Los Angeles Downtown News

Best Party Venues: Guide to Downtown Los Angeles holiday event spaces

There are only a few weeks left until the holiday season — and with vacations, deadlines time off, it can creep up sooner ...
NBC Los Angeles

A new comeback kid? Business and community leaders hope to revive downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles city and community leaders are pushing for an urgent recovery plan to bring businesses back and restore confidence in the downtown LA area. Downtown LA business owners gathered at Grand ...
LAist

Cole’s French Dip, the historic downtown LA eatery, is closing after 117 years

The historic Cole’s French Dip in downtown Los Angeles is closing its doors on Aug. 3, citing a “litany of reasons” that couldn’t be overcome, the owner confirmed Monday. “After exhaustive ...

$2-billion mega-development in Skid Row clears major hurdle with L.A. officials

In July, the City Council approved 670 Mequit, a $1.4-billion complex intended to have apartments, offices, a hotel, a ...
Food & Wine

After ICE Raids and Curfews, Downtown LA Bars Struggle — but Refuse to Break

Los Angeles hospitality bands together after months of chaos. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted several controversial immigration raids in and around downtown Los ...

Mod ’60s gastropub from Gordon Ramsay is expected to swing into Anaheim’s Downtown Disney District

The Carnaby, a swinging ’60s dining concept inspired by the renowned Carnaby Street in London, will be on the top floor of ...
AOL

How downtown Los Angeles became a boarded-up ghost town with hordes of drug-smoking vagrants and dozens of shuttered storefronts

LOS ANGELES — Downtown in the City of Angels is looking more and more like a ghost town. The famed Los Angeles neighborhood has become a shadow of its former glory — with rows of boarded-up shops, ...