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Even Hollywood hates the bright green bike lanes in downtown LA
DestinationsIt’s not easy being green, as a notable Hollywood star once sang. But not even Kermit the Frog was subjected to the indignity of a Los Angeles Times editorial demanding he change his shade. The city’s principal newspaper – still regarded by some, if not all, as the arbiter of everything LA – on Monday [...]
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Los Angeles opens its second Chinese tourism office in Shanghai
DestinationsLos Angeles has doubled its presence in China. In hopes of welcoming more big-spending foreign visitors, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Monday that the city has opened a tourism office in Shanghai, the second for Los Angeles in China. To promote trade and travel to L.A., the mayor also announced plans to visit Beijing this month. [...]
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LAX one step closer to $4.8 billion renovation with city council approval
TransportLos Angeles International Airport is a step closer to major renovations that have some neighbors vowing to sue, after the City Council approved a $4.8 billion project Tuesday. The council’s 10-3 vote OKs plans to move the northernmost runway about 260 feet closer to Westchester and Playa del Rey neighborhoods, according to City News Service. [...]
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Car rentals in Los Angeles are 50 percent cheaper than they are in New York
TransportHere’s another reason to love L.A.: Car rental rates in the City of Angels are among the lowest of any major city in the country. The average car rental rate in Los Angeles over the last 12 months was $30 a day, according to a survey by Cheapcarrental.net. Los Angeles had the third cheapest rate [...]
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California senator pushes for later last calls to boost LA tourism
DestinationsLos Angeles is at a disadvantage competing with Las Vegas, New York and Miami for tourists who want a lively nightclub scene because of a California law that cuts off alcohol sales at 2 a.m., a state lawmaker contends. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has introduced legislation that could extend the last call for [...]
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Los Angeles needs a modern convention center & it won’t wait for AEG
DestinationsThe top budget official at L.A. City Hall said Friday that he will begin researching other strategies for upgrading the city’s Convention Center in case plans for developing a downtown football stadium fall apart. One day after stadium proponent Anschutz Entertainment Group announced that its top executive had stepped aside and that the company was no [...]
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LA definitely interested in bidding for 2024 Olympics, NYC might be
DestinationsThe United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said on Friday it was pleased with the level of interest by cities in possibly hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. Last month the USOC sent out letters to the mayors of America’s 35 biggest cities to gauge their interest in bidding for the 2024 Games and received a mixed [...]
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Downtown Los Angeles is getting yet another high-rise hotel
DestinationsAs demand for downtown Los Angeles hotel rooms grows, plans have emerged for yet another high-rise inn near Staples Center. The announcement comes as hoteliers are scrambling to cash in on downtown’s revival as a tourist destination and convention hub. Three large hotel projects are already underway and developers are prospecting for other potential sites [...]
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Travel ads of the week: Boating, biking and business meetings around the world
DestinationsThis week’s roundup of travel ads is a stream of destination imagery. A montage of aerial city views and laughing visitors makes it way into most of the ads, suggesting that viewers would want to be drawn into an experience regardless of what the ad is actually selling. Only one hotel breaks the trend by [...]
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Korean Air’s new office-and-hotel tower in LA will be the tallest in California
TransportA $1 billion office-and-hotel tower being developed by Korean Air Lines Co. in downtown Los Angeles will be the tallest building in the western U.S. upon its completion in four years, according to the project’s architect. The foundation of the 1,100-foot (335-meter) tower will be poured at the end of this year, with a grand [...]
