Jack Martinez of the Los Angeles Arts and Athletics Alliance, which is producing the event.

Jubilee, which moved Downtown so crews could have more space and time to set up, runs Friday, June 7, from 3 p.m.-2

a.m. and June 8 from 2 p.m.-2 a.m. As in Silver Lake, the action will take place on four stages called Sunset, Hoover, Santa Monica and Myra.

The Friday headliners are Atlanta outfit Black Lips, which takes the Sunset stage at 10:45 p.m. Getting top billing on Saturday is Brooklyn indie rockers The Drums, known for mixing upbeat pop songs with darker, introspective tunes.

The band recently released its second album, Portamento.

The indie-rock leaning lineup includes a number of local acts, among them Incan Abraham, which in addition to having numerous Downtown performances on its resume was highlighted by Time magazine at the 2011 South by Southwest festival.

The group takes the Hoover stage Friday at 6:55 p.m.

Another local highlight is Afro-pop band see Jubilee, page 24

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Atlanta outfit Black Lips will headline Friday’s lineup at the Jubilee Music and Arts Festival. The event continues through Saturday.

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An Ugly History in Black and White Powerful ‘Scottsboro Boys’ Uses Song, Dance and a Minstrel Show

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instrel shows performed in blackface are part of a blatant racist history that modern America tries to push into a shadowy corner. Yet rather than ignore the ugly past, John Kander and Fred Ebb, in their last musical, shined a spotlight on a horrible incident 82 years ago.

The show is the powerful and imaginative The Scottsboro Boys. A version directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman recently opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. It runs through June 30.

Kander and Ebb (with a book by David Thompson) are not the first team to tackle tough issues on stage, but part of their legacy stems from the way they do it. Sharp cynicism and gallows humor set to traditional show tunes is a wickedly shrewd and original way to grab audiences and take them on a ride into self-discovery. Unlike their previous hits Chicago and Cabaret, Scottsboro Boys blew through Broadway, earning 12 Tony nominations (no wins) and decent reviews, despite a paltry 78-performance run in 2010.

Perhaps the imprisonment of nine young African Americans in Alabama after a false rape accusation made by two white women is not as palatable as Chicago’s crimes of passion, lust and greed. Whatever the case, this 100-minute intermission-less balancing act between dark humor and earnest emotion finds laughs where they don’t belong and tears where they do.

Like the Taper’s current remarkable revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and

Gone (the first time both venues simultaneously have featured mostly African American casts), The Scottsboro Boys examines part of the black experience in early 20th century America.

This story, however, is based on fact, using the racist convention of a minstrel show as a framing device, complete with an iconic Southern gentleman host (an energetic 82-year-old Hal Linden, the only white cast member), and his purposefully buffoonish sidekicks, Mr. Bones (Trent Armand Kendall) and Mr. Tambo (JC Montgomery).

Following a traditional, upbeat “Minstrel March” and “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!” the ensemble presents a story, vowing this time to try something unusual by telling the truth. As an aside to the audience, Bones and Tambo reveal that while they’re about to use a variety of comic bits, including outlandish impersonations and cornball jokes, the story’s not actually funny.

Nine boys, aged 13-19, were pulled from a train in 1931 Alabama, accused of rape. They were hastily convicted by a stacked jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair. Yet instead of being executed, the teens, most of whom were strangers at the outset, toiled through subsequent trials, becoming a cause celebre for civil rights activists. The boys care less about the limelight than they do about going home.

The de facto leader of the boys is Haywood Patterson (Joshua Henry), whose persistence for justice focuses on the show’s primary subtext of the physical and emotional pain that can accompany telling the truth. At a key point, Haywood is told he will be pardoned by the governor if he admits to the rape. He refuses.

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(l to r) Mr. Bones (Trent Armand Kendall) and Mr. Tambo (JC Montgomery) are part of a strong cast in The Scottsboro Boys, now at the Ahmanson Theatre.

“There goes your freedom, son. There goes your freedom,” the Governor (Linden) says.

Haywood responds, “In my mind I’m free.”

Through it all, The Lady (C. Kelly Wright) serves as a lone, silent female presence, being influenced by the action of the boys.

The talented ensemble is highlighted by a trio of exciting performances. Montgomery and Wright deliver the goods with the unenviable task of making jokes out of uncomfortable situations.

The standout is Henry. As Haywood, he harnesses everyone’s anger and unleashes it through powerful songs, in particular “Nothin,’” where the show coalesces in an instant as Henry transforms into the racist stereotype of a minstrel performer as he sings

“I haven’t done nothin,’” only to morph back to himself, intensifying the line’s meaning.

Stroman’s deft direction and period-authentic choreography proves that a minimal set (designed by Beowulf Boritt) dressed with little more than a few chairs is all that is needed when armed with a taut book and memorable songs.

Ebb died in 2004 while working on Scottsboro Boys, and the show was completed

by Kander. It’s never going to be considered their signature work, but more productions like this one should continue to raise its reputation to the level it deserves.

The Scottsboro Boys runs through June 30 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-4400 or centertheatregroup.org.

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Thursday, June 6 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at Aloud Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth ST., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org.

7:15 p.m.: Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates the release of her novel Americanah, the follow-up to the award winning Half a Yellow Sun.

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Friday, June 7 Great Horror Campout Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St. or greathorrorcampout.com.

June 7, 8 p.m.: A 12-hour horror fest with scary movies, bonfires, a macabre scavenger hunt and people dressed as monster scaring the bejeezus out of everyone. Sleep in a tent and watch people go “Boo!” Also June 8, 8 p.m.

Tangle FIGat7th, 735 S. Figueroa St., (213) 955-7150 or figat7th.com.

June 7, 5 and 7 p.m., June 8, 1, 3 and 5 p.m. and June 9, 1 and 3 p.m.: During this kid-friendly interactive experience, participants are given a ball of soft elastic to weave through 24 poles.

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sunday, June 9 Mark Edward at Last Bookstore Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.com.

4 p.m.: The renowned psychic and author of the book Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium will stop by for a live demonstration of “psychic entertainment.”

Natural History Museum 100th Birthday Bash NHM, 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO or nhm.org.

9 a.m.-11 p.m.: A day-long celebration of a century of naturalism with guided tours, kids activities, lectures and outdoor concerts featuring Devo and GZA/The Genius.

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saTurday, June 8 The History of Bread Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium: 630 W. Fifth St., (323) 663-5407 or chscsite.org 10:30 a.m.: William Rubel will lead the talk “Song of the Wheat: The History of Bread, Grains and Leavenings from Pre-history to Today.” It’s more mind nutrition from the Culinary Historians of Southern California.

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Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com.

June 4: Jam Session hosted by Dan Schnelle.

June 5: Scott Jeppesen Group with John Daversa, Josh Nelson, Larry Koonse, Dave Robaire and Dan Schnelle.

June 6: Blue Cranes and Dylan Rand Sand.

June 7: Put your hands together for the Kandinsky Effect.

June 8-9: Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble live recording.

Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or

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June 3, 7 p.m.: Ooh baby, June’s residents include well-honed synth R&B trio King and the smooth sisterly seasonal appropriate rock of Summer Twins.

June 4, 8 p.m.: South of France’s thick jellylicious slabs of dream pop promise to pleasure your aural faculties.

June 5, 7 p.m.: The Downtown News’ cognitive dissonance alarm was sounded upon reading performer Mikhael Paskalev’s band bio professing his “pop music with roots in indie and alternative country rock” style.

June 6, 8 p.m.: You wouldn’t know it for the bright and optimistic sheen of their synthetic musings, but Trails and Ways are from Oakland.

June 6, 11 p.m.: The house music will flow like Jonestown Kool-Aid as Vibes, Branded James, Calcat and J99 spin.

June 7, 8 p.m.: Ever coy Vermonter Sam Amidon was raised by folk musicians. Check the merch stand for some sweet raw milk.

June 8, 7 p.m.: Un**** the World Day features representatives from some of your favorite charities along with entertainment by the likes of Jonny Kaplan & The Lazy Stars, Jesse Green and Symmetry.

June 9, 8 p.m.: If the poster for the Reflection’s album release show is any indication, you can expect a grossly distorted version of a naked woman in center stage.

Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or broadwaybar.la.

June 6, 10 p.m.: HM Soundsystem would love to be a father figure to you, but for now they’ll have to content themselves with being your electronic music gurus.

Casey’s Irish Pub 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com.

June 7, 10 p.m.: We’re unsure if June residents Kind Hearts and Coronets have either, but you have an entire month of Fridays to unravel that mystery.

June 8, 10 p.m.: Draemings is music for those attempting to pull off the fur coat/floppy hat look in public.

Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or clubnokia.com.

June 7, 8 p.m.: While we’re discussing outmoded cultural concepts, Five Iron Frenzy is a Christian ska band.

Conga Room 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-0162 or congaroom.com.

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We all know how that turned out. On Friday, June 7, he returns for a more celebratory occasion. Clinton will be part of an event called “Celebrate L.A.,” which will take place on the west steps of City Hall and in Grand Park from 5-10 p.m.

It’s a big lineup, with everything from the ex-pres to free nachos to Wanda Sykes to performers from the Silver Lake Conservatory of Music to Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti. Best of all, it’s free. Of course, there are food trucks too. And outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

At Grand Park and City Hall, (213) 365-0605 or celebratela2013.com.

June 6, 9 p.m.: El Combo de Colombia, a live orchestra experience from down Bogota way.

Escondite 410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com.

June 3, 10 p.m.: Yonatan and Friends: cult name, improvised jazz sounds.

June 4, 10 p.m.: Bunny West and Boom Boom Boom are easily your best shot at forgetting it’s Tuesday.

June 5, 10 p.m.: For the Kings.

June 6, 10 p.m.: Familiar faces and bold new

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REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

June 7-8, 8:30 p.m.: The late great American composer Harry Partch designed a custom Marimba Eroica. It was big and bold and this week you too can see his Grammy nominated apostles in the Harry Partch Orchestra give the Eroica a whirl.

Redwood Bar and Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 652-4444 or theredwoodbar.com.

June 3: Sleeping Car and Deejay F-Boy. June 4: Sex Wolf. Yes, someone chose that name for a band.

June 5: Dirty Mamas.

June 6: Dave Gleason Trio.

June 7: Hollywood Blues Destroyers.

June 8: Des & the Cendents, Sinner Sinner and Lightnin’ Woodcock.

June 9, 3 p.m.: 3 Balls of Fire.

June 9: Crime Rock.

Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la.

June 3: The 213 group is happy to welcome Ron King and his quartet back for another evening of trumpety jazz. You’ll always be welcome here Ron, unless you continue to flaunt your disobedience to the dress code.

June 4: If you’re down on your luck, caught in an existential quandary or are stuck wondering how you’ll get that Wendy Greuel tattoo off, the Makers may not have the answer. However, they will lighten your heart with robust improvisational jazz (and

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June 9, 10 p.m.: Honkytonk Sabbath with RT & the 44s.

Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com.

June 7, 10 p.m.: If the rigors of a hard earned enlightenment experience aren’t your cup of tea, try the pseudo profundity of electronic transcendence with Awakening’s weekly starlet Nadia Ali. June 8, 10 p.m.: Joachim Garraud promises to treat his audience to deep cuts, heavy drops and long stares.

Jubilee Music and Arts Festival 590 S. Sante Fe Ave. or jubileemusicfest.com.

June 7-8, 3 p.m.-2 a.m.: More than 50 bands and other acts play on four stages. Black Lips headline on Friday, and Brooklyn’s The Drums get top billing on Saturday.

Nola’s 734 E. Third St., (213) 680-3003 or nolasla.com.

June 3, 8 p.m.: Cornelius Herring on piano.

June 4, 8 p.m.: Down home blues jam session.

June 5, 8 p.m.: Al Marotta.

June 5, 9:30 p.m.: Louis Van Taylor.

June 7, 7:30 p.m.: Chris Ho Band.

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The Smell 247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org.

June 7: New Life, Steppe People, Roses and Kim Free.

June 8: Santoros, Dirt Dress, Cool Ghouls and Corners.

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Through June 6: After Earth (11:20 a.m. and 12:50, 1:30, 2:10, 3:40, 4:20, 5, 6:20, 7, 7:40, 9:10, 9:50 and 10:30 p.m.); Now You See Me (1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 10:10 p.m.); Epic (12:40, 3:30, 6:30 and 9:10 p.m.); Epic 3D (1:20, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:50 p.m.); Fast & Furious 6 (11:40 a.m. and 12:20, 1, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30, 6:40, 7:20, 8, 10 and 10:50 p.m.); The Hangover Part III (11:30 and 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10 and 11 p.m.); Star Trek Into Darkness (3:20 and 10:20 p.m.); Star Trek Into Darkness 3D (11:50 a.m. and 6:50 p.m.); The Great Gatsby (12:30, 4, 7:30 and 10:40 p.m.); Iron Man 3 (1:20 and 7:50 p.m.); Iron Man 3 3D (4:40 and 11 p.m.).

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June 7, 7 and 8:30 p.m., June 8, 3 and 4:30 p.m., June 9, 8 p.m.: La Camoineta follows one decommissioned American school bus as it travels to Guatemala to be refitted and integrated into that nation’s transportation system. Smells like date night!

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Explore the remnants and wisdom of an ancient empire in Mysteries of Egypt.

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June 5, 8 p.m.: L.A. music takes the spotlight with the biopic of Richie Valens, La Bamba, as presented by the Los Angeles Conservancy in the Last Remaining Seats series.

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June 7, 8 p.m.: The musical delights roll on with the 2007 remake of Hairspray featuring John Travolta,

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June 6-8, 8 p.m., June 9, 3 p.m.: Beautiful is a solo play about a young girl, an island, and a secret told through the spoken word poetry of Jozanne Marie.

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his year, the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park turns 100. So what better way to celebrate the centennial of the storied institution than with a cocktailladen party with music from Devo and Wu Tang’s The Gza? The museum gives itself a birthday party on Sunday, June 9, with a day of family-friendly activities starting at 9 a.m. Those weave into adultfriendly activities (that’s where the cocktails, Devo and Gza come in) starting at 8:30 p.m. The centennial celebration, which will include previews of the museum’s new Nature Lab and Otis Booth Pavilion, goes to midnight.

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24 Downtown News

June 3, 2013

Celebrating 40 Years photo courtesy Incan Abraham

Jubilee Continued from page 14 Fool’s Gold, which hits the Sunset stage Saturday at 8:45 p.m.

The group, influenced by music from South Africa, Ethiopia and Eritrea, is fronted by Luke Pop, who was born and raised in Israel and sings in Hebrew.

“We want to show people what we think is cool in L.A. and expose them to stuff they maybe haven’t seen before,” Martinez said.

Live music isn’t the only form of art that attendees of the event — tickets start at $30 or are $50 for a two-day pass — can check out. The Jubilee lineup also has nearly a dozen comedians performing Friday and Saturday at 9:15 p.m. on the Santa Monica stage. After the sets, a DJ will spin dance tunes until 1:15 a.m.

There will be quieter moments as well, as Jubilee includes a mix of local and international poets.

Also at the festival will be a beer garden, artwork, a clothing sale and food trucks and booths.

Jubilee Music and Arts Festival is June 7-8 at 590 S. Sante Fe Ave. or jubileemusicfest.com.

This week’s Jubilee is expected to draw 10,000 people to a warehouse complex at Sixth Street and Santa Fe Avenue. Local act Incan Abraham is among the groups that will perform.

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