Author: Dan Devon
Dan Devon is a writer currently living in Los Angeles. contact@dandevon.com
Leimert Park Farmers Market Still Fighting Over Permits Blame Gentrification, Metro and Mark-Rigley Thomas
Dan Devon June 25, 2021
When the Leimert Park Farmers Market earned their permit to open in April 2021, street…
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8th & Alameda Studios Plan Includes Space for LA Times
Dan Devon June 16, 2021
Atlas Capital Group has submitted plans to redevelop the downtown Los Angeles Times Printing Plant…
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SmartBeard – Custom Beard Experience
Dan Devon June 7, 2021
Seven years ago, cosmetic chemist, self-proclaimed “science geek,” and founder of SmartBeard, Bennie Mayberry’s natural…
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The Legend of the Original Taco Pete
Dan Devon December 8, 2020
The year is 1989. George H.W. Bush is in the White House and America’s favorite pastimes stem…
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Posted in Editor's Pick
Driven To Change: Downtown Gets a Visit From Origin Kazoku Car Crew
Dan Devon December 3, 2020
Chris Calderon, the founder of the car collective Origin Kazoku, isn’t just a car enthusiast….
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Posted in Money Matters
Prop 15 and What It Means for DTLA Tenants
Dan Devon November 7, 2020
California voters have opted out of Proposition 15, a measure that sought to increase taxes…
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Posted in Artists in Residence
What We Missed Behind BlackManWhiteBaby
Dan Devon August 8, 2020
SHE is a black, masculine, queer artist that chooses to express herself in ominous settings…
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