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S R A E F T S E T GREA The Invisible Bank The Los Angeles City Council has declared a state of fiscal emergency. To rescue the City from economic hardship brought on by the COVID pandemic, over 15,000 city employees are expected to agree to early retirement while others will face reduced hours, cutting about 10% of their usual salaries. According to city documents, Los Angeles has already lost more than $50 million and expects the city’s reserves in the 2020-21 fiscal year to fall below the city’s minimum target, forcing the City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee to find creative new ways to move funds from various departments to save an additional $284 million.
These spurts of creativity may include cutting back on Homeless services, Transportation, Cultural programs, Public Works, Parks and recreation and Urban forestry. However, police union reps claim police departments already taking a $150 million budget cut in July, is now affecting their ability to conduct certain vice operations and even slowing 911 response times. The City is calling on the federal government to help fortify its $6.8 billion yearly budget, at this point, and if the feds don’t come through, Los Angeles could face one of its greatest fears; a city overrun by homeless encampments, crime, street foliage, and lack of entertainment to ease the pains, placing the City of Los Angeles back in the dark ages.
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Just when you thought it wa s safe to park on the streets of Los An geles, the City announced mid-October they were going back to business as us ual, ing a frightening chill down th sende backs of wallets everywhere. Curving their ferocious appe tite for dishing out citations this su mmer, LADOT took pity on drivers during th e pandemic and relaxed its efforts when it came to clamping down on certain pa rking violations, expired registrations, unlawful travel within peek hours and gridlock zones and towing abandoned vehicles among others.
In a commendable action, LA DOT looked past its astonishing ability to meet quotas that can easily raise them up to $1.4 Billion a year simply by easin g up what many feltwere
“shark-like tactics”. But, as of Oct 22nd, the horro r continued like a bad sequel we all have to watch out for, entitled, “When meter maids attack! Pa
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Downtown’s Localita
Plant Based Badasserie Making Vegan “San-Wishes” Come True Are you a practicing vegan? Vegetarian? Plant-based Eater? Or someone who just plain appreciates some bad-ass food? If yes, then Localita – Plant Based Badasserie can make all your dreams and San-wishes, come true! Nestled right on the edge of the Fashion District, tucked in the lower level of the Academy Award Clothing building, this place is a mecca for fans of healthy, plant-packed, gourmet level food at café prices.
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The philosophies and personalities of Horos and Rosen can be seen in every aspect of their business. From the very start, they have stayed committed to the values that first drove them into the vegan, plantbased food biz. Creativity, compassion, and love guide every move they make. Like most businesses in Downtown LA and beyond, Localita has not gone untouched by COVID. Having to permanently close a Locali location in WeHo, and switch to take-out, deliveries, and catering only, they have learned to adapt quickly. Even through the tougher times, Melissa Rosen says she and her co-founder still have great hopes and dreams for the future:
“We look at the business from a solution oriented, scrappy place and are able to pivot really well in adversity because Founded by Melissa Rosen and Greg Horos we are both creatives at heart. I love a little over 8 years ago, Localita, and creating new recipes with our team. We its big sister, Locali, are disrupting and have a whole new Little Mama’s Vegan changing the world of fast-casual, vegan Comfort Food menu for the post-COVID options, one Brekkie Burrito at a time. LA. It just launched in Venice and will be Focusing on being good citizens and stewavailable at Localita in DTLA in a couple ards of the planet, Localita’s main goals of weeks.” are clear: be a sustainable and dynamic business, be responsible and compassionChecking-out Localita’s current ofate employers, love their customers and ferings, it’s easy to see why, despite the put out the most killer, quality food in pandemic, they have an epic level of popuall of DTLA. larity.
From the aforementioned, Brekkie Burrito to their Killer Quinoa Bowls, there truly are options to please all. In need of an afternoon pick-me-up!? Grab a simple but satisfying cup of coffee, a Wild-Harvested Yerba Mate or one of their infamous smoothies. Localita credits its deliciousness to having a true appreciation for high-quality ingredients and making each order with love. Setting their sights on future expansion, it may not be long until we see Localita goodies in other locales with a delivery-only model. We can also look forward to a re-launch of their vegan-packaged foods line, which could previously be found in stores in Nevada, Arizona, and right here in Southern California. Localita is truly becoming a local legend and one that we hope will be around for a long-time to come. Head on down and check-them out yourselves. The ladies who run Localita on a daily-basis, three of whom are sisters – talk about a labor of love, will surely give you a warm welcome, treat you like family and serve you a nutrition packed treat made with all the good vibes in the world. @Localita
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Serial Killing Of Our Beloved Businesses Ask anyone in February of 2020. Downtown had changed. In less than ten years, thanks to a collective effort, Downtown had quickly become the epicenter for everything new and exciting in Los Angeles. Giving people a reason to cheer, while dining and sipping cocktails on top of the highest skyscrapers, support for our City had made a comeback.
Yet, by late summer the Corona Killer had left a river of restaurant carnage in its wake. Smaller businesses incorporating food delivery apps put up a good fight. However, DTLA’s beloved businesses that most thought would last forever somehow just couldn’t outlast the killing season. Guilia’s, Bon Temps, Baco Mercat, Preux and Proper, Terroni, and ancient latenight favorite, Pacific Dining Car did not survive. Tourists attractions like, LA Live and SkySpace had also been led to slaughter but what kind of sadistic beast kills off Gizmos, a breakfast cereal store loaded with Rice Krispies and marshmallows?
Downtown seemed to have everything to offer. Luxury, fantastic food, tourism, and most importantly, hope for the fuThose with the angst to relocate like Bad ture. Son Tacos, Numaade Cafe and ChicA’s Tacos, still remain somewhere outside That was until the first appearance of the the DTLA vortex, while the rest of us live dreaded Corona Killer. in constant fear of who will be next still lingering in the mist. Even then it was impossible to foresee the unimaginable. However, beneath the crippling pressure, some of Downtown’s most beloved businesses have now disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again. The stalker first set its sights on our movie houses, nightclubs and just about anywhere crowds could gather. Fear spread quicker than the rising prices of popcorn. Then it moved on to bars and restaurants. With a sadistic recall, the Corona Killer allowed us to reopen for a bit only to taunt us again with a re-closure shortly after. Tying our hands, and binding us we were unable to move. Those who thought quickly or lucky enough to have spaces with outdoor patios like Kapoor’s Akbar, Brera Ristorante, Rappahannock Oyster Bar, and Limerick’s Tavern managed to avoid the killer’s relentless gate.
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The Blob:
Expansion of Homelessness The homeless blame game has never had its pieces stacked so high as it does now during the Covid Era.
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In the end, all roads lead to
the fact that homeless encampments have seemed to spread to almost every block, freeway underpass, alleyway, and off the beat location of our City. Grand Park was occupied by a homeless encampment over the summer. Main Street at 6th has seen an expansion of Skid Row borders, and Skid Row doesn’t look like it changed at all. Coupled with the end of hotels housing the homeless due to the pandemic, fears have amounted that Project Room Key may be forced to return their 4000 pound batch of homelessness to the streets. Like the blob, homelessness is growing and swallowing every one who’s down on their luck.
There are so many fingers pointed in different directions from The Mayor to the shelters to the homeless themselves, the hopes of ever solving the homeless issue are becoming dimmer and dimmer.
Stampede: Mass exodus The people of Downtown have taken to social media to express their mixed emotions when it comes to living in vs. leaving downtown. Those once so enamored with epic views, nightlife, and mastery culinary experiences are now pondering if they should join the hundreds of residents fed up with loud parties, rise in homelessness, closed nightlife, crime, and high rents in exchange for living in apartment houses with amenities they can no longer use due to COVID and a city they can no longer brag about.
This year count sees the City with numbers up by 16.1% to 41,290 at the same time city council members are determining if tearing down the encampments are humane without the beds to house the poor, or if the eye soar and safe walkways constitute a reason to take what’s left of the homeless people’s belongings.
Still, Downtown with all its faults manages to attract newcomers like bees to honey. Reports show just as many are moving out, many are moving in, with luxury high rises offering everything from free rents to low move-in cost. The question is, which buildings are making the tenants happiest and how to find them without knocking door to door? Companies like LOFTWAY have those answers, and soon Downtown Weekly will present 10 Great Places to Live to help make sure new residents don’t get trampled underfoot.
10 GREAT PLACES by LOGAN PATTON
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October is coming to an end which means one thing: Spooky Fiction Season. Here’s a list of 10 Great Creepy places. Although you may find they don’t necessarily fall between our borders, they all have one thing in common; miles of hidden underground passageways that lie underneath their foundations. Passageways that not only connect them to each other, but also connect them to the supernatural.
Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles
Take a look a the Central Library, conveniently located in the center of Downtown Los Angeles, and it’s plain to see. Lit candles, torches, the coiled serpent, the pyramid and sunburst and all-seeing eye; together with stars and the crescent moon, even the statue of St. John of the Apocalyptic Vision, a patron saint of the Masons, its all there, set up perfectly to bring in the New World Order.
Back in times of prohibition, the Los Angeles scene found a way to keep the liquor moving and the patrons satisfied. The use of underground pathways was efficient for transportation functioning to harbor much of the black market handling. However, these decrepit, old, eerie tunnels must have been built before prohibition seeing as most of the buildings they are under predate 1922; and if that’s The Cecil Hotel This establishment was a well-known the case, could they have been used for hotel from 1927 and has since gained a something far more sinister? Let’s just large following due to the mysterious and say, sacrifice and conjuring perhaps? at times paranormal instances since its debut most of which occur when there Ground Zero, is a cosmic happening such as a blood moon, a passing of a comet, or planarity The Los Angeles alignment. The most notable instance Public Library involved Elizabeth Short aka The Black The original Central Library opened in Dahlia who was last reported at the bar 1926 was designed by Bertram Goodhue. of the hotel before she was discovered Goodhue was a known freemason at the dismembered. The most recent case from time. Masons practiced mind control via 2013 pertains to Elisa Lam who was ancient secret symbols that are believed caught on footage in her last moments; to contain dangerous and powerful sethis footage displays Lam’s strange becrets of ancient wisdom. haviors before she was found dead in the water tank of the hotel. CONTINUED...
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The Angry Mob: protest and Riots
#SurvivingDTLA has become a raging hashtag, but for those caught in the middle of a protest gone bad, it can be the go to guide for escaping with your life, freedom or at least your business intact. It’s not just the news of “officer-involved shootings” that can whip a crowd of thousands into a frenzy. These days it can be sports fans who’ve taken to the streets in celebration too. Seems with 2020, anything can spark a violent night of rioting and looting on the streets of DTLA.
Over the last decade, DTLA has seen more than its fair share of protests, and while most have been well plotted out, welcoming demonstrations, which bring thousands of dollars in revenue to local businesses, some have cost thousands of dollars in damage. The key to whether or not a protest turns into a riot depends on two factors. The rowdiness of the crowd and their ability to adhere to the demands of the police. Celebrate the game or protest injustice if you must, but upsetting the police or attacking public or private property is a sure-fire way to give the police a reason to switch “crowd control”
into something called “Full Blown Tactical Alert”, complete with flashbangs, rubber bullets, tear gas and mass arrests.
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artS & cULTURE community made 4-Day Shoe making Workshop.
Class is in session! Join us for a fun (and safe!) four-day shoemaking workshop, where you will get to craft your own shoe from start to finish. All materials are included in the price of the course. 584 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
The Downtown Flea Returns!
Back in action, the most sought after artisan lot in DTLA! 40,000 square feet of creativity located on Hope and 10th Street next to the Packard Lofts. FREE! Pet friendly and now featuring Rock The Flea! Streaming live - Each week will showcase an emerging band.
Taqueando takeover
an all-you-can-eat taco tasting festival featuring traditional and innovative chefs from Southern California, Mexico, and beyond—held its first annual event in June 2019. 1850 Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
virtual events Olvera Street Virtual Dia de los Muertos
Due to COVID, Olvera Street is unable to have our usual festivities, but they hope you will join them online on November 1 at 6:00pm for this beautiful celebration. diadelosmuertos2020.com
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The People Concern: Domestic Violence in Our Community
The People Concern for a candid discussion of domestic violence in our community with experts and survivors. Panelists will share an overview of domestic violence, explain the systemic barriers victims face when fleeing abusive relationships, discuss the resources available, and offer tips for support @thepeopleconcern.org
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NETFLIX &CHILLS MOVIE REVIEW BY DIANA KING
Home school is scary enough as it is. Now imagine that you are the most unpopular girl with no friends at all. The teachers really are mean to you. The principal doesn’t even know your name. And your parent really doesn’t have a clue.
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n fact, your mother is such a religious fanatic that she regularly locks you in a closet to pray. She has also neglected to tell you about the birds and the bees. These are the events that sets the horror classic, Carrie, in motion. Released 40 years ago, Carrie still is still the queen of horror.
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CARRIE This was the first movie based on a Stephen King book. In fact, this was King’s first published novel, though it was the fourth one he had written. Carrie was based on a composite of two girls he had known – one was a fellow student and the other was a student when he was an English teacher. He initially didn’t like the first few pages he had written and threw them in the trash. Fortunately, his wife Tabitha fished them out and encouraged him to finish the book. It’s a good thing for all of us horror fans that he did. At the time, he was living in a trailer and had his phone disconnected to save on costs. He had to receive a telegram that Carrie had been picked up for publication and the rest is history. Carrie is also the film that arguably launched Brian De Palma’s career as it was his first commercial success. Some of his later films include Scarface, The Untouchables, Casualties of War and Mission: Impossible. Carrie is also
the film that launched De Palma’s first marriage. He met Nancy Allen on the set. They married in 1979 and worked together on the films Dressed to Kill and Blowout. That wasn’t the only marriage Carrie was responsible for. De Palma’s friend, Steven Spielberg would often visit the set. It was there that Spielberg met Amy Irving and they remained a couple until 1989. Carrie still looms large in pop culture lore. The film has spawned a Broadway musical, an Off Broadway revival, a sequel, a made-for-TV remake and a theatrical remake forty years later. With Halloween just around the corner, there will be the usual, annual ubiquitous showings of Carrie all over the cable universe, as well as Netflix. Sure, the clothes and hair styles are outdated, but the visceral reaction Carrie induces will never go out of style.
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Election Anxiety Proud Boys and Proud Marys promise to
keep the big wheels turning this election year, with Downtown just days away from the two most horrendous battles in history. DTLA THEATER GUIDE The first being COVID the second being the PRESENTED BY KAPOOR'S AKBAR 2020 Presidential election. JUST 1 BLOCK NORTH OF MUSIC CENTER ON GRAND AVENUE X CESAR CHAVEZ FREE PARKING W/ VALIDATION
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Lucky for us, polling stations have been set up in Downtown, for those who wish to vote. If you miss the Staples Center, here’s your chance to visit. LA Trade Tech and Grand Central Market are also set up and with GCM you can grab a bite to eat while you’re at it. The Music Center, Union Station and DoubleTree by the Hilton are extending their hospitality to voters as well. The best part, each of these locations are drop off points for the Downtown Weekly Newsprint publication. Pick up a copy for some trauma relief!
COVID 19 By far, Covid 19 tops the list of everyone’s fears when it comes to Downtown Los Angeles. If it’s not threatening to take our lives it’s threatening to take our livelihoods. Worse, there seems to be no end to the pandemic which at any time can experience a spike in deaths, leading to unforeseen shutdowns like the ones we’re seeing now in France and Germany. The moment we relax is the moment we can experience a setback, and although statistics show we may have a 99% chance of recovering if we contract the virus, the symptoms are nothing to laugh about.
Imagine not being able to breathe and having to struggle for each breath. Knowing that at least if you stay awake you may be able to muster enough strength to over exhort a breathing effort while at the same time fearing falling asleep and becoming too relaxed to keep yourself alive. Then while sleeping you’re suffering through recurring nightmares night after night that you’re being smothered or drowning. Covid is a 24-hour nightmare we all wish we can wake up from. However, if you can survive DTLA you can survive anything. Eat healthily, get exercise. If you’re at high-risk self isolate, keep a safe distance, wear the mask, wash your hands, and look out for signs that you may have been infected. And if you are - act quickly. We recommend hot teas and spices, colloidal silver, Vitamin C, and Olive Leaf Extract, but as a disclaimer, we are partygoers, not doctors. Ultimately, Downtown Weekly wishes everyone the very best and we will continue to promote a diverse and healthy DTLA.
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10 CREEPIEST PLACES & BEYOND LA BIERGARTEN’S CREEPY A** BASEMENT
LA Biergarten is well known for being one of DTLA’s beloved sports bars. Fans and hoolagans alike can cheer on their favorite teams, while enjoying a delicious selection of tapas and over 100 beers on tap. Yet, few know what lies beneath the ground floor of the Chapman building where the two story brew hall is housed. Last year, LA Biergarten gave us a sneak peak with the production of NEOTROPOLIS, a futuristic pop up that mashed together BLADE RUNNER, Cosplay, robotic service and some pretty solid drinks.
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Speaking of children, the old Bob Baker Theater was renowned for its hauntings as it was for its puppetry. The spirits associated with this theatre were known for being nice and benevolent and easily manipulated. There have also been instances of unexplained production malfunctions and puppets that have gone missing, mysteriously found in hard to reach places of the theater. More abnormally broken cell phones were noted to call members of the cast or crew in the dead of night.
Griffith Park is a popular nighttime attraction known for amazing scenery, great views of the cosmos, and well the curse that permeates through the park. While there is no specific proof to this curse, there has been physical evidence like multiple bodies from the Hillside Strangler. Other strange incidents that have transpired include sightings of Dona Petronilla who allegedly started the curse after cursing her uncle for not leaving the land to her. The uncle she killed, Don Antonio Feliz, has also reported sightings wandering close to the Old Zoo area of the park.
Pantages Theatre
Pantages Theatre is known for its haunted sightings as early as 1932, just two years after owner Alexander Pantages opened the club. This particular sighting is said to be of a woman who died after falling off the balcony during a performance. The other occurrences are supposedly linked to a robbery that happened at the venue resulting in two new apparitions: original owner Pantages, and the proceeding owner Howard Hughes. Since then some attendees have reported random cold spots and breezes, seeing shadowy figures around, as well as smelling cigarette smoke (when it’s a non-smoking theater).
As part of the interactive futurist tavern, creators offered a tour that led to the underground basement through a hidden spiral staircase. Once inside, visitors became aware of LA Biergarten’s huge hidden cavern underneath. Though parts of the worn concrete and rubble ridden cavern were decorated or dimly lit, its ruins and hidden secrets disappeared into the darkness. What lies beyond the caution tape, to this day remains a mystery.
The Millennium Biltmore
Another Downtown landmark includes The Biltmore which is known for its influence on the Overlook Hotel in “The Shining”. The most notable figure who has been seen to haunt the hotel’s halls have been the Black Dahlia herself. Beyond the layout and structure of the building, the inspiration comes from comments of an apparition of a boy wandering around the Club lounge while a young ghastly girl who resides on higher levels. Meanwhile, the ghost of a nurse allegedly wanders on the primary levels of the hotel just like the boy.
Griffith Park
Greystone Manor
Lincoln Heights Prison
The inspiration and location for films like Wes Craven’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” this prison opened up in 1951 with the intention of any other prison that we have ever seen: punishment not rehabilitation. This venue’s time as a jail has associated it with the iconic “Bloody Christmas”, when six prisoners were taken from their cells, lined up and beat for over 90 minutes by as many as 50 officers. The prison is also known for holding iconic figures Al Capone and Lucile Watson amongst others, notable figures who have been seen to haunt the prison according to films’ cast and crews who have worked on the location over the past 5 decades.
Beverly Hills is a distinguished neighborhood that is the home to Greystone Manor known for its haunted sightings of men, women, and unidentified figures all around. These hauntings can be attributed to several travesties that have happened on the grounds including murders and suicides which have been the inspiration for films like both of the “Ghostbusters”, “The Witches of Eastwick”, “Dead Ringer”, etc. The original owner One of the most renowned stories comes from the original owner Edward L. Doheny who passed it on to son E.L. “Ned” Doheny, Jr. both who are renowned apparitions in the establishment. More notable is the spirit of the woman with the specific scent of lilac perfume.
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lA DODGERS TAKE WORLD SERIES For the first time in thirty-two years, the iconic Los Angeles Dodgers have brought home baseball’s world championship capturING their first World Series since 1988. The final score in this comeback victory was 3-1.
Austin Barnes stole home on a wild pitch. Play of the game: Corey Seager hit a shot to the first baseman, who threw home late as Betts slid into home beating the throw, for what turned out to be the game winning run.
The Dodgers earned their Seventh World Series in franchise history, winning the series 4-2. The Rays made a huge mistake by taking out starter Blake Snell as the Rays were up 1-0 until the 6th inning.
Urias entered the game in the seventh inning and did not allow a hit for the final eight outs pitching a shutout. MVP of the Series-Corey Seager. “It’s been fun to be a part of” exclaimed the jubilant MVP.
Austin Barnes singled which prompted Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash to give Snell the hook. Then Mookie Betts hit a double.
Our bullpen was lights out, shutting out the Rays for the final 8 and 2/3rd of this game that will not be forgotten. Julio Urias struck out Willy Adams’s with a 97 MPH fastball. Everyone in the bullpen was dominant.
Congratulations Los Angeles Dodgers you earned it!
