For the Shop Owner. For the Neighborhood. For the Truth.
Boyle Heights, Leimert Park, Koreatown — the real Los Angeles is built by shop owners, not studios.
West Hollywood Canters says it was hit with a whopper electric bill, utilities have been increasing up from 10,000 a month. This is not sustainable. Owners still trying to decide how to procede.
Leimert ParkWorld Stage Records has been the heartbeat of Leimert Park's jazz community for thirty years. Owner Billy Higgins Jr. says the shop isn't a business — it's a responsibility.
By Carmen Ruiz·
KoreatownHan's Market has been rebuilt twice. Owner James Han says the neighborhood always came back to help. 'This is our community,' he said. 'We rebuild together.'
By Editorial Staff·
Highland ParkUrban Outfitters wanted to license her curation model. Luz Morales wanted to keep her shop. The answer was easy.
By Carmen Ruiz·
West Hollywood & MelroseThree clubs. Three owners. Three different philosophies about what a comedy room owes its performers. Together, they've kept Los Angeles the undisputed capital of stand-up for fifty years — and none of them did it by playing it safe.
By Carmen Ruiz·
Silver LakeStories Books & Café in Echo Park has a line out the door on weekends. Skylight Books in Los Feliz just expanded its events calendar. Across the city, independent booksellers say something has shifted — readers want to be somewhere, not just buy something.
By Carmen Ruiz·
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