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Articles are cross-listed, posted in descending date order within each topic area. Headlines are copied identically, maintaining each outlet's own style.

 

ARTS, CULTURE, AND ENTERTAINMENT

L.A. Storytelling Futurists Use Augmented Reality to Turn Tables on ‘Black Mirror’    MediaShift   April 27, 2017

A Boozy New Art Gallery for Adult Kids is Open for Business in Koreatown   LA Weekly   Feb. 4, 2017

Looking to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone? We Braved a Los Angeles Fire-Dancing Class   Thrillist   Nov. 18, 2016

LA's Now Got a Netflix for Sweet Toys and Gear   Thrillist   Sept. 20, 2016

People Are Sweatin' to the '90s at Old School Skinny's Fitness Dance Classes   LA Weekly   March 24, 2016

Streetlife Serenade   Los Feliz Ledger   March 2015   

 

ECONOMIC ACCESS, LABOR POLICY, AND THE GIG ECONOMY

The App To Crowdsource Your Side Hustle Goes National    Forbes    Feb. 26, 2019  

Los Angeles And Via Experiment With Low-Income Rideshare Service   Forbes   Jan. 28, 2019

An East Hollywood Restaurant Got Busted Paying Servers as Little as $25 a Day   Los Angeles Magazine   Feb. 27, 2018

Waiting to Get Paid? These Companies Front You Funds, With No Credit Check Required   Inc.   Dec. 28, 2017

Can You Still Make Money Recruiting for Uber?   Paste   March 7, 2017

Was It a BYD Dream?    LA Weekly    Dec. 18, 2015 

Surviving the Platform Economy   LA Weekly   Nov. 6, 2015

 

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

Could A Fitbit For Mobility Options Cut Your Carbon Footprint?    Forbes    Oct. 31, 2018

This L.A. Food Startup Wants You to Know There Are Other Fish in the Sea    Inc.  Magazine    Dec. 11, 2017 

Was It a BYD Dream?    LA Weekly    Dec. 18, 2015 

Atwater 2014 Oil Spill A Harbinger For Santa Barbara   Los Feliz Ledger  July 2015   

Big Green Bus Makes West Hollywood Stop   AOL News/West Hollywood Patch   July 30, 2010

 

FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CITIES

Skip the Coffee and Use This Human Locker to Recharge Instead    Inc.    Nov. 16, 2017

This Startup’s Robots Hold Your Favorite Parking Space At The Mall, Even On Black Friday    Forbes   Nov. 18, 2018
Gas Without The Station: This 1400-Gallon Pump On Wheels Comes To You    Forbes     Nov. 16, 2018
Your Blind Grandma Alone In A Lyft Actually Solves A Social Problem     Forbes    Oct. 26, 2018 2018 

Kids' Ride Service Race Heats Up As Zūm Expands To Take On Kango, HopSkipDrive    Forbes   Oct. 15, 2018

Will Ride-Hail Be Free By 2021? The Startup Ad Platform Vugo Says Yes    Fast Company     March 3, 2017

 

LOCAL BUSINESS

An East Hollywood Restaurant Got Busted Paying Servers as Little as $25 a Day   Los Angeles Magazine   Feb. 27, 2018

Bar Covell is Officially a Bar, for the First Time   LA Weekly   Nov. 2, 2016

Local Bookstores Thrive Through Community Outreach    Los Feliz Ledger    August 2015

City Tax Certificates Confuse Pot Shop Regulation    Los Feliz Ledger   April 2015

Banners Prove Boon to Business   July 20, 2010   AOL News/Agoura Hills Patch

 

NATIONAL SECURITY AND DISASTER RESILIENCE

Bomb found on power line in San Bernardino    EPICenterLA Blog    Jan. 17, 2015

Audit reveals FEMA’s wasteful spending    EPICenterLA Blog    Dec. 18, 2014

LA City Council to extend background check conract at LAX    EPICenterLA Blog    Nov. 21, 2014

Red Cross investigation exposes failures, management rifts    EPICenterLA Blog    Nov. 4, 2014

Los Angeles to receive $67 million in federal disaster resilience funds    EPICenterLA Blog    July 2, 2014

LA City Council funnels $805,000 into new public safety contracts    EPICenterLA Blog    July 2, 2014

West Hollywood Sheriff Joins Nixle Alert System    AOL News/West Hollywood Patch    July 15, 2010

 

STARTUP FUNDRAISING AND VENTURE CAPITAL

India’s Bounces Zips Up Another $72 Million To Continue Scaling Scooter Culture   Forbes   June 30, 2019

Booster Raises Another $56 Million To Bring The Pump To You In A Post-Gas Station World   Forbes   June 30, 2019

How to Raise Money (Without Losing Your Social Conscience)    Inc   Jan. 9, 2018

The Company Turning Ubers Into Product Distribution Channels Raises $22.5M In Series A    Forbes   Sept 27, 2018

 

REDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGING LOS ANGLES NEIGHBORHOODS

Centered on Sunset   Los Angeles Business Journal    Oct. 15, 2018

Hackman buys Hudson’s development rights for Culver City creative office project    The Real Deal    Dec. 7, 2016  

Can the Westside get behind mixed-income housing development?   Nov. 3, 2016  The Real Deal

Renaissance of the Arts District   The Real Deal    Sept. 7, 2016

The Lowdown: Hillside Ordinance   AOL News/Encino Patch     Sept. 2, 2010

 

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

This Startup’s Robots Hold Your Favorite Parking Space At The Mall, Even On Black Friday    Forbes      Nov. 18, 2018

Gas Without The Station: This 1400-Gallon Pump On Wheels Comes To You    Forbes     Nov. 16, 2018

Kids' Ride Service Race Heats Up As Zūm Expands To Take On Kango, HopSkipDrive    Forbes   Oct. 15, 2018

Can Uber's Global Business Be Beaten One City At A Time? Here's Daimler's Bet    Forbes   Oct. 10, 2018

The Company Turning Ubers Into Product Distribution Channels Raises $22.5M In Series A    Forbes   Sept 27, 2018

This Startup Created A Rolling C-Suite So Executives Can Skip Short-Haul Flights    Forbes    Sept. 26, 2018

Want Luxury Features Without Buying a New Car? These 4 Startups Want to Help    Inc.    Jan. 18, 2018

Skip the Coffee and Use This Human Locker to Recharge Instead    Inc.    Nov. 16, 2017

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