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Anzen Hardware
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (1763+ words) The backstory: Tsutomu Maehara founded Anzen Hotel Supply on First Street in 1946, after being incarcerated at Tule Lake during World War II, to supply nearby single-room hotels. The shop later shifted to American hardware and imported Japanese tools. Why now:…...
Unhoused victims
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (1711+ words) The motives: Court records and people who spoke with LAist and The LA Local attributed these shootings to gangs and the dangers of the underground drug economy. Other sources and legal proceedings point to a rise of “predators,” “outsiders” or…...
Grizzly bears
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (1825+ words) Why now: Assemblymember Buffy Wicks of Oakland, who announced the decision on the proposal, told reporters that before intentionally reintroducing grizzly bears, the state must figure out how humans can best coexist with predatory wildlife. Lawmakers on Thursday killed a…...
California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (342+ words) Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department of…...
Irvine debuts bridge
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (1801+ words) The details: The bridge connects the Jeffrey Open Space Trail, which runs along Jeffrey Road on the east side of the 5, to trails and bike lanes on the west side of the highway. The path is almost a quarter-of-a-mile long,…...
You can bike, skate, walk over the 5 Freeway in Irvine. And it’s awesome
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (246+ words) Irvine opened a new pedestrian bridge this week that lets you pedal, scoot, or walk over the 5 Freeway. I threw my bike in the car and went to check it out. I parked at Cypress Community Park in Irvine and…...
It's all hands on deck at this hidden LA River fingerboard park
20+ hour, 36+ min ago (495+ words) There’re plenty of skate parks in the region — skateboarding, after all, got its start in Southern California. But a skate park of another kind has risen on the banks of the L.A. River. The L.A. River Fingerboard Skatepark…...
This 80-year-old hardware store is back in Little Tokyo. Its next chapter is just starting
20+ hour, 36+ min ago (749+ words) A hardware store isn't where you’d expect to find a drawing class, a matcha pop-up or plant sales. Unless you're at Anzen Hardware, an 80-year-old staple that nearly disappeared from Little Tokyo in 2023. The business reopened in November, and it’s…...
Hidden fingerboard park
1+ day, 50+ min ago (1770+ words) Why on the LA River?: The four-feet tall flood control barriers make for a great site for the makeshift fingerboard park. The backstory: No one knows who created the park or when, but in March videos began showing up on…...
Rebuilding gap
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1730+ words) What's being done: Several funds and financing options have cropped up as traditional safety nets prove to be far from enough. These funds attempt to bridge the financial gap, as well as the knowledge gap many face in rebuilding from…...