Cornelius Araoye
- July 20, 2026
- 4 minutes Read
TwoLips: Spontaneous Energy
If you haven’t really heard of TwoLips yet, get ready. That’s definitely about to change. Born Kianah LongChase and growing up in New Mexico, TwoLips is an artist now based…
Darlene Ricabo
- May 26, 2026
- 6 minutes Read
Ready From Day One: Rich Sarian, the CD13 Candidate with a Proven Track for Positive Change
If you live in Downtown Los Angeles or frequent the Social District, chances are you have run into our friendly neighborhood Social District BID Vice President, Rich Sarian. Since joining…
Tony Allen
- December 24, 2025
- 5 minutes Read
Saying Goodbye – Remembering Frank Gehry
The Walt Disney Concert Hall could be likened to a space-age cubist sailing vessel that has run aground atop Bunker Hill. With its silver shiny sheets fully fluttered in the…
Nolan Marshall III
- February 22, 2024
- 4 minutes Read
Oceanwide “Graffiti Towers” – South Park BID Executive Director Nolan Marshall Speaks
In Spring of 2023, months before the vandalism ofOceanwide Plaza, the South Park Business Improvement District invited City Council leaders to hear its concerns about the deterioration of theOceanwide site.…
Keri Freeman
- November 22, 2023
- 3 minutes Read
DTLA Masterminds: Adrian Izanhour – Visions of Boundless Horizons
In the world of interior design, a gifted designer possesses the remarkable ability to take an ordinary space and breathe a whole new life and personality into it. It’s an…
- September 27, 2023
- 6 minutes Read
Saying Goodbye: DTLA Remembers the Life & Passion of Visionary Wayne Ratkovich
Wayne Ratkovich, a Los Angeles-based real estate developer behind the revitalization of The Bloc, The Chapman and the Fine Arts Building has died. He was 82 years old. The cause…
Ranessa Harding
- May 16, 2023
- 2 minutes Read
DTLA Masterminds: Samir Bitar of DTLA Taxes
As tax filing deadlines approach, gig workers and small business owners in Downtown LA may feel overwhelmed and uncertain about how best to prepare their taxes. The intricacies of the tax…
- April 21, 2023
- 3 minutes Read
DTLA MASTERMINDS: Caroline Beaurin of Aymara Peruvian Kitchen
Caroline Beaurin, CEO and Managing of Beaurin Walde Hospitality Consulting LLC and the owner of Aymara Peruvian Kitchen, is a culinary expert and sommelier who possesses an unwavering enthusiasm for…
- April 19, 2023
- 3 minutes Read
DTLA Masterminds: Lawrence Carroll – Man of the Hour
Ready for positive change in Downtown LA? Lawrence Carroll is ready too. Lawrence Carroll, the South Park Resident Candidate for DLANC says he’s ready to take on the challenges of…
Kellie Aldrich
- November 5, 2020
- 6 minutes Read
DTLA Is Gonna Miss: Sexy American Carpenter – Darren Keefe
If there is anything on this planet more attractive than a kind spirit with a positive attitude, and a humble demeanor…I’ve never seen it. Add-in a killer, Tom Cruise-Top Gun…
