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To save small businesses, help more tenants become owners
Business & EconomyTo prevent small businesses from being priced out of Boyle Heights, a nonprofit is buying commercial property and offering tenants a share in ownership.
Can Disney+ grow subscribers, compete with Netflix and Hulu?
EntertainmentDisney reports that it has 8 million new subscribers to its streaming service. Investors are wondering how much money Disney+ subscribers will bring in the long run.
Amid baby formula shortage, how can stressed parents feed infants?
Business & EconomyIt could take two months until grocery shelves are restocked with infant formula. A pediatrician advises parents on how to feed their little ones in the meantime.
Mexican food and drag shows: Casita del Campo restaurant turns 60
Business & EconomyThe Silver Lake restaurant staple, Casita del Campo, has been serving margaritas for 60 years. And the downstairs theater, The Cavern Club, hosts raucous drag shows.
Farmers unionize, recycling chopsticks, spring peas
Food & DrinkA child of the 1970s, chef Rick Martinez grew up in Austin before moving to Mexico in search of his heritage.
Homelessness turns tiny homes into big business. Not everyone likes the product
Housing & DevelopmentBusiness is booming for a maker of the prefab homeless shelters known as tiny homes. Can a company banking on homelessness also help alleviate it?
As Koreatown transforms, photographer captures entrepreneurs’ stories
Housing & DevelopmentPhotographer Emanuel Hahn’s new book, “ Koreatown Dreaming ,” includes interviews and images of 40 Koreatown business owners who’ve been trying to stay afloat amid COVID and…
South LA or South Central? Name depends on who you ask
Race & EthnicityThe “South Los Angeles” neighborhood didn’t exist until the early 2000s when the city changed the name of the area to wash away the stigma linked to the LA Riots.
The rich and famous pick their favorites in LA mayor’s race
Election 2022More celebrities and prominent figures are starting to donate money to the LA mayoral candidate of their choice. And some of them are willing to spend big.