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CONGRATULATIONS ON 50 YEARS!

September 26, 2022

ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR

ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR

On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, congratulations to LA Downtown News on your 50th anniversary celebration

September 26, 2022

On behalf of the City of Los Angeles, congratulations to LA Downtown News on your 50th anniversary celebration

For five decades, LA Downtown News has impacted the lives of so many readers who want the insight that only a focused publication can offer enriching our community and serving as the voice of Downtown Los Angeles

For five decades, LA Downtown News has impacted the lives of so many readers who want the insight that only a focused publication can offer enriching our community and serving as the voice of Downtown Los Angeles.

Your commitment to fair and serious journalism is unwavering and inspiring Keeping the largest city in California informed is no small task, but LA Downtown News does it with integrity and passion. In a world with an ever increasing number of distractions, being steadfast in your approach to local stories, delivered by a locally owned media source, is an incredible accomplishment

Your commitment to fair and serious journalism is unwavering and inspiring Keeping the largest city in California informed is no small task, but LA Downtown News does it with integrity and passion In a world with an ever-increasing number of distractions, being steadfast in your approach to local stories, delivered by a locally owned media source, is an incredible accomplishment.

So much of what news is and how it is delivered has changed in 50 years, but strong writing, beautiful photography, and the art of storytelling are timeless and rare There are stories in this city, of people and places, of art and politics, of hope and change, that would never be told if it were not for your compassion and dedication to Los Angeles

So much of what news is and how it is delivered has changed in 50 years, but strong writing, beautiful photography, and the art of storytelling are timeless and rare There are stories in this city, of people and places, of art and politics, of hope and change, that would never be told if it were not for your compassion and dedication to Los Angeles

Congratulations to LA Downtown News on this milestone and a half century of journalistic leadership I send my best wishes for a memorable celebration and continued success

Sincerely,

Congratulations to LA Downtown News on this milestone and a half century of journalistic leadership. I send my best wishes for a memorable celebration and continued success.

Sincerely,

ERIC GARCETTI

Happy 50th Anniversary Los Angeles Downtown News

Favorite moments from Downtown News history

By Sue Laris

Fifty years ago this week, I stood behind an immense concrete col umn outside the Federal Build ing at 300 N. Los Angeles Street, peek ing out to see if anyone would pick up a copy of a new publication launched that day. I got caught in the act by a tall, broad-shouldered man with a big smile. As he walked past my hiding place he said, “Good job!”, held up a copy of the paper and pointed to photographs on the front page.

There was one of me with my back to the camera, in shorts, on my knees, as well as one of my then husband Jim Lar is in the same pose as we painted bright yellow news racks destined to hold Civic Center News, the tabloid that had hit the streets hours earlier, a tabloid that we had created.

The year was 1972 and the first ver sion of the paper was called Civic Center News because Downtown LA at that time was predominantly the Civic Center. The name Downtown News came later as the city grew. The name LA Downtown News came even later as other cities — among them Seattle, San Diego and Washing ton, D.C. — picked up our idea and asked our permission to use the format we had developed.

The paper was started on our kitchen table by the two of us while we held oth er jobs. Unrealistically, I thought I could fit producing a newspaper into my ex isting schedule, which included teach ing English literature four nights a week at Washington Adult School, while car ing for our 3-year-old son Mike in the daytime. I was wrong. Plan A was ashcanned in less than 30 days. I had to choose. Teaching was rewarding, but I rolled the dice and chose the newspaper. Jim stayed at his job as a budget analyst for the Army Corps of Engineers so we

could pay the rent while we got the pa per off the ground.

The day the first edition hit the streets was thrilling. We’d worked for a year in our spare time to make it happen. We were young and naïve (and without funds). Further, we had not alerted the town that a new publication was launch ing; we did no advance marketing. We just placed the 40 news racks we had built in high-traffic locations throughout the Civic Center. We filled those racks — made of pressed board and hefty angle iron — with 40,000 copies of the eightpage tabloid and waited to see what would happen. The pick-up rate was slow at first, but by 11 a.m. lots of people were grabbing a copy.

The founding idea behind the paper was to humanize the city. We wanted to engage with and entertain the office workers who were stuck in cubicles with few options to explore the town, even on a lunch hour. We focused on human interest stories and humor, and we each wrote a personal column.

The first few years taught me a lot about hard work and long hours — and joy from such effort. Also bringing joy was the birth of our second son Casey in 1974 about two hours after putting a paper to bed. “Thanks for taking time out for me, Mom,” Casey later said with a wry smile. Both kids grew up great, by the way, despite the demands of their parents’ work life. The marriage didn’t survive, though. In the divorce in 1980 Jim got the house and car and I got the newspaper.

At the paper we, the staff and I, slogged our way through something like four — maybe five — recessions and several waves of enormous change in the print and web business. We went from producing the paper on a kitch en table to our first offices Downtown

on the second floor of an old building at First and Spring, one that was even tually razed and replaced with the Police Administration Building. We were direct ly across from the LA Times. My person al office faced the office of the Times’ most famous publisher, Otis Chandler. Every time I got discouraged, I’d look up and see Otis’ office, a continuing remind er to work harder. Seventeen years later, we bought a little office building about a mile west of those first offices and set tled in for the long haul.

Downtown News has gone through endless assaults by competitors who challenged us, among them the Herald Examiner, whose pitch was, “We’re going to do what Sue Laris does only better.” The Hearst Corporation that orchestrat ed the Spanish-American War was tak ing me on personally. Oh, my. Then there was the LA Times, which started a paper for Downtown and the surrounding com munities after the 1992 riots. That paper is now defunct, as is the Herald. We have also had about ten or so other competi tors that didn’t survive.

Favorite moments, in brief

you’ve printed everything there is to know about Downtown LA. What are you going to say next week?” Fifty years and millions of words later, here we are.

• Proving wrong the naysayers who said in 1985 there was nothing to do in Downtown LA, prompting staff to put to gether a list of “One Hundred Things to Do in Downtown LA,” arts and entertain ment listings. We printed a new list every week.

• Successfully making a transition from “a small-town paper for big city folks,” as we once called it, into serious journalism, with award-winning stories that uncov ered wrong-doing, fostered serious dis cussion and held politicians to account.

Executive editor Jon Regardie won mul tiple citywide and statewide awards for excellent journalism and writing year af ter year, supplemented by key awards from the same organizations for photog rapher Gary Leonard, general manager Dawn Eastin and art director Brian Alli son.

• Proving wrong the banker who, while trying not to laugh when I asked a sec ond time for a business loan of $1,400 to start the paper, said “I’ll give you this loan because I know you’ll pay it back. But this idea is not going to work.” His at titude matched what we heard from all our friends and family. But I’d grown up in Ferndale, California, where two of my favorite people owned the town paper. The idea of creating something similar for Downtown Los Angeles seemed mag ical, irresistible, and we pushed forward.

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

STAFF WRITERS: Andrew Checchia, Andres De Ocampo, Julia Shapero

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Sara Edwards, Kamala Kirk

ART DIRECTORS: Arman Olivares, Stephanie Torres

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Luis Chavez

• We beat the LA Times on key stories regularly. With our tiny newsroom staff of three (total staff was eventually 37 with five in the newsroom), we spread the news often before any other me dium about each new big project, and there were dozens of them, each one a cause for celebration even if not per fect. We chronicled Downtown as it grew into a “world city.” It was a heady time for Downtown, the focus of widespread me dia attention, and we owned it.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Myriam Santos

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherine Holloway, Michael Lamb

FOUNDER EMERITUS: Sue Laris

• Proving wrong a county attorney who said after that first issue, “OK, so now

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

DEPUTY EDITOR: Luke Netzley

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Moeller, Claudia Oliveira, Bridgette M. Redman, Jack Skelley

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Linda Carfagno, Adam DeGoss, Gary Leonard, Juan Ocampo, Anne Willia

ART DIRECTORS: Arman Olivares, Stephanie Torres

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherine Holloway (213) 308-2261

Michael Lamb (213) 453-3548

Denine Gentilella (323) 627-7955

FOUNDER EMERITUS: Sue Laris

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Our relationship with the Times was an interesting one. On the one hand there was a reporter I admired who resent

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ed the fact that we got the stories first. He went so far as to tell developers that if they gave a story to us, he would not cover it at all. Some developers were en raged at such antics and told him to take a hike.

On the other hand, the relationship with the Times was friendly, shown by this surprising event. There was an ed itor who was about to turn 40, and his colleague wanted to give him an outra geous birthday present. He thought the sight of a real live naked woman in the middle of the city during his workday was just the right thing (please ignore how sexist this is; it was 1985 and it was considered funny then). There was no way the colleague could sneak a naked woman into the Times building, so he colluded with the Security Pacific bank er on the street-level floor below Down town News. He asked the banker to per suade me to let the woman stand at the inside edge of our open window right over Spring Street, entirely visible to not only the birthday boy but all his col leagues and anyone driving or walking by. You know, now that I tell this story all these years later, I don’t think it’s funny anymore. But there it is.

• The most gratifying moment in Down town News’ history was the readers’ reac tion to learning there were children liv ing on Skid Row. Downtown News was the first publication to spread the word. Yes, we all know the wretched truth now, but then the broad assumption was that the residents of Skid Row were men down on their luck and, unfortunate ly, there was little community interest in helping them. A waitress at Hill’s Code 7 interrupted a lunch meeting with my managing editor one day to ask, “When are you guys going to cover the kids liv ing on Skid Row?” What?! She told us the disturbing story. We confirmed it and then splashed the story across our few pages. The joy is that readers rose to the moment. Cars with trunks full of clothes, shoes and Christmas presents pulled up to the front of the shelter. Donors also brought books. And money. And mor al support. It was a turning point to the community’s much deeper understand ing of Skid Row.

• On the investigative reporting front, here are two examples, by no means all: We uncovered a rare but significant shameful moment at the Music Cen ter where a fundraiser and her treasurer were keeping two sets of books, one real and one doctored to show to the board. One offender went to jail. We uncovered wrongdoing by the Convention and Vis itors Bureau. We broke stories that gave a home to heated discourse about com

• The arson fire at the Central Library in 1986 was by far the worst moment in Downtown in the past 50 years. The Cen tral Library was (and is again) a worldclass monument to literacy and architec ture. It was set aflame. Seeing it burn was wrenching, heartbreaking, something I’ll never recover from fully. It was an assault on all of us and on the world as we want to see it. Corporate leaders — and there were a lot of them in Downtown then — were moved to step forward in a big way, as did everyone who loved the iconic in stitution.

In 1972 I never could have imagined that this newspaper would outlive or have a stronger community voice than

the Downtown corporate giants that had dominated the scene in the 1980s: among others Security Pacific Bank no longer exists, nor does United Califor nia Bank. Chevron and particularly Arco were major players but faded, Bank of America had its world headquarters here but moved to North Carolina. The crip pling recession of the 1990s started the erosion. The major corporations were missed rather desperately at first, but Downtown rethought itself and flour ished without them, with Staples Center leading the way.

It’s worth noting why Downtown LA became a true city, a “world city,” one that gave me the opportunity to have a career that I loved and gave Los Ange les a more powerful world identity. The credit goes to Mayor Tom Bradley. His vi sion was the defining force that created

not only the urban skyline recognized around the world but the hundreds of thousands of jobs that go with it. May or Bradley wanted to create an employ ment center near where the 1965 Watts riots had taken place. He used the Com munity Redevelopment Agency to make that happen. He started working on it in January 1973 when he was sworn in and made it the focus of his efforts for the 20 years he was mayor. Not without con troversy, he was the most consequential mayor in the city’s history.

Thank you, Tom Bradley. Thank you, city builders, all. Thank you, readers of Downtown News. Very nice to have known you.

Sue Laris is the former editor, publish er and owner of LA Downtown News. suelaris@mac.com.

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Sue Laris in 2008.

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An evolving city: DTLA in 1972

By Luke Netzley LA Downtown News Deputy Editor

When LA Downtown News was founded in 1972 as Civic Cen ter News, Angelenos lived in a far different city to the one seen today, from the skyline above them to the very air they breathed. It was a time of po litical unrest, changing sentiment and musical celebration. It was the birth of our publication, and the first breath of a new voice speaking out for the commu nities of Downtown Los Angeles.

News

1972 was a defining year for news in Los Angeles’ history as events from the U.S. presidential election to the Vietnam War filled the pages.

The year began after LA Mayor Sam Yorty’s announcement in November 1971 that he would be running for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1972 election. When asked about Vietnam, Yorty supported the war effort and expressed his belief that Dwight Ei senhower was able to bring an end to the Korean War by the use of nuclear weapon threats.

During his tenure as mayor, Yorty had become known for being a politician

who led with emotion. His time in office spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in LA history as the Watts Riots tore through the city and the assassina tion of Robert F. Kennedy rocked the na tion.

In that time, LA had also exploded with novel development. New build ings had begun to populate the skyline, and the city’s freeway system was trans formed into one of the largest in the world. In Yorty’s words, “I was really re sponsible for building this city.”

The presidential election, howev er, did not go his way as his campaign failed to gain enough moment for a nomination and he ended his bid before June’s California Primary.

By April, protests against the Viet nam War had stolen the headlines. Re ported as one of the largest anti-war demonstrations ever held in Los Ange les, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on April 22, 1972, to voice their support for peace. The crowd eventually flowed into MacArthur Park, where a rally was organized by the Na tional Peace Action Coalition.

Los Angeles wasn’t the only city to have seen protests that day, however, as students across the nation held demon strations against the war throughout In ternational Peace Week.

While many Angelenos were protest ing the horrors of lost lives on the oth er side of the world, several scientists and health experts remained concerned about a domestic killer that had made its home in Los Angeles since the 1940s: air pollution.

In 1943, LA suffered a smog bout that was so severe many residents believed it was a Japanese gas attack as a choking haze covered the sun.

Due to the city’s location on a coast al plain surrounded by mountains, LA had become a victim of temperature in version that acted as a lid-trapping pol lutant at ground level. On particular ly heavy days, residents could be seen covering their mouths on the street and parents would sometimes keep their children home from school.

By 1972, smog had become a factor in daily life for much of the year, dispro portionately impacting lower-income communities. Today, LA’s ozone levels are 40% of what they were at the start of the ’70s.

Arts and culture

In the wake of the devastating Watts Riots during the 1960s and the mass an ti-Vietnam War protests that continued to grip the city, Los Angeles needed a moment of unity. It needed an event that could bring together communities across the city to stand in solidarity with one another, mourn the losses of the past and look optimistically to the fu ture.

On Aug. 20, 1972, in the backdrop of the Black is Beautiful movement, famed Memphis label Stax Records present ed the Wattstax Music Festival with a star-studded roster of acts like Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Bar-Kays and Albert King.

Soul singer Kim Weston rang in the festival with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before leading a group of Black youth through “Lift Every Voice & Sing,” also known as the Black national anthem.

“This is a beautiful day,” the Rev. Jes se Jackson said in his opening speech to the crowd. “It is a new day. It is a day of Black awareness. It is a day of Black peo ple taking care of Black people’s busi ness. Today we are together, we are uni fied and on one accord because when we are together, we’ve got power and we can make decisions.”

Jackson then went on to lead the crowd in a chant of the poem “I Am Somebody,” written by the Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr. One hundred thou sand people filled the Los Angeles Me

Business

In the early ’70s, DTLA was in the midst of a high-rise construction boom. The Aon Center and Bank of America Plaza projects were underway as the city’s architects began pushing the boundaries of design and structural pos sibility.

In 1972, the ARCO Plaza, currently known as the City National Bank Pla za and home to the City National Tower and Paul Hasting Tower, was completed and became the headquarters for the At lantic Richfield Company.

For one year, the plaza’s two 700-foot, 52-story office towers were the tallest buildings in LA and the tallest twin tow ers in the world until New York City’s World Trade Center opened on April 4, 1973.

By 1986, ARCO and joint owner Bank of America sold the plaza for $650 mil lion to Shuwa Investments Corp., which then sold it to Thomas Properties Group for $270 million in 2003. The complex was renamed City National Plaza in 2005 and became occupied by the Gensler architectural firm, Boston Consulting Group, Grant Thornton, City National Bank and several other acclaimed firms and organizations.

Today, the City National Plaza remains an iconic landmark in the Downtown skyline and is still home to the tallest

morial Coliseum that day in a celebra tion of Black artists and to engage in a collective healing from the scars of the ’60s and beyond through music.

LA Downtown News was founded by Sue Laris in 1972 as Civic Center News.

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The Wattstax Music Festival in 1972 brought a crowd of 100,000 people into the coliseum.

twin buildings in the country outside of New York, a testament to the architectur al innovations of the 1970s.

Dining

Before his 1972 visit to China, Presi dent Nixon lifted a 21-year-old embargo with the Communist state in 1971, allow ing trade between the two nations. New business opportunities combined with an influx of immigrants from across east ern Asia, primarily due to the 1965 Immi gration & Nationality Act’s lessening of immigration quotas as well as conflicts in Hong Kong and Vietnam, meant that LA’s Chinatown exploded in popularity and prosperity.

It was during this time that one of the most beloved culinary jewels in China town opened its door to the world: Chi nese Friends Restaurant. As one of the first non-Cantonese restaurants to open in the area in 1972, Chinese Friends’ menu consisted of orange peel spicy chicken, kung pao chicken, sizzling rice soup and many other beloved dishes.

As the years passed, the restaurant watched from its slice of Broadway as an evolving Chinatown grew and changed around it, and continued serving the lo cal community for the next five decades.

The restaurant’s final day of service was Aug. 29, 2022. A note taped to the

front door read: “We’ve had the pleasure of serving the community for 50 years, and now it is time for us to close this chapter and enjoy our retirement.”

Sports

In 1972, the Los Angeles Memorial Col iseum hosted the first “Super Bowl of Motocross,” also the first motocross race within a stadium.

On July 8, 35,000 fans entered the col iseum and watched in awe as 40 riders raced around a narrow track that be gan with a 4-foot jump on the open ing straight followed by sharp turns and jumps made of mud and sand.

The lineup of drivers included Europe an stars such as future World Champion Hakan Andersson, four-time 250cc World Champion Torsten Hallman and Swedish rider Torlief Hansen, who won the first of three motos.

Following Hansen in second place was San Diego-born Marty Tripes, who turned 16 years old just 10 days before the championship.

Swedish rider Arne Kring won the sec ond race, followed by Tripes again. In the third, Tripes fell to 10th place before mounting a life-changing comeback in the final five minutes to pass Hansen into second place.

The coliseum erupted as a California

native won the first true American super cross. The win launched the 16-year-old’s decadelong career in the sport. He went on to win 11 national championship rac es and be inducted into the AMA Motor cycle Hall of Fame.

Today, the AMA Supercross Champion ship series is wildly popular and is held in 17 stadiums across the United States and Canada.

Since 1972, DTLA has experienced so

cial, political and developmental change on a striking scale. The people of this city have had to remain resilient and strong, living a story of staggering economic and cultural growth as well as uncertain ty and turbulence.

It’s a story that LA Downtown News has sought to capture from the start, and one that we will never cease to tell.

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The 1972 “Super Bowl of Motocross” at the coliseum was the first motocross race within a stadium.

A different kind of chamber

By Claudia Oliveira DTLA Chamber of Commerce CEO/President

Residents and business owners who choose to set their roots in Down town Los Angeles can attest that experiencing DTLA daily spurs a trans formation.

One could argue that there is a before and after DTLA. When I moved to Los An geles, I landed in the beautiful Atwater Village, with Trader Joe’s, the Silver Lake Reservoir and the Bigfoot Lodge within footsteps.

I didn’t have a care in the world. Though life is quiet and easy in some parts of Los Angeles, not having a care in the world can be both good and bad.

Relocating to Downtown opened my eyes and heart to a new way of living. I lost the quiet but found my soul and my

pulse. In this decade, I saw empty streets become alive, bursting with new bigname businesses — like Whole Foods, Sephora, Apple and Vans — that serve a community that resembles a small vil lage.

Per Nick Griffin, executive director of the Downtown Center Business Im provement District, there are 170 plan ning projects in the pipeline, signifying ample growth opportunities for big and small businesses that will face the chal lenges and red tape of operating in LA’s city center.

In this caring spirit of assuring that DTLA remains a cultural and diverse hub for entertainment, shopping and lei sure came the idea to create the DTLA Chamber of Commerce. On a sunny morning after the World Series victory sports riot occurred, Kevin Litwin, COO

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Claudia Oliveira is the CEO and president of the DTLA Chamber of Commerce.

of Joe’s Parking, approached me while I was leading community efforts to clean up broken glass and graffiti after many Downtown businesses were left vandal ized.

He said he had an idea that would give these same businesses the infrastruc ture to thrive despite the obstacles they might face in the present and future.

Recently, with Litwin’s blessing and guidance, I accepted the position of CEO and president of the DTLA Chamber of Commerce, without hesitation.

I felt my current role as president of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighbor hood Council and Coro Fellowship train ing had prepared me to bring this non profit organization to completion.

Days followed, my vision augment ed, and I realized that DTLA businesses have different needs than those in oth er areas. They deserve a different kind of chamber that gives its members founda tional support beyond the usual advoca cy, educational and networking features of a normal chamber of commerce.

The DTLA Chamber of Commerce aims to provide essential perks to alleviate the

pressure and take on some of the load business owners in Los Angeles have to carry. The objective is to deliver results that could have a significant impact on the longevity of our establishments, by offering additional legal and expediting assistance, as well as concierge services. We want members to know they have someone in their corner in any process of navigating the city of LA, and the LA County, with access to a team ready to assist with light consultation.

It’s an ambitious plan that requires a team of experts to run all the programs we wish to provide to support the ar ea’s micro-economy. I decided to bring together a board that accurately rep resents the makeup of DTLA profession als, a group of “beasts.”

This team consists of local leaders, business owners, lawyers, entrepreneurs, contractors, policymakers, marketing strategists and creatives that I fondly call “Ocean’s Eleven.” Our launch is estimated to happen in the first quarter of the new year, and we are thrilled to become an asset and a champion for the Downtown Los Angeles community.

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Travel back in time in Downtown LA

By Downtown Center Business Improvement District

For most people the typical image of old-school Los Angeles includes the golden days of Hollywood or the midcentury luxury of Beverly Hills, but some of LA’s richest and oldest history hap pens to be mixed in between the skyscrap ers of Downtown LA. Unbeknownst to many, DTLA is the historic heart of modern Los Angeles and still contains remnants of LA’s 19th century birth.

While many symbols of LA’s bygone past have long since been razed, Downtown has a wealth of amazing gems just waiting for you to uncover. This history is more than just fascinating, it adds a different depth to Downtown’s identity and allows us a glimpse of what once was. So, if you’re in terested in indulging in some time trav el, here are some suggestions to get you started.

Visit some of LA’s oldest restaurants

The Original Pantry Cafe is one of LA’s oldest continually running restaurants, and if the regular block-long lines mean any thing, it won’t be stopping anytime soon. This classic diner opened in 1924 and at tracted crowds of loyal fans for their gener ous offering of free coffee to customers. Al though this tradition has sadly ended, they still serve hungry Downtowners looking for a comforting meal. Expect hearty breakfast plates loaded with griddle hash browns and fluffy pancakes and lunchtime favor ites like club sandwiches and The Pantry’s famous coleslaw.

Cole’s French Dip has been in a decade slong fight over being the originator of the iconic French dip sandwich, but one thing everyone can agree on is that it’s one of the oldest restaurants still in existence in LA. Founded in 1908, stepping into this restau rant feels like a total time warp. Pro tip — don’t miss the cocktails at The Varnish, a speakeasy bar in the back of the building.

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Check out Downtown’s historic-cultural monuments

A Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monu ment is an official designation from the Cultural Heritage Commission marking a site worthy of preservation based on a set of historic and cultural criteria. These mon uments are scattered all around the city, but a number of them are concentrated within Downtown LA with many still func tioning as they were originally intended. Here are just a few to check out:

Angels Flight Funicular is a railway sys tem that connects Bunker Hill with the lower districts and historic attractions like Grand Central Market and the Broadway movie palaces. Constructed in 1901, the fu nicular still dutifully transports passengers today for a dollar a ride. Fun fact: The two rail cars have names — Sinai and Olivet.

The Los Angeles Athletic Club is a pri vate club on Seventh Street featuring a full catalogue of athletic offerings including an Olympic-sized pool, squash courts, ex ercise classes and weight rooms. The club also houses a hotel, multiple restaurants and a co-working area. This regal space first opened its doors in 1880 and still plays host to tourists and local health-minded visitors alike. Although the club is private

property, nonmembers are welcome to visit the various bars and restaurants and the co-working spaces as the guest of a member. For those considering joining the club, day passes are available through club membership coordinators and hotel guests are welcome to use all of the club’s ameni ties during their stay.

Located off Fifth Street, The Central Li brary is the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library system. Built in 1925, its gor geous design shows influences of ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Revival archi tecture. Don’t miss the stunning Rotunda with walls featuring murals depicting Cali fornia history or the whimsical Chandeliers adorning the Tom Bradley Wing. If you’re looking for a refreshment after your sight seeing, stop by the in-house, social enter prise cafe, Skid Row Coffee. Their roast veg gie sandwich seems unassuming, but it lands in our top five sandwiches of Down town.

Grab a drink at an old-school haunt

Pre-Prohibition-era Golden Gopher is one of the oldest bars in the city, and it comes with a unique quirk. The bar’s orig inal liquor license exempts it from many current restrictions, including permitting the Gopher to sell alcohol to go — even

pre-COVID. Stop by today to check out the cozy, dive bar ambiance and shoot a game or two of pool.

Seven Grand is a whiskey bar tucked above V DTLA. Decked out in dark wood and tartan carpets, the interior evokes a 1940s cigar lounge — but be sure to take a moment to admire the building itself. Built in the 1920s, the space was originally the flagship home to Tiffany & Co competi tors Brock & Co Jewelry Company. After the company went under, LA institution Clif ton’s Silver Spoon Cafeteria moved in with a museum’s worth of antiques and oddities — including a life-size sculpture of Christ. While there are no more statues or WWIIera gas masks adorning the walls the décor still feels like a step back in time. The menu features a perfect mix of old whiskey stan dards and innovative mixology. Stop in for

an impressive daily happy hour featuring a list of delicious whiskey cocktails.

Take a walking tour

A great way to get a deeper look into the history of Downtown LA is through one of the many different walking tours within the neighborhood. These tours often follow a set theme, whether it’s a look at the archi tecture of Spring Street or a haunted histo ry tour. Some of our favorite tours are the Broadway Historic Theatre and Commer cial District Walking Tour, and the Histor ic Downtown Tour though the LA Conser vancy. Popular preservation blog Esotouric occasionally does some fascinating tours of lesser-known LA history in Downtown as well.

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The Angels Flight Funicular, built in 1901, runs between Hill Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill.

by Thomas L. Knapp

OnAug. 24, the Biden administra tion finally announced what pretty much everyone (including me) had been predicting for months: a new round of “student loan forgiveness” and an exten sion to the COVID-19-justified “payment pause.”

Quick details of the current plan: More than 40 million borrowers will receive some relief. About 20 million will have their debt completely forgiven. Individuals who earn less than $125,000 per year (or couples earning up to $250,000) will have up to $10,000 taken off their tabs. Lower-income individuals who qualified for Pell Grants are eligible for double that amount.

While the details are new, the timing was never much in doubt, because helping out existing student borrowers is the effect, not the intent, of the plan. The intent is to mo tivate 40 million voters (and their parents, spouses and children) to vote for Demo crats less than three months from now in the midterm congressional elections.

Similarly, the intent behind Republican howling over the measure is to motivate everyone who feels ripped off because they didn’t borrow money for college, or paid that debt off without such assistance, but who will be taxed to cover the check for Biden’s generosity, to vote Republican.

My guess is that the Democrats have the upper hand here: The beneficiaries are go ing to be very happy; taxpayers in general are barely going to notice in the long term, and probably not get nearly as up in arms as the GOP hopes they will in the short term.

The total amount involved (in this round, anyway) comes to “only” $329.1 billion over 10 years, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.

Yes, that sounds like a lot of money, and it is.

On the other hand, it’s less than half (again, spread over 10 years) as much as each of us gets ripped off for every year, year in and year out, for a supposed “na tional defense” that consists largely of writ ing welfare checks to Raytheon, Boeing and friends, and workfare checks to kids who go into uniform instead of to college.

Say what you will about some of the more seemingly useless courses of study: At least your average “gender studies” stu dent probably isn’t torturing prisoners at Guantanamo Bay or murdering 8-year-old American girls in Yemen. So there’s that, anyway.

As someone whose tiny student debt was paid off long ago (I dropped out mid way through my first semester of college and have paid cash for the credit hours I’ve slowly accrued since), the idea neither en thuses nor upsets me.

On the other hand, this “forgiveness” does nothing to address the underlying problems with the high costs of high er education. It’s just a Democratic Par ty vote-buying scheme that Republicans are hoping to use as a BOGO for their own base.

If our political class actually wanted to address the real problems, they’d get gov ernment out of the student lending busi ness, and allow student debt to be dis charged in bankruptcy on the same terms as other debt.

Unfortunately, solving problems is the opposite of what politics is about.

Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism, thegarrisoncenter.org.

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Roses & Lemon 2022 Awards recognize DTLA

By Jack Skelley LA Downtown News Contributing Writer

The Downtown Breakfast Club returned on Sept. 16 after a two-year hiatus to honor the best people and places in DTLA at its Roses & Lemon Awards break fast.

The club, comprised of community leaders and stakeholders, recognized the city’s outstanding new residential developments (both affordable and market rate), adap tive reuse projects, retail, workplace interiors and restaurants.

Citing the crucial work performed by civic servants, volunteers and charities during the pandemic, DBC gave Rose awards to a special group — “They Rose Above.” And the DBC’s disparaging Lemon singled out the stalled Oceanwide Plaza development, which has been an eyesore in the heart of Downtown since 2019.

“Each year, the DBC celebrates Downtown’s best places, people and ideas,” DBC President Lynn G. Kious said. “For a while the COVID pandemic and shutdowns put our program and DTLA’s progress on hold. But the city has emerged with new vitality. We are overjoyed to honor the stunning new destinations and often-unsung heroes in the heart of Los Angeles.”

One place that has not progressed is the huge Oceanwide Plaza development on Figueroa Street, across from LA Live. DBC chastised the abandoned steel structure with a sour Lemon for blighting the city since its owners halted construction in 2019.

Hal Bastian, longtime DBC member, secretary, and presenter of the Lemon Award, along with his cohort Sandra Kulli, said, “Oceanwide Plaza has been an unfinished hulk that has sullied the Crypto.com Arena/LA Live area and must be completed, not

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Downtown Breakfast Club returned after a two-year hiatus to honor the best people and places in DTLA at its Roses & Lemon Awards breakfast.

accepted as normalized blight.”

In the special category “They Rose Above” were all of DTLA’s business improvement dis tricts (especially their safety and cleaning teams), the SROs and other supportive housing providers and missions serving the unhoused, The No Us Without You nonprofit that feeds families, plus leaders and volunteers from the arts community: Artshare L.A. and COMUNI TYmade.

The DBC mission is to encourage the orderly growth of Downtown Los Angeles. This year’s event was co-chaired by Travis Cullen and Loren Witkin.

The winners

The Rose for best new market-rate residential development went to AMP Lofts, the 320unit, amenity-rich community on Santa Fe Avenue in the Arts District, developed by Grey star.

The award for affordable residential development was given to Flor 401 Lofts, by Skid Row Housing Trust on East Seventh Street. It has been praised for its equitable housing solutions joined with climate-sensitive design.

Winning a Rose for retail destination was the new Vans Store, which doubles as an events space and whose design pays homage to its neighborhood at 808 S. Broadway and to the skate community.

In the Adaptive Reuse category, DBC recognized three stunning developments, all fur thering the revitalization of Broadway and the Historic Core:

• Downtown L.A. Proper Hotel: 148-rooms plus restaurant spaces in a historic 1920s build ing on Broadway with interiors by Kelly Wearstler (developed by Proper Hospitality).

• Apple Tower Theater: the unique restoration of the historic 1927 theater into gathering, learning and exploring, also on Broadway.

• Herald Examiner building: a third Broadway landmark — the 1914 collaboration between William Randolph Hearst and architect Julia Morgan — now transformed into a campus for Arizona State University.

The Rose for Workplace Interiors went to McCarthy Building Companies, founded in 1864, for its new Flower Street office that includes a stunning outdoor terrace — 36 stories above the city streets.

And in the restaurant category the winner was Cara Cara, the outdoor rooftop space at the Proper Hotel, with inspiring skyline views and featuring chef Suzanne Goin’s seasonal menu.

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Downtown Breakfast Club members Sandra Kulli and Hal Bastian present the Lemon to the stalled Oceanwide Plaza development.

The new Vans flagship store on Broadway also serves as an event space for gatherings and performances.

Downtown LA’s hospitality market surges in Q2

By Los Angeles Downtown Center BID

The Downtown Los Angeles hospitality market continued its year-and-a-halflong surge during the year’s second quarter, according to the Los Angeles Downtown Center BID’s Q2 2022 DTLA Market Report.

DTLA’s hospitality occupancy level increased to 69%, a 60% increase over Q2 in 2021, representing the sixth consecutive quarter of occupancy growth. Perhaps more impressively, DTLA’s RevPAR, which measures total revenue per available room, rose more than 135% from this time last year, recovering nearly 90% of its pandemic-driven drop. This remarkable growth follows that of the DTLA residential market, where occupancy and lease rates have already surpassed pre-COVID-19

highs.

In addition to growing occupancy in existing properties, DTLA also welcomed two new high-profile hotel properties during the quarter. Hilton Hotels’ luxury brand, Conrad, just opened a 305-rooom hotel tower as part of the just complet ed $1 billion The Grand mixed-use complex, across from Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Designed by Frank Gehry to complement his iconic theater, The Grand also fea tures a 436-residence apartment tower, dubbed “The Grand by Gehry,” and more than 160,000 square feet of retail, including three new dining options from inter national culinary innovator, José Andrés. In the heart of the Downtown Center dis trict on Seventh Street’s Restaurant Row, the former NoMad Hotel has been reborn

as Hotel Per La, complete with a new ground floor restaurant and cocktail lounge, coffee bar and Bar Clara, DTLA’s latest rooftop pool bar.

As the hospitality market continues its ascent, the DTLA residential market forg es ahead as the pace setter for the dynamic urban center, with occupancy and lease rates at 93.5% and $2,874, respectively, both exceeding pre-pandemic lev els. In addition to Gehry’s new tower on Bunker Hill, DTLA also welcomed SP7, Skid Row Housing Trust’s 100-unit permanent supportive housing development for vet erans and those emerging from homelessness.

Named for its location at San Pedro and Seventh streets, SP7 is one of the first projects to receive funding through Measure HHH.

While the DTLA office market continues to deal with the challenges and uncer tainty related to the evolution of office work, there were some strong positive ac tivities in the second quarter, including SPARC Group’s 164,000-square-foot lease at Brookfield’s California Market Center in the Fashion District.

SPARC is the parent company of popular brands Aéropostale, Forever 21, Lucky Brand Denim and Nautica, among others.

Office property transactions included Laguna Point Properties LLC’s $402 mil lion purchase of Royalty Realty’s five-property SB Apartment Portfolio and East End Studio’s $240 million purchase of SunCal Companies’ 6th & Alameda Food & Pro duce Center in the Arts District, where they have plans to develop a new 15-acre, $800 million movie and television studio.

“The second quarter of 2022 was a big shot in the arm to our hospitality market and demonstrates the powerful draw of DTLA even in the face of pandemic uncer tainty,” said Suzanne Holley, president and chief executive officer of the DCBID. “As our hotels continue to fill and workers return to the office, we’ll experience increas ing growth in the retail and food and beverage market.”

In Q2, the retail market continued to hold steady in both vacancy and lease rates that are near pre-pandemic levels. DTLA welcomed the opening of London-based Bike Shed Moto Co., a 30,000-square-foot dining and retail experience featuring a massive 325-seat restaurant, cafe, lounge, bar and multibrand retail emporium with event space, barbershop, tattoo shop and private members bar. Nearby, Pizze ria Bianco debuted at ROW DTLA, bringing what is widely regarded as the best piz za in the United States to the Arts District.

“As anticipated, DTLA’s second quarter demonstrated growing momentum in both hospitality and office, the markets hit hardest by the pandemic,” noted Nick Griffin, executive director for the DCBID.

“Looking forward, we expect the market to continue to be driven by our robust residential and surging hospitality markets, with expanding cultural and retail pa tronage as workers return to the office. DTLA’s vibrant urban lifestyle will be driven to new heights as we move forward in 2022.”

Market report highlights

Residential

• 93.5% occupancy rate for apart ments; 3.3% increase year over year (YOY)

• $3.37 PSF average for apart ments; 7.3% increase YOY

• $2,874 average effective rent per unit; 12.2% increase YOY

Office

• 20.2% office vacancy; 8% in crease YOY

• $3.74 PSF Class A lease rate; 1.5% decrease YOY

• 1.4 million-square-foot yearto-date leasing activity; 100% increase YOY

Retail

• 6.3% vacancy rate; flat YOY

• $3.16 PSF lease rate; 3.9% in crease YOY

Hospitality

• 67% YTD occupancy rate; 59.5% increase YOY

• $228.38 YTD average daily rate; 48.3% increase YOY

• $153.08 YTD average RevPAR; 136% increase YOY

The full DCBID 2022 Q2/YearEnd DTLA Market Report can be viewed at downtownla.com.

Business Improvement Districct launches 2 interactive virtual tours

By Downtown Center Business Improvement District

As Downtown Los Ange les continues its postCOVID-19 resurgence, the Downtown Center Business Im provement District (DCBID) has unveiled the latest additions to its online interactive virtual tour plat form, “DTLA Virtual.”

Much like the “Office” and “Prop erty” tours that launched the plat form in early 2021, the new “Stay” and “Play” virtual tours feature a menu of interactive tools with which to explore DTLA’s hottest properties and locales, but this time the focus is on theaters, mu seums, bars and restaurants (Play) and all of the hotels where you can stay nearby (Stay).

Locals, visitors and tourists alike

can now explore four neighbor hoods in the Downtown Center district and plan an evening, a weekend or a vacation all with out leaving their couch.

Accessible via any mod ern mobile or desktop browser, “Stay” and “Play” feature custom 360-degree panoramic photog raphy, HD video, before/after im age sliders, drone video fly-bys and artistic renderings, deliver ing an immersive experience of DTLA’s vibrant urban environ ment. Interspersed throughout the virtual experiences are key retail, restaurant and hotel in formation pop-ups, helping us ers to freely explore each loca tion and venue at their own pace and depth and in any order they choose. Links to venue websites

“Play” “visits” Microsoft Theater, Hotel Per La, FIGat7th and The Music Center.

are provided to deliver more detailed information about tickets, reservations, hours and contact in formation.

“Originally developed at the outset of the pan demic to help our property owners showcase their dynamic office environments to real estate bro kers, investors and potential tenants, it quickly be came apparent that DTLA Virtual could become so much more,” DCBID President and CEO Suzanne Holley said.

“In addition to the development of both ‘Stay’ and ‘Play,’ the platform has since been adopted by cities from coast to coast as an innovative new way to promote a city or neighborhood from a mobile device.”

Nick Griffin, DCBID executive director, added, “With the launch of ‘Stay’ and ‘Play,’ we can now more effectively and compellingly present Down town LA’s dynamic market not only to investors, developers, hoteliers and other businesses, but also direct to consumers — residents, visitors and tourists interested in DTLA’s vibrant urban life style. As we move forward, we have the ability to add new content to our existing tours to keep them fresh, engaging and up to date and will be expanding our offerings with new residential and retail-focused tours in the coming months.

“If you haven’t been to Downtown in a while, we invite you to check out this immersive new experi ence and see what you’ve been missing!”

To experience the DCBID’s latest virtual tours, visitdowntownla.com/dtla-virtual-tours.

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“Stay” features stops at The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles, Crypto.com Arena, Ace Hotel & Theater, LA Athletic Club and CitizenM Hotel.

New Downtown-exclusive online grocery store has 15-plus-minute deliveries

By Luke Netzley

LA Downtown News Deputy Editor

When Sergey Aliev founded online grocery store DroppingBuy just two months ago, he wanted to provide a level of shopping convenience to Downtowners never seen before. He had watched as the pandemic placed a heightened importance on online delivery systems, but wanted to create a busi ness that could provide fast, free deliveries specifically catered for DTLA residents.

“We got inspired by the idea of solving the ‘grocery shopping problem’: people walking to the store, spending a lot of time in the checkout lines, spending a lot of time trying to find the items in the overcrowd aisles,” DroppingBuy marketing man ager Nikita Salnikov said. “We decided to solve that issue by creating a more conve nient way to do grocery shopping.”

Salnikov explained that one of the unique features of DroppingBuy is that, on av erage, all deliveries are completed within a 15- to 45-minute time frame. This “su per-fast” speed is thanks to DroppingBuy’s in-house delivery fleet always on call for new orders. With its own warehouse based in DTLA where the grocery products and household items are held, DroppingBuy was built to serve Downtown’s communities without the use of a third party.

The online store is available via the DroppingBuy app, which uses real-time in ventory visibility to ensure that every product visible on the app is available to pur chase. In addition, DroppingBuy’s free delivery policy applies to any number of items with no minimal order restrictions.

“You can order literally an apple and we will deliver it to you,” Salnikov explained.

DroppingBuy specializes in organic product, with a stated focus on customer health. At the end of every day, the team at the warehouse checks the expiration date of every product and the warehouse is cleaned at the start of every morning.

In a city rife with traffic and where parking is not always readily available, even the journey to the grocery store can take an immense amount of time. Salnikov de scribed that the intended impact of the business is to save time, money and energy

Practice Greenhealth honors CHMC for environmental sustainability

By LA Downtown News Staff

Recently,Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center was honored by Practice Greenhealth, an organization dedicated to environmental sustainabil ity in health care, with the Environmental Excellence Award for the eighth year in a row.

This year, for the first time, CHMC received the Circle of Excellence Award for Green Building, which is awarded to health care facilities that demonstrate an ongoing com mitment to improving environmental performance, prioritizing sustainability as a key part of the operations and establishing environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) programs and contracts.

Through its efforts to dramatically improve its environmental footprint, CHMC is doing its part to help Dignity Health reach its goal of reducing Greenhouse gas emis sions by 50% by the year 2030.

Nearly four years ago, CHMC began construction of a new patient tower, which will expand the hospital’s ED, NICU and Labor & Delivery departments and will be built to Silver LEED Standard. Additionally, it has partnered with key organizations, such as HomeBoy Electronics Recycling, to make meaningful environmental impacts on the local communities, while setting up 22 separate waste streams at the hospital for re ducing, recycling and reprocessing purposes.

“We are so proud to be honored by Practice Greenhealth with the Circle of Excel lence Award, a true testament to our team’s collaborative spirit and their commitment to focusing on environmental sustainability as a key component in caring for our pa tients,” CHMC President Alina Moran said.

“In our continued effort to ensure the safety of our patients, staff and the communi

for Downtown Angelenos.

“Imagine if you have a huge family or you’re a single mom with five kids,” Salnikov began. “Imagine taking five kids to the store and trying to manage everything and forgetting to buy something from your grocery list. With our service, you don’t have that issue. We’re simply trying to make life a little bit easier.

“We’re excited about our mission, and we’re excited that we’ve seen some suc cess. We see demand for our business in Downtown Los Angeles. … We’re going to expand and cover more area to try and help more people with our amazing online shopping service.”

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ties we serve, we’ve emphasized environmentally conscious practices at our hospital, which in turn will improve the overall experience for our patients.”

Kim Ray, co-chair of the CHMC Environmental Action Committee, added, “Being one of only 60 hospitals in the U.S. to receive the Emerald Award and one of only 10 to receive the Circles of Excellence Award, we are truly honored to be recognized for our dedication to environmentally conscious practices here at CHMC. With health care attributing to nearly 9% of the environmental footprint in the nation, we are working hard to do our part while delivering safe and excellent care to our patients.”

Practice Greenhealth is a membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,400 U.S. hospitals and health systems.

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Health care organization Practice Greenhealth awarded CHMC with the Circle of Excellence Award.

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DTLA’s new online grocery store DroppingBuy is known for its “super-fast” deliveries, which arrive between 15 to 45 minutes after an order has been placed.

Wearing many hats, sports journalist is quick to adapt and share

By Jeff Moeller

LA Downtown News Contributing Writer

As a nationally known reporter, TV personality, producer and content creator, Heidi Androl has bucked the odds. Coming from a small farming communi ty in the Midwest to an on-camera career in Los Angeles that’s seen her in teract with huge sports and entertainment figures, her star remains on the rise as she keeps reinventing herself.

First, Androl has always been goal oriented. She has been about being smart and working smart. For that word “smart,” Androl breaks it down as follows: Specif ic. Measurable. Achievable. Relevant. Time-bound.

Next is the goal. Androl believes to be successful you need to know the out come of your goal, when you have reached your goal, that you should be able to reach your goal, that you can identify if your goal will be effective long term, and that you set a timeframe for your goal.

For someone who has interviewed top coaches for a living, she enjoys spending

as much time serving as a mentor coach as being a broadcast journalist.

“Self-doubt is probably the No. 1 challenge that we all face,” Androl admitted. “Not thinking that we are good enough. Not believing in our skills. It has been a chronic problem for me over the years. Insecurities can creep in and essentially take all the power in business and in life in general. I have cried myself to sleep on occasion, something I don’t admit often.”

Androl’s life has seen her go from Michigan to a career in the aerospace indus try and then a star on reality TV.

Her work ethic and well-earned respect have helped shed any labels that might have come her way, especially as she pivoted from one career to the next.

“I believe you don’t need to be 100% better than the competition,” Androl ex plained. “You just need, say, a 10% edge to break through the noise. To do that, look at your skills, your experiences and the qualities you possess that few if any body else have. Narrow it down, and your brand needs to reflect your secret sauce.”

Androl’s brand now is more unique than ever. Currently in the midst of a 15year career as a journalist, Fox Sports and ESPN employ her.

“I am one of the lucky few who gets the benefit of working for both of the big networks at the same time,” acknowledged Androl, who lives in Hermosa Beach with her husband and three children.

She serves as a reporter for the Fox Sports Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) programs. She covers Fox PBC Fight Nights, Fox Sports PBC Pay-Per-Views and Fox PBC Weigh-In Shows. With ESPN, she is a reporter covering Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Those platforms of course are enormous, but for Androl mainstream visibility has not always been something she sought.

Twenty years ago, Androl served as an international sales manager in charge of global distribution and military procurement. She was taking apart helicopters.

“I was 24 years old in the Pentagon, and military generals had to be questioning who I was and what I was doing there,” she recalled.

Before that, it was chickens, pigs and horses in her native Unionville, Michigan.

Her initial TV debut had nothing to do with Sports TV: She was a contestant of season six of “The Apprentice.”

Donald Trump did not ultimately hire her, but top executives were watching. Things eventually snowballed for Androl, and now her resume includes the Winter Olympics, Grammys, American Music Awards, Super Bowl and major movie pre mieres.

Androl enjoys looking back on her career and helping others reach their goals. She believes some of her biggest strengths include her versatility. She is not afraid to laugh or smile. She is also not scared to go beyond her comfort zone when the gig calls for it while also getting her hands dirty when tackling a new and chal lenging task.

She also looks to stay one if not two steps ahead.

“The sheer number of platforms where you can be a sportscaster have signifi cantly grown. If you are working for a sports team, online video was just begin ning at the same time I was beginning,” Androl said. “The number of platforms has changed really fast, and social media of course was not a thing. Facebook? Mys pace? That is all that existed then.

“Now you can create your content and build your own business. You can be your own sportscaster on YouTube and have millions of people watch you every week.”

For those looking to replicate Androl’s success, she is quick to put her popular “mentor coach hat” back on.

“I would challenge you to come up with something specific,” Androl said. “Think outside the box. Go for the job but make sure you surprise the person who is in terviewing you with what else you bring to the job. Check the boxes of what they are looking for but try and have an angle that is a little different so it sets you apart and you rise above the noise.

“One of my favorite quotes is ‘It is not how many times you fall down; it is how quickly you get back up.’ If I had not taken that advice, then I would not be doing this now. All the failures, if you will, come with valuable lessons.

“I have faced tough challenges my entire career. Never allow a door being shut in your face from stopping you moving forward and pursuing your goals.”

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Heidi Androl has enjoyed a long career as a sportscaster and is quick to share the lessons she continues to learn on the job and in life.

In 1967, the ‘iceman cometh’ to Los Angeles

By Jeff Moeller LA Downtown News Contributing Writer

You could excuse Jiggs McDonald for beginning to have second thoughts about taking his first sports broad casting job in Los Angeles.

After all the hot news before McDon ald was to call the very first Los Angeles Kings game in team history in 1967 had more to do with legumes than the game on the ice.

“There had been some controversy be fore opening weekend. The Kings had been in the newspaper. The general man ager’s wife had thrown garbanzo beans all over a Hollywood star,” McDonald ex plained from his home in Florida.

“So instead of being on the sports page we were in the social page. We had that to cover plus who these players were.”

McDonald, now a member of the Hock ey Hall of Fame, was the first Kings broad caster, a job he held during the team’s inaugural five seasons. From the club’s original beginnings — playing games at the Long Beach Arena, then the Los An geles Sports Arena and later the Forum in Inglewood — McDonald had the un usual task of introducing professional ice

hockey to Southern California under the glaring eye of a (very hands-on) eccentric team owner.

This was also, of course, long before stars like Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille graced the ice in Hockeywood and scored goals at a record rate, and before Dustin Brown, Jonathan Quick, Anze Kopitar and their teammates lifted the Stanley Cup in side Staples Center.

The LA Kings were the vision of Cana dian-born entrepreneur Jack Kent Cooke. Once his gleaming new building — ulti mately dubbed The Fabulous Forum — was constructed and shared with his Lak ers, Cooke blazed a path to sell the sport at his new home.

One of his initial promotional ideas? As sign/publicize player nicknames includ ing “The Jet” Eddie Joyal and “Killer” Brian Kilrea.

McDonald, with microphone in hand, would play as significant a role as Cooke’s players, who were in awe of their unique surroundings.

“Going to LA for the first time after training camp in Canada, we didn’t know what to expect,” recalled Ted Irvine, la beled the Baby-Faced Assassin in his new

outpost, from his home in Winnipeg. “We got off the airplane and it was warm weather while we are in hockey mode. We did not have a lot to (initially) relate to, so we just hung together.

“We were a very close group of guys.”

Irvine holds the distinction of being “an Original King.” He was acquired by the team via a special expansion draft when the National Hockey League dou bled from six teams to 12 teams in 1966.

Kilrea, aka Killer, scored the first goal in team history. An Original King as well, Kil rea said from his home in Ottawa that he did personally not give the significance of the moment a lot of thought at the time.

“After the game Mr. Cooke shook hands with every player,” Kilrea recalled. “When he came to me, I gave him the puck. He was so happy that I handed it to him that you would have thought I was just hand ing him a million bucks.”

Cooke meanwhile was aware of every thing that happened with his organiza tion, including small crowds the team was initially attracting.

The team’s slow start at the ticket counter led to one of Cooke’s most fa mous lines. When asked why the approx imately 500,000 Canadian transplants living in the area were not rabidly sup porting the upstart Kings, he famously an swered, “because obviously they wanted to get away from hockey.”

The Dodgers came from Brooklyn, the Rams originated in Cleveland and the Lak ers started in Minneapolis. The Kings are the lone team from Los Angeles to have survived — and ultimately thrived for so long.

Cooke owned the Kings until 1979. In the 1970s, future Hall of Famers Marcel Di onne and Rogie Vachon were marquee at tractions.

Then, in the largest sports transaction at that time, Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the

Kings, Lakers, Forum and a large Cookeowned ranch for a then-record $67.5 mil lion.

Hockey has had a strong presence on the West Coast ever since. The Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, Seattle Kraken, Ve gas Golden Knights and Arizona Coyotes are all entrenched in the Pacific Standard Time zone. These teams also buck the stereotype the sport cannot succeed in warm-weather climates.

The Stanley Cup eluded Cooke, but he continued in sports. As the owner of the Washington Redskins, he captured three Super Bowl trophies.

McDonald remains a great storyteller who loves to reminisce about a time in his then-young career where he was incredi bly challenged by a demanding boss.

It was that boss who even demanded McDonald have a nickname himself Kenneth was out; Jiggs was in.

“We would meet with Mr. Cooke before every home game at 5 p.m. He would ask what we could promote that night,” Mc Donald admitted.

Irvine, Kilrea and McDonald all returned to Los Angeles five years ago, as did Cooke’s son, John. The ’67 version of the team reunited as part of the franchise’s 50th anniversary celebration.

When they took center ice during spe cial pregame festivities, they were greeted by a roaring crowd who appreciated the foundation the hockey pioneers had qui etly built.

Irvine said he had a hard time compre hending all that had transpired in those five decades.

“It was unbelievable. The guys really en joyed it,” an emotional Irvine said. “A lot had changed in 50 years. It was so, so dif ferent.”

The Kings’ 56th on-ice season begins at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, Oct. 11, against the Golden Knights.

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Ted Irvine, a veteran of more than 700 NHL games and known during his playing days as the Baby-Faced Assassin, attends a Kings home game with his family.

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The first team photo in Kings history (1967-68), the team made the playoffs in their inaugural campaign.

Character actor finds redemption in documentary

By Bridgette M. Redman LA Downtown News Contributing Writer

Jim Hoffmaster was often told he should write a book about his life. The Los Angeles actor brushed them off, saying he was waiting for the redemptive third act.

In 2000, he moved to LA to make his career as an actor. Settling into Chinatown, he became known as a working character actor, spending 11 seasons as Kermit on “Shameless” and appearing in such shows as “Better Call Saul,” “NCIS,” “Brooklyn 99” and “Mad Men, as well as doing commercials and working day jobs — as working actors do in Los Angeles.

A joy-filled documentary of his life called “Acting Like Nothing is Wrong” by Jane Rosemont will screen at 8 p.m. on the opening day of the Awareness Film Festival taking place at The Regal at LA Live, 1000 W. Olympic Boulevard, from Thursday, Oct. 6, to Sunday, Oct. 16.

It will screen at other festivals around the country.

The title refers to his battle with mental health issues related to a miserable childhood, one of foster care nightmares. From a young age, he bounced be tween foster homes, where he was bullied and abused verbally and sexually. He was wrongly classified as being mentally impaired and only had one loving foster mother.

Then he discovered acting and redirected his trauma to creative expression.

“The reason acting worked for me is because I was noticed,” Hoffmaster said. “I was being seen, and I hadn’t felt that before.”

Audiences should not fear that “Acting Like Nothing is Wrong” is a heavy tear jerker. Rosemont and Hoffmaster infuse the story with laughter and, Rosemont said, if something got too heavy or sad, Hoffmaster would dance.

Documentary filmmaker Rosemont met Hoffmaster when they lived in Lansing, Michigan. After he moved to Los Angeles, she’d catch up with him when she was in town. He started sharing his story, one she realized she needed to tell.

“I was at a film festival that was screening this very sweet film about a kid who had a tough time in foster care,” Rosemont said. “It was a good film, but I felt very educated and not entertained. I thought at that moment, ‘Oh, my God, what can I do with Jim’s story!”

She flew to Los Angeles to pitch the idea to him. He walked into their meeting at the Biltmore and literally dropped his case files in front of her.

“That was actually pretty tough because I had never seen anything like that,” Rosemont said. “But he shared it with me, and we decided to do it.”

The film’s scope soon evolved. Rosemont initially thought it would just be a short about foster care, but Hoffmaster said his story didn’t end there.

“I’m asking all these questions about when he was a kid and he said, ‘That was a long time ago, Jane. I kind of have a life now, you know, where I did this little act ing thing.’ And I really was just completely unimpressed. Even though I was fas cinated with Jim, I didn’t know enough yet to think past that, but that changed quickly.”

Known for his optimistic outlook and humor, Hoffmaster learned as an adult how to “act like nothing was wrong.”

“I’ve always seen my life as a story,” Hoffmaster said. “That’s what kept me going. The ironic thing is that, as I got older, it became a problem in that I expected to be

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Actor Jim Hoffmaster and director Jane Rosemont teamed up to tell Hoffmaster’s story in the documentary “Acting Like Nothing is Wrong.”

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a character in a story rather than making myself the author of the story. It was nov el that somebody wanted to do a documentary about me.” Still, he hesitated a bit because he said he tends to say no. Instead, he examined the project and potential downsides.

“There wasn’t any real reason not to do it, which, I guess right there, probably suggests I’m a little different than your average bear,” Hoffmaster said.

“I think a normal person would have went, ‘There are plenty of reasons not to do this.’”

It helped that he had seen Rosemont’s other works at Los Angeles film festivals, including the “Pie Lady of Pie Town,” which won 18 awards in more than 45 film fes tivals. He saw in her work an essential warmth.

“I never wanted to exploit anything or exaggerate anything or have any kind of imbalance,” Rosemont said. “I wanted to be very fair. I felt as Jim would tell me these horrible stories that he’s trying to make good in the world. He’s laughing. He’s easy to look at. He’s got those eyes, you know. There’s a lot of warmth in this story.”

Hoffmaster explained that while the story was about him and he portrays him self in it, it is Rosemont’s story. He tried to step back and execute her vision while providing honest moments in the documentary.

“Ironically, by letting that happen without a lot of interference from me, I’ve got ten something that I’m quite happy with,” Hoffmaster said.

Rosemont had her vision, but she said it was important to capture Hoffmaster’s voice and story. He found it very different from acting because she’d put him in front of a camera and he would speak extemporaneously, sometimes at length. She’d turn over hours of footage to her editor and tell him she wanted just a few minutes. The result was sometimes emotional.

“There are a lot of films you learn stuff from, but you don’t feel a lot from them,” Rosemont said. “I was really pretty emotionally invested in this. His story became

my story — very literally eventually, when we decided to go try to find his family and do some other things. It took us three years to shoot. That’s a long time, and a lot of stuff happened in that time. Eventually, I felt like I became a part of the story.”

Unlike Hoffmaster, Rosemont described her childhood as a very happy one, the youngest of eight children growing up in Detroit.

“We laughed all the time, everyone was very affectionate,” Rosemont said. “My heart is filled with joy when I think about my childhood. So, when I would hear Jim, seemingly we would have nothing in common. When we put that film together, I still weep and I still feel stuff. (But) no matter what your background is, you still got stuck. You don’t have to be physically abused or even psychologically abused, but we all know what being hurt means. Although Jim’s story is about Jim, it brings up things and I can’t imagine anyone leaving the theater without being affected.”

Hoffmaster insisted that the story not end with childhood. It explores, too, what it is like to be a working actor in Hollywood when not on the A list or one of the top 20 celebrities. Rosemont interviews Hoffmaster’s character-actor friends, and they share things Hoffmaster hopes will be instructive and fun.

While they’ve screened it before a small group of stakeholders, the 13th annual Awareness Film Festival, with its emphasis on inviting independent filmmakers to raise awareness on causes important to them, will be the first public showing.

And while Hoffmaster had been waiting to find a redemptive third act before telling his story, after seeing the film, he’s not sorry they moved ahead.

“I think Jane kind of found one,” Hoffmaster said.

“Acting Like Nothing is Wrong” by director Jane Rosemont, starring actor Jim Hoffmaster, at the Awareness Film Festival

WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6

WHERE: The Regal at LA Live, 1000 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles

COST: Visit website for more information

INFO: awarenessfestival.org, actinglikenothingiswrong.com

Microsoft Theater, Crypto.com Arena plan upcoming shows

By LA Downtown News Staff

The Microsoft Theater and Crypto.com Arena are hosting a slew of shows in the next couple of months. For tickets, visit cryptoarena.com or microsofttheater.com.

Microsoft Theater

• Royal Comedy, Friday, Sept. 30

• Salt N Pepa, Bell Biv DeVoe and Ginuwine: Saturday, Oct. 1

• Prince Royce: Friday, Oct. 7

• Intocable: Saturday, Oct. 8

• Cocomelon, Sunday, Oct. 9

• Lucero & Mijares, Thursday, Oct. 13

• Camilo: Friday, Oct. 14

• Grupo Arriesgado, Friday, Oct. 21

• Eros Ramazzotti: Sunday, Oct. 30

• 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Saturday, Nov. 5

• Dariush: Saturday, Nov. 26

• Isabel Pantoja: Saturday, Dec. 10

• Junior H: Sunday, Dec. 18

• Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure: Saturday, Jan. 21

• Spy Ninjas Live: Thursday, Feb. 23

Crypto.com Arena

• Roger Waters: Tuesday, Sept. 27, and Wednesday, Sept. 28

• NCT 127: Wednesday, Oct. 6

• Christian Nodal: Thursday, Oct. 7

• Pepe Aguilar: Friday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 15

• Karol G: Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22

• Post Malone, Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Wednesday, Nov 26

• Wisin Y Yandel: Saturday, Nov. 26

• Marca MP: Friday, Dec. 2

• Disney on Ice: Road Trip Adventures: Thursday, Dec. 8, to Sunday, Dec. 11

• Calibash: Saturday, Jan. 21, and Sunday, Jan. 22

• Carrie Underwood: Monday, March 13

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Post Malone plays Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Wednesday, Nov 16.

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