Things to read from the past week:
- Los Angeles Dodgers win World Series for the first time since 1988, defeat Tampa Bay Rays in six games: "Los Angeles has waited 32 years for this moment -- and it came during a pandemic, in front of a limited crowd of predominantly Dodgers fans at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. It also comes just over two weeks after the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship for the first time in 10 years." (CNN)
- County Approves $95 Million For Safe, Clean Water Program Regional Projects: "In the SGV, $25.1 million will go toward 9 infrastructure projects, 2 scientific studies, and 12 technical studies" (Streetsblog LA)
- How An Outsider Found Identity And Belonging In The Intangible Shared Spaces Of A Redlined City: "It's sad that war brings prosperity, but World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars brought economic prosperity for both the Mexican American and African American communities in Los Angeles. From Downtown L.A.'s bustling Broadway retail district to the manufacturing plants of Vernon, working-class Black and Latino Angelenos shared these spaces and sometimes neighborhoods." (LAist)
- L.A. council members backtrack, turning against request to help a hotel developer: "Wesson had argued that Lee’s hotel could supply more rooms for the city’s Convention Center, located three miles away. The council voted unanimously in February to analyze that idea, bringing in a consulting firm to review Lee’s request. Under the plan, Lee would reimburse the city for the consulting work." (LA Times)
- New Arches on the Sixth Street Bridge: "The new Sixth Street Bridge – technically the Sixth Street Viaduct – has arches. Well, sort of." (Streetsblog LA)
- Brightline reveals more details about Vegas-to-LA high-speed rail line: "Plans revealed on the now-branded Brightline West project’s recently launched website show work on the rail line is expected to begin this year and wrap up in the first half of 2024." (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- How one South L.A. neighborhood got a new luxury tower — and rents starting at $3,100: "Located at the edge of South Los Angeles, the 30-story high-rise is unlike any other residential building in that part of the city, looming over its neighbors. It’s part of the Cumulus District, a development slated to house restaurants, a Whole Foods supermarket and more than 1,200 apartments." (LA Times)
- Metro’s Transportation Boarding School Breaks Ground at Vermont/Manchester: "The school aims to put opportunity infrastructure in place, helping move some of the county's most marginalized youth into some of its most stable career options with Metro. And it will do it at a site that held the community hostage to blight for nearly thirty years." (Streetsblog LA)
- Real estate brokerage CBRE moves headquarters from Los Angeles to Dallas: "The international business has more than 100,000 employees and is a Fortune 500 firm. It has a long history in California, but Dallas has been its de facto headquarters for nearly a decade as its largest operating center and the home to many senior executives, including Chief Executive Bob Sulentic....Few workers will transfer from California to Texas, the company said, and the move will not result in layoffs." (LA Times)