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Christopher Raeburn to join line-up at Jacket Required

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Friday, January 04 2019

Premium fashion trade show Jacket Required has announced that British fashion designer Christopher Raeburn will be taking to the stage to talk about the industry’s movement towards slow fashion, and showcase a new collection under the newly re-branded Raeburn label.

Raeburn, who was named as the new global creative director of Timberland in October, will be joining a panel of industry experts - including Hans Ates from Blackhorse Lane Ateliers and Stacey Wood from King & Tuckfield - in an ‘In Talks With’ session, where they will talk to British fashion commentator and Professor of Diversity Caryn Franklin about ‘Crafted to Last – the movement towards slow fashion’.

Commenting on the announcement in a statement, Lindsay Hoyes, Event Director of Jacket Required said: “The concept of fashion for life, the move away from fast fashion and how the retailer and end consumers can embrace this movement is going to be a fascinating discussion.”

Jacket required will take place at The Old Truman Brewery in London between 23–24 January 2019, and will showcase new collections from K-Way, Sperry, Psycho Bunny, Le Mont Saint Michel, Peregrine Clothing, Knickerbocker, Cheaney, Colorful Standard, Hummel, Quoddy, Armor Lux, Dickies, Grenson, Guess, Happy Socks, Pendleton, 7L System, Mephisto Originals, Portuguese Flannel, Teva, Yogi Footwear, Colmar, Karl Kani, American Trench, Craighill and Monokel.

Raeburn and other panellists will take to the stage of the Old Truman Brewery at 2pm on Wednesday 23 January.

Photo credit: Timberland

Source: https://fashionunited.com/news/people/christopher-raeburn-to-join-line-up-at-jacket-required/2019010425383

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Exclusive Omakase Cocktail Bar Le Néant Debuts in Downtown LA This Week

The Wolves, named this year’s Design of the Year by Eater LA, will debut its exclusive cocktail experience called Le Néant tomorrow evening in the back space of their Downtown LA establishment. French for “nothingness,” it takes a similar vibe of a Japanese-style omakase with no set menu and just a list of farmers market ingredients for guests to choose. Anyone wanting to visit will have to get a paid reservation first on Resy, which costs $44 and comes with two drinks and an aperitif, according to Food & Wine. For the month of December, Le Néant will only operate on Thursday evenings, though it opens to expand days come 2019.

Tomorrow evening’s opening is actually already booked, though there are a few spots for the rest of the month, with two seatings per evening beginning at 9:30 p.m., and another at 10:30 p.m. The sprawling lounge has room for about 20 patrons, plus seats up at the bar for anyone that wants to watch barman Kevin Lee assemble drinks. Check out the opening “menu” of ingredients, whereupon Lee will construct cocktails based on the preferences of each person. If someone doesn’t have particular preferences, the bar will decide for them.

This month’s ingredients include strawberry guava, Hosui pears, round baby carrots, black truffle, and golden enoki mushrooms all grown or produced locally, with the exception of those truffles.

Le Néant. 519 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA

Le Néant, Downtown LA

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Source: https://la.eater.com/2018/12/5/18127943/le-neant-the-wolves-cocktail-omakase-farmers-market-bar-opening

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First Look at Proposed Affordable Housing in Santa Monica

At its meeting today, the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board is scheduled to take its first look at the Magnolia Villas development, a proposed senior apartment complex from EAH Housing.

The project, which would rise from a .31-acre site at 1445-1453 10th Street, calls for the construction of a four-story, 42-foot-tall building featuring 40 units of senior affordable housing with 10 at-grade parking spaces.  Plans also call for amenities including a community garden, a laundry facility, and a courtyard.

DE Architects is designing Magnolia Villas, which is described in a staff report as a contemporary infill project that provides a transition between the commercial uses on Broadway and the apartment buildings to the north.  The project achieves "push, pull, and voids," in its main 10th Street facade through cantilevered upper levels, inset balconies, roof-level terraces, and a recessed entry portal.

The staff report to the Architectural Review Board recommends that the Magnolia Villas development should be approved, on the condition of several design changes, including revisions to the building's rear facade.

EAH Housing has other ongoing projects in Southern California, including affordable developments planned in Hollywood and South Los Angeles.

Source: https://urbanize.la/post/first-look-proposed-affordable-housing-santa-monica

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1911 Campus Road in Eagle Rock

Nestled in the hills of Eagle Rock, this exquisite Buff & Hensman post and beam, masterfully preserved in its original 1968 condition.

Sited on a 9,714-square-foot lot initially owned by Occidental College and built for alumnus and Emeritus Professor of Theater, Omar Paxson, the aptly named Paxson House is replete with elegant details that are iconic to Buff & Hensman’s design aesthetic.

The simplified interiors feature beautiful two-story stained glass windows, post and beam construction, and custom lighting by Conrad Buff.

The floor-to-ceiling glass walls provide natural light and open to multiple treetop decks.

The entry level offers Saltillo tile floors, a gourmet kitchen and living and dining room with impressive vaulted ceilings and towering north-facing windows.

The second level open-concept floor plan provides two bedrooms, while the glamorous master suite boasts its own enclave with accordion walls that open to the first level.

Expertly crafted by one of the most coveted and renowned architecture firms of its time, the Paxson House transcends epochal design to create a home that’s simultaneously authentic and current, truly a timeless, one-of-a-kind offering in Los Angeles.

See this home in person!

Listing courtesy of Carey Haynes & Anthony Haynes, Pacific Union International.

Source: https://takesunset.com/2018/10/1911-campus-road-in-eagle-rock/

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Zubac Flashes Talent, Upside in Starts

When the Lakers young core is discussed, four names are typically mentioned: Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart.

But if you’d just watched the Lakers play for the last week and change, you may have noticed a 7-foot-1 behemoth with soft hands and quicker-than-expected feet patrolling the paint on both ends.

Ivica Zubac was drafted No. 32 overall in 2016, 30 spots after Ingram. Like Ingram and Ball, he’s just 21. As a rookie, Zubac had some nice moments, including a 25-point, 11-rebound gem against Denver in March. His sophomore year was less notable, and he entered the 2018 offseason determined to improve his body, and thus, his game.

After working out hard with Lakers Director of Strength and Endurance Training Gunnar Peterson … and then playing very well for the Croatian National Team in FIBA Qualifiers over the summer in games that Lakers GM Rob Pelinka made sure to stay up very late, or get up very early, to watch … Zubac thought he was poised for a breakout season.

Then on the flight back from Croatia to Los Angeles, Zubac got really sick just three days before training camp, which really set him back. Luke Walton used him for a total of just seven minutes in October, and 40 minutes in November, with vets JaVale McGee and Tyson Chandler playing well and splitting minutes at center. But when McGee fell ill recently, Walton decided to start Zubac, and over a three-game span, was heavily rewarded.

Against New Orleans, Memphis and Golden State, Zubac averaged 17.7 points on 25 of 32 FG’s (78.1%), plus 8.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks in 32 minutes per game. He played only 20 minutes in Thursday’s loss at Sacramento, and wasn’t getting the benefit of the whistle at the rim before finishing with six points and five boards.

“He’s been really good for us,” said Walton before L.A.’s Thursday’s game. “We’re going to need him to continue to be really good for us. He’s done a nice job of staying ready, working really hard and taking advantage of the opportunity when it came to him. He’s very young, he’s got a long way to go still, but his body is already starting to slowly change from a young man to a grown man, and as you go in this league, especially bigs, the speed of the game and how it’s played today, it takes longer sometimes. But for only being 21 years old, he’s made a lot of really nice progress.”

We sat down with Zubac to detail his offseason training, his preseason illness, his breakout stretch as a starter and how important and helpful his vets have been to his progress. Below is a transcription of our conversation:

MT: Did you add anything to your offseason routine last summer after your second season didn’t go exactly as you’d hoped for? Zubac: I did work out harder especially in the weight room with Gunnar, I did work on my conditioning and my explosiveness and my lateral movement and stuff like that more. The first summer, I worked a lot on just lifting, but the second summer, we focused more on the running, jumping, moving and everything. I think that made a difference.

MT: When you weren’t at the Lakers facility over the summer, you went to Europe to play for your National Team; how did you feel that went? Zubac: Really good. I was in the starting five, and we won two and lost two, but I played pretty good.

MT: Were you a better player, or a different player, after your summer? Zubac: I wouldn’t say different. I just felt like everything I did before, I can do better now. Rob (Pelinka) Magic were watching the games for my National Team, and Rob was calling me after those games saying how much better I look, how much more athletic. Throughout the whole summer, the coaches and front office were saying that I was looking great, when we played some pickup games. But when I came back from my National Team for the second time, I got sick right before training camp, and that changed everything.

MT: Tell us more about that. Zubac: So, I was on the plane from Croatia to L.A. – 14 hours – and I was sleeping for most of the flight, and by the time we were landing, I started feeling cold and that I was getting sick. I landed three days before training camp, and I had a fever for four or five days that wouldn’t go down. My throat was bad, I was coughing so bad, waking up in the middle of the night and it wouldn’t stop. I somehow got the fever down for the first day of training camp, but my energy was terrible. I couldn’t do anything. I don’t know how I got through the first couple of days. But I couldn’t show anything that I worked on this summer, and that’s the part of why I think I was not in the rotation since Day 1.

MT: How long did it take you to get back to where you were before you got sick? Zubac: It took me three or four weeks. I started doing much better in practices, and in some practices I would dominate, and that’s when I was like, ‘OK this is it, this is how I felt all summer.’

MT: And that was around the time Tyson Chandler arrived, right? Zubac: That was the time when J3 (Johnathan Williams) was playing backup minutes, and right before we got Chandler, I got to play in the Portland game*, and we won and I played pretty good. After that game, we got Chandler and I was back on the bench. But that’s when I was starting to feel really good. *Zubac played 20 minutes, and hit 4 of 5 FG’s for nine points with eight rebounds in a 114-110 win.

MT: You’ve said multiple times that Chandler and JaVale McGee have been really good vets to you… Zubac: Yes, for sure. JaVale, at the beginning of the season when I was not playing and we were not doing good, told me ‘I know you’re not happy with being on the bench, but you gotta work, you gotta stay ready because we’re gonna need you.’ JaVale was on me every day, and even when his conditioning was not really good at the beginning of the season, he would call me and be like, ‘Let’s run together after practice.’ We did a bunch of stuff for our conditioning with Gunnar, and then Tyson got here, and we have the same agent* and he was like, ‘Tyson is an amazing guy, he is going to help you a lot.’ And since Day 1, Tyson has been sitting next to me on the plane, and after every game whether I played or not, we talk about the game, go over everything that happened. We think similar, and some stuff I didn’t usually see before, now I can see. When I don’t see it, he explains it to me, and now I’m seeing some different stuff that I didn’t see before. *Jeff Schwartz

MT: What’s an example of that? Zubac: Angles of setting screens. I always thought, you only have to hit a guy, but he explained to me about angles, so that helps. Then a lot of stuff on defense. Positioning of the guards on screens, or where I should be on pick and rolls. Who can I help off, and stuff like that.

MT: Have you found a renewed sense of confidence with your recent play as a starter? Zubac: I’m feeling really confident right now. Especially because I had those kind of games before, but I was never consistent. I would have one good game, then a few bad games. So after the I figured after the first game (against New Orleans), I was like, ‘I gotta forget about that game.’ I gotta focus on the next one. My only goal is to be consistent to help the team, and that’s the only way. People are going to forget about that game two days after that. If I play bad that next game, nobody is going to care what I did (earlier). I gotta be consistent. I knew with guys like (Rajon) Rondo and LeBron (James), I have to go straight up every time. That’s what I worked on a lot this summer with Mad Dog (asst. coach Mark Madsen), about planting on dunks and how should I go around defenders when I’m dunking. That really helped me, and that was my mindset from the first start this season. I knew I had to go hard, because last year I was trying to shoot floaters and a hook shot, and didn’t have much success with it, so I knew (getting all the way to the rim) was going to help my game.

MT: That’s a good point; last year, you were often getting in no man’s land there in the middle of the paint where you weren’t close enough to dunk. How have you changed that around to consistently getting all the way to the rim? Zubac: I’m more athletic than the year before. I’m physically much stronger. More explosive. That helps me with contact. When I jump and when I bump into someone, I’m the guy who bumps the guy, not the guy who’s being bumped. So that helps a lot when you’re finishing, and with your confidence. But it’s not that I’m doing something else, I just worked on footwork with Mad Dog, so when I get the ball in pick and roll, what’s the first step? How should I plant it?

MT: You’ve always been a guy who lifts his knees when he dunks, which I think of as a Shaq move. Maybe we’ve just been seeing you dunk more often lately and it’s standing out … Zubac: Yeah I’ve been doing that for a long time. I knew a couple of big guys in Croatia that were dunking, but they’d leave their legs straight and be hanging, and it didn’t look cool at all. I’m a tall guy. If I dunk like that, it doesn’t look cool because I’m a couple of inches from the ground. When I lift my knees up it looks cooler, and Shaq did it, so that’s another plus.

MT: Some young bigs from your area of Europe like Nikola Jokic and Jusuf Nurkic have been getting more praise of late, and deservedly so. Is there a part of you that’s thinking, ‘Don’t forget about me’? Zubac: They deserve it, and to be honest, I didn’t do much this season to be in that same conversation. Even though I know I can be, I didn’t do anything to be there. I guarded them when I was younger back home and I know I can play against them … and I’ve done good against all of them. It’s just a matter of opportunity. I know if I’m playing, I’m going to be in that conversation. And if I’m not and they are, it’s fair for them to be in that conversation, and not me. I knew since my first year when I had some success, and in my second year not really, and I know a lot of people gave up on me. But I always knew what I can do, and no one can see what happens in a practice and I was always really good in practices. And I knew if I can do it in practice, when I get my chance in a game I’m gonna do it again. I think I can be consistent and do this on a day-to-day basis.

Source: https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/181228-zubac-flashes-talent-upside-in-starts

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Auction for Cesar Pelli-designed FAA building nears end

The 1973 Lawndale building sits near SpaceX’s headquarters and Northrup Grumman’s office campus

Cesar Pelli and the Hawthorne Federal Building

UPDATED, July 12, 3:40 p.m. An auction for the Federal Aviation Administration’s longtime West Coast headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport is nearing an end following dozens of bids for the property. As of 3:40 p.m., bidding for 1500 Aviation Boulevard has reached $37.3 million from the $8 million starting bid when the historic office building hit the block a month ago. The auction is set to end Monday evening, although it could be extended. Bid increments are set at $300,000.

The six-story Hawthorne Federal Building in Lawndale, not neighboring Hawthorne, has 206,000 square feet of rentable space and sits on about 11.5 acres near Interstate 405. The area is a longtime hub for aviation and related technology companies. Northrop Grumman has a massive office complex across the street. SpaceX’s headquarters is a five-mile drive away.

The Federal Building is a local architecture treasure among the area’s otherwise unremarkable stock of office buildings. It was designed by celebrated post-modern architect Cesar Pelli in the mid-1960s and was the first building in Southern California to have a mirrored glass skin when it opened in 1973, according to the L.A. Conservancy. The style became extremely popular in the following decades.

The Federal Building was listed on the National Register for Historic Places in 2015. The designation does not bar demolition or changes to the property but does make the property eligible for tax incentives related to preservation.

Source: https://therealdeal.com/la/2019/07/12/auction-for-cesar-pelli-designed-faa-building-nears-end/

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Miami condo belonging to Trump friend, billionaire Agalarov, hit with foreclosure

Fisher Island condo belonging to Trump friend, billionaire Agalarov, hit with foreclosure

Morgan Stanley filed suit for $2.8M, after the bank froze accounts

Aras Agalarov and Fisher Island (Credit: Wikipedia)

The ripple effect from the Trump-Russia investigation led to a problem for the Miami real estate holdings of Azerbaijani-Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov, a friend of President Trump.

Morgan Stanley is suing Agalarov in a $2.8 million foreclosure action tied to a condo on ritzy Fisher Island, the wealthiest ZIP code in the U.S.

Morgan Stanley was one of three banks that froze Agalarov’s U.S. bank accounts last fall due to concerns over millions in transfers to those accounts from Russia, Agalarov’s New York attorney Scott Balber confirmed.

“The mortgage was being paid by automatic debit from one of those accounts, and it wasn’t realized immediately what effect that was having,” Balber said.

He said Agalarov has paid Morgan Stanley in full and is current on the mortgage payments, although that is not reflected in public documents filed with Miami-Dade Circuit Court. The court’s website says the foreclosure case is open and the most recently filing was Jan. 4.

Morgan Stanley’s lawsuit alleges that Agalarov defaulted on the terms of a mortgage for unit 7642 at 7600 Oceanside starting July 1 and hasn’t made a payment since then. The lawsuit says the bank sent a default notice on Aug. 20. As of Nov. 30, Agalarov owed $2,786,000 in outstanding principal on the note and mortgage, plus interest, late fees, escrow advances and title search expenses, according to the lawsuit.

The foreclosure suit also names the building’s association and Fisher Island community association as defendants.

Agalarov has been described as a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as President Trump. He’s a billionaire who founded one of Russia’s leading development firms, the Crocus Group. Forbes has pegged Agalarov’s net worth at $1.6 billion.

In December, Agalarov sold another Fisher Island unit, at Palazzo Del Sol, for $8.5 million.

Agalarov and his famous son, pop star Emin Agalarov, hosted Trump for the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. They also played a key role in arranging a Trump Tower meeting that included Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, campaign manager Paul Manafort, a Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, and others, according to congressional testimony.

Source: https://therealdeal.com/miami/2019/01/17/fisher-island-condo-belonging-to-trump-friend-billionaire-agalarov-hit-with-foreclosure/

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One-bedroom condo in swinging Hollywood Riviera asks $549K

This top-floor, one-bedroom condo is located in West Hollywood’s Hollywood Riviera, a courtyard-style complex completed in 1954 and designed by midcentury architect Edward Fickett.

In its 630 square feet, the unit contains a breezy living area and a sunlit kitchen that opens onto a wide balcony. The sole bedroom is ample and bright, with a trio of large windows and louver windows bringing in sunlight.

Throughout, features include beamed ceilings, clerestory windows, and hardwood floors.

The Hollywood Riviera sits between Fountain and Sunset, just west of Fairfax. The well-preserved coral-colored condo building comes with a central pool, hot tub, and communal laundry facilities.

The asking price is $549,000, with HOA dues of $412. The price includes two parking spaces.

Source: https://la.curbed.com/2019/1/7/18172869/one-bedroom-condo-for-sale-west-hollywood-riviera

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Huge Capital Grille to Anchor Figueroa Corridor in Downtown LA

Every time I walk around Downtown LA, I am still astounded (and frustrated) by how little there is in DTLA for a city center of this size compared to other large international cities. There are still huge blocks of “nothingness” (long stretches of blank walls, surface parking lots, vacant retail spaces, etc) that make the Downtown LA walking experience diluted and less interesting. I mean, who likes to walk past “nothingness?” Compare that with a hyper-dense walkable city like Manhattan where almost literally-every-single-block has countless businesses back-to-back that activate the sidewalk with vibrant pedestrian activity — the real “magic” behind a dynamic urban experience. Our ultimate goal in Downtown LA is to activate as many dead blocks as possible where ground floor retail tenants are permitted, and yes, that means creating retail spaces where none existed before.

Over at 9th and Figueroa at the cusp of South Park and the Financial District, a huge commercial space has been leased out to a large high-end restaurant that will help toward that goal of making Downtown LA a more walkable and self-sustaining community. The Capital Grille (owned by Orlando-based restaurant group Darden, which also owns the Yard House chain) signed a lease to take over almost the entire ground floor retail space at the Alina property (aka Apex II), which is a brand new 28-story residential tower with 341 luxury apartment units for rent developed by Holland Partner Group.

Undulating wall of windows at the Alina property follow the diagonal slant of 9th Street between Figueroa and Flower

With about 11,000 square feet of total retail space in the property, The Capital Grille will occupy approximately 9,600 square feet of space according to a city planning application submitted late last year. Known for its upscale American cuisine, the new Downtown LA Capital Grille location will have soaring high ceilings that will allow the restaurant to build out a mezzanine for expanded capacity of up to 286 seats and another 36 seats dedicated to outdoor patio seating. The restaurant will also be able to take advantage of the unique design of the Alina property with its distinctive undulating wall of windows that follow the diagonal slant of 9th Street between Figueroa and Flower.

The opening of Capital Grille at 9th and Figueroa (likely by spring 2020) will be a much-welcomed new large anchor in South Park along the Figueroa Corridor. With only one other location in the whole state of California in Costa Mesa, my hope is that this will help attract more people to come downtown. I am obviously aware that we need a whole lot more businesses opening in Downtown LA to create that “24-7 urban center” we’ve all been dreaming of, but this restaurant (along with everything else opening downtown) takes us one step closer to realizing that dream.

All photography by Brigham Yen

The Capital Grille is planning to reopen in DTLA here at the Alina tower after closing its Beverly Center location in 2015

Source: https://brighamyen.com/2019/04/09/huge-capital-grille-to-anchor-figueroa-corridor-in-downtown-la/

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Un LeBron grandioso guío la vuelta al triunfo de los Lakers

LOS ÁNGELES – “Espectacular”.

Así describió Luke Walton la actuación de LeBron James, quien tuvo 38 puntos, nueve rebotes y siete asistencias – incluyendo 12 de los últimos 15 tantos de los Lakers en el partido.

El astro se hizo cargo en el momento más complicado de una noche que parecía, allá por el primer cuarto, que no requeriría un esfuerzo de 48 minutos.

Y es que los Lakers sacaron 24 puntos de diferencia al comienzo del segundo periodo, de la mano de una defensiva asfixiante y mucho movimiento de balón en ataque.

“Empezó con nuestra energía y atención al detalle”, señaló James. “Fuimos muy físicos y les hicimos comenzar su ofensiva antes de la media cancha, e incluso cuando cometimos errores – recuerdo que tuve una pérdida, (Darren) Collison encontró el hueco y tuvo un robo, pero Lonzo (Ball) regresó, (Brandon Ingram) regresó, JaVale (McGee) regresó y tuvimos múltiples tapas”.

Sin embargo, el equipo se desmoronó antes del descanso, e incluso llegó a encontrarse por debajo en el marcador en el tercer parcial. Allí, los laguneros mostraron el temple que no exhibieron en otras noches, y lograron enderezar la nave a tiempo ante un rival que vendió cara la derrota.

“Creo que jugamos tres cuartos de baloncesto realmente muy bueno, y un cuarto de baloncesto horrible, pero eso es progreso y eso es de lo que hablamos”, resumió Walton.

Los Lakers no se amedrentaron con el marcador 69-66 a favor de los visitantes en el tercer cuarto.

“Es un juego de rachas”, agregó Josh Hart. “Teníamos mucho tiempo y nos enfocamos en frenarlos y convertir en el costado ofensivo, y ejecutar. Ese fue el mayor foco. Nadie entró en pánico”.

El equipo tuvo contribuciones a lo largo de la rotación, y Walton se encargó de destacarlos, particularmente lo hecho por McGee y Hart, quien se movió mejor en la cancha pese a seguir lidiando con un esguince en su tobillo izquierdo.

“Hablamos de la oportunidad, antes del juego, que tendría JaVale para marcar a otro interno capaz de salir y tirar, y creo que JaVale estuvo a la altura del reto e hizo un gran trabajo con eso. Creo que Josh Hart nos dio una chispa increíble desde la banca, y LeBron fue espectacular, pero tuvimos muchos buenos esfuerzos de gente diferente, y eso es lo que toma para ganar en esta liga”.

McGee fue una auténtica pared, terminando con cuatro tapas, y por momentos neutralizando él solo a la ofensiva completa de los Pacers.

Vale destacar que si bien la mejor versión del equipo estuvo en el primer cuarto, la más importante se vio en los minutos finales.

Con Ball y Hart marcando el largo de la cancha, y con King James manejando los hilos en ofensiva, el equipo cerró el duelo sin sufrir mayores sobresaltos. Un parcial de 15-8 en los últimos 4:56 alcanzó y sobró para alzarse con el triunfo No. 12 de la temporada.

“Mantuvimos a todos delante nuestro”, apuntó James. “Corrimos a los tiradores de la línea, a (Bojan) Bogdanovic lo corrimos de la línea. A (Doug) McDermott también lo corrimos de la línea y tratamos de hacerlo jugar en la pintura. Fuimos muy sólidos con nuestras rotaciones. Generamos un par de faltas ofensivas también. Y los hicimos fallar, y agarramos el rebote. Fue un gran cuarto periodo para nosotros defensivamente”.

Source: https://www.nba.com/lakers/news/espanol/181129espectacular

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Six Facts About Blackship, West Hollywood’s New Japanese-Italian Restaurant

One of this year’s last big restaurant openings has been hiding under the radar for some time, but Blackship opens tomorrow, December 12, in West Hollywood from chef Keiichi Kurobe, formerly for Hinoki & The Bird. Produced in conjunction with Culinary Lab, which operates Hinoki, as well as Rosaliné, Blackship combines elements of Japanese cooking with handmade Italian pasta on the busy intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and La Cienega. Eater sits down with Kurobe, who’s opening his first solo restaurant in LA, his culinary background, and what will help separate Blackship from the numerous other openings in the city this past year.

Keiichi Kurobe was the sous chef under Brandon Kida at Hinoki & The Bird, but trained under Daniel Humm at Campton Place. Humm is now the chef of Eleven Madison Park and a partner of NoMad in Downtown LA. Kuroke learned many things at Campton Place under Humm but says he developed a passion for pasta there. Kurobe also credits Dominique Crenn as a mentor. Crenn just received a third Michelin star for her namesake Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, though she also cooked in Los Angeles at a Santa Monica restaurant called Abode.

Many of the flavors and dishes at Blackship gain their inspiration from Kurobe’s unique upbringing and travels. He was born in the U.S. but moved to Japan at an early age. The name Blackship refers to what he learned in school in Japan about the arrival of European and American ships, or kurofune in Japanese. These ships ended Japan’s isolation with the rest of the world, resulting in an exchange of cooking techniques and dishes. Think of tempura, which was a technique acquired from Portuguese missionaries. Hence Blackship hopes to meld Japanese flavors and ingredients with styles from across the world, but especially Italian. In addition to his time in Japan, Kurobe considers himself fortunate to have been able to travel to many other parts of the world with his family, and will incorporate those experiences at Blackship.

Blackship will house about 100 seats both inside and outside on a patio at 8512 Santa Monica Boulevard, which is a standalone building right next to the first LA Shake Shack location. The second floor will eventually open into a cocktail-oriented lounge with room for even more imbibers.

Sean Knibb of Knibb Design will put together the space, with inspiration from Italian gardens on the patio, and a modern, oceanic look inside featuring an open kitchen, brick oven, and marble bar. Knibb contributed design for A Frame in Culver City and elements of The Line Hotel.

Pasta is the highlight of the menu, with carbonara “ramen” with guanciale-style pork belly, chashu, and egg yolk hoping to become Kurobe’s signature dish. A hamachi bolognese comes with soba caserecce while shingiku (chrysanthemum) gnocchi comes with brown butter dashi and pecorino cheese. Other dishes include kurobuta pork chop with koji polenta and miso mostarda while a chicken karaage tortellini melds two classics of both Japanese and Italian cuisines. When asked about why these dishes worked, Kurobe said that the more subtle, often delicate flavors of Japan will get a boost from the more forward elements of Italian cuisine.

Blackship is Kurobe’s first major restaurant in Los Angeles, and it opens right along some of West Hollywood’s busiest restaurant corridors. Just around the corner, Nobu Los Angeles, 40 Love, The Nice Guy, Petite Taqueria, E.P. & L.P., Rosaline, Lucques, Fig & Olive, and Barton G serve along the intersection of La Cienega and Melrose. David Chang’s new Momofuku Noodle Bar will open down the way while Raku continues to draw the late night crowd. Down Santa Monica Boulevard, Shake Shack, The Abbey, and the rest of West Hollywood’s Boystown continues to bustle.

It puts Blackship in a prime location to draw more of the scene crowd from West Hollywood and its environs while remaining accessible enough for anyone in the Hollywood Hills and potentially lower in Beverly Grove. The location should be a boon to Blackship’s overall profile, though the traffic-laden corner could be an issue for anyone coming in from another neighborhood. Still many of the eateries nearby are packed full of patrons every night, which bodes well for filling seats.

Blackship is located on 8512 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. Opening date is December 12, 2018, with hours from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and until 11 p.m. on weekends. Book a table here.

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Source: https://la.eater.com/2018/12/11/18129178/blackship-west-hollywood-keiichi-kurobe-japanese-italian-opening-facts-intel

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Realogy taps J&J exec as new CFO amid cost-cutting push

Realogy taps J&J exec as new CFO amid cost-cutting push

Brokerage giant is looking for $70M in savings this year

Realogy CEO Ryan Schneider and CFO Charlotte Simonelli (Credit: LinkedIn)

As it looks to whittle expenses and reduce debt, Realogy has tapped Charlotte Simonelli — a 47-year-old former executive at Johnson & Johnson — as its new chief financial officer and treasurer.

Simonelli, who will report to CEO Ryan Schneider, is set to start March 25, Realogy announced Monday. She replaces longtime CFO Tony Hull, who stepped down abruptly in November. Interim CFO Timothy Gustavson will stay at Realogy as chief accounting officer and controller.

Since 2016, Simonelli has served as CFO of various divisions within Johnson & Johnson, including medical devices and enterprise supply chain. She’s also worked at Reckitt Benckiser, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo and Unilever.

Last month, Realogy disclosed plans to cut $70 million in expenses in 2019. It will also spend the first half of the year focusing on reducing its corporate debt load.

In regulatory filings, Realogy said Simonelli will earn a base salary of $650,000 (though she’ll be eligible for a bonus of $650,000 and an equity award of $1.1 million). In addition to her salary, Simonelli will receive an initial grant of restricted stock valued at $1 million; the stock will vest on the first three anniversaries of her start date.

Although Schneider is spearheading a turnaround at Realogy, the company’s stock plunged 21 percent in late February to a new low of $14.14 per share.

That drop followed Realogy’s 2018 earnings report — in which the company said its profits slid 68 percent to $137 million. For the full year, Realogy reported $6.1 billion in revenues, $35 million less than 2017.

Source: https://therealdeal.com/2019/03/11/realogy-taps-jj-exec-as-new-cfo/

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The Damned Get Political and Channel Evil Spirits

Alongside The Clash, the Sex Pistols and a few others, The Damned were very much a part of the first wave of English punk bands, rising out of the pub-rock scene with Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood looking on. 1976's "New Rose" is largely considered the first British punk single, while the Damned Damned Damned album from '77 is a bona fide classic.

Over the years, band members have come and gone but, for the most part, they've kept releasing albums that have varied in quality somewhat but have never been terrible. 1979's Machine Gun Etiquette is another near-perfect album, and 2001's Grave Disorder and 2008's So, Who's Paranoid? aren't too shabby, either.

That said, a full decade had passed since the latter before The Damned released Evil Spirits this year. It's a typical riot — dark but campy fun, high-energy, infused with some topical lyrics that are largely unusual for frontman David Vanian. There are a few twists, but it's largely business as usual for the Brit band. So what the hell took them so long?

"It's a bit of a long story, but I could say that we were in a bit of a rut," Vanian says. "Management, no record company— we were spiraling into that situation that bands sometimes do where you're playing shows but you're not playing anything new. It took a while to get us sorted out. I decided it was time and got some decent management in.

"Financially, we didn't have enough money to make an album. Through pledge, we got enough to get that and through Raw Power and Search & Destroy, the management and record company, we got enough to get this album together. It was a long time. It's a weird thing — it seems a long time but it didn't seem a long time when it was happening, when you're always busy."

Yep, the older we get, the faster time seems to pass us by. Vanian takes his role in ensuring the integrity of The Damned's legacy very seriously, and he didn't want the band to spiral into oblivion without having one more really good record. They've achieved that goal.

"The thing about this album is, one thing that was clear to both Captain [Sensible] and I, I think we were very keen on melody and music, and catchy lines," Vanian says. "Everything seemed to be working that way for both of us, even though we weren't writing together — we were writing in separate places. But when we brought the material together, it locked together very easily. We were on the same page, so there wasn't any conflict. Until we decided to do this, we hadn't put any material together as The Damned. So when we signed with Raw Power and when we asked Tony Visconti to make the album, neither had heard a note. They went for it on trust, which was quite amazing."

"The big difference is that Dave has got his songwriting mojo back," adds guitarist Captain Sensible. "He wanted us to ‘push the envelope’ and be adventurous this time round. He was playing us Scott Walker and John Barry soundtracks. ‘I Don’t Care’ straddles 3 diverse musical genres in one brief song. It’s no holds barred — we don't particularly care if we get the occasional critical slagging. We are on a musical adventure.. and it hasn’t finished yet."

That's right — Tony Visconti, famed for his work with David Bowie among many others, produced Evil Spirits. Vanian says the experience was a positive one, albeit brief.

"It was short-lived, because it was nine days in Brooklyn, basically," he says. "In those nine days, we probably did a month's worth of work because there was a lot to be done. It was fun. I would have liked the luxury of a bit more time, but it was great."

"Tony’s an old fashioned gent - it was a pleasure to work with him," Sensible adds. "He combines all that’s best of the classic '70s way of recording — everyone together in the same room, arranging as you go. Honing a tune until he says 'that’s it, that’s the one'."

Another change in personnel on the new album is the return of bassist Paul Gray, replacing Stu West, who in turn replaced Vanian's wife, Patricia Morrison (also of Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club, The Bags).

"[Paul] came in at the last minute, in fact, when we'd written all the songs, and then Paul learned the songs and played his own parts," Vanian says. "He added tremendously to the sound, of course. But he's been coming and going. He's not a permanent member of the band. He has a full-time job, and he was kind of retired out of the music biz, so we have him as a kind of luxury now and again."

As previously mentioned, some of Vanian's lyrics on Evil Spirits are uncharacteristically political. The Damned have dabbled before — the songs "Democracy?" and "W" (about George W. Bush) on Grave Disorder are clear examples. But this might be the first time politics has such a weighty impact on a Damned album.

"I usually don't write so many politically minded songs," Vanian agrees. "On this album I found myself writing political lyrics, because you can't not write them. It's so prevalent on everybody's mind right now, what's going on. I couldn't turn my back on that. I found myself writing words that I didn't expect to write. But nothing's really planned with this band. You just start and see where it takes you. It grows organically. You start it off and there's no telling where it's gonna end."

A first with Evil Spirits is the fact that it was funded through crowdsourcing. For Vanian, this approach just makes sense given the current state of the music industry.

"To be honest, the way of getting people to put in money to pay for something that they want to see or hear is really what punk rock was about — doing it yourself — and it enables artists to be totally free and do the job, whereas they might not be able to on their own, which is fantastic."

On Nov. 2, The Damned play the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood and then, the following night, the FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine with Danzig, Venom Inc. and more. Vanian says that coming to SoCal is a bit like coming home for him.

"Ever since we first came out in '76, they always seemed to understand what we were doing more than anywhere else, I think," he says of SoCal. "We always got a great reception, and there are so many interesting people over the years who have come to see us from all walks of life, so I always look forward to California. It's got a wild, colorful aspect to it that some of the other places don't."

Naturally, Vanian was a fan of bands such as The Germs and X, while his wife was in L.A. punk pioneers The Bags. Apparently, years before they met, Morrison and The Bags were annoyed with Vanian and The Damned after the latter inadvertently "stole" The Bags' idea of posing with paper bags on their heads (for the "Neat Neat Neat" single sleeve).

"I think they got a bit pissed off, because they'd already done it, and then our record sleeve came out and there we were with bags on our head," Vanian says. "It was weird. It was one of those things that happened by accident. We were in a photo session at the guy's house, and I spotted all of these brown bags that came over from America. We just started goofing around, thinking it would be great. Anti the beautiful covers that you got in those days — everyone in love with themselves."

The Damned will, of course, be welcomed back to L.A. with open arms, and we'll get a set that mixes old favorites with new goodies. It being so close to Halloween, we may get a few of the darker numbers, such as "Grimly Fiendish" from Phantasmagoria or "Plan 9 Channel 7" from Machine Gun Etiquette.

"The Damned of today is more like a gentlemen’s club for eccentric seniors," says Sensible. "Our only concession to modernity is that M.r Vanian’s pipe is of the vape variety these days."

The Damned play with Radkey and The Darts at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, at the Henry Fonda Theatre. They play with Danzig, Venom Inc., Power Trip, The Meteors and Mutoid Man at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine.

Source: https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-damned-get-political-and-channel-evil-spirits-9978237

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Historic Craftsman in Koreatown seeks $1.5M.

Situated on the northern edge of Koreatown, this shingled Craftsman and historic-cultural monument awaits its next owner.

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom house was designed in 1910 by John and Donald Parkinson, the father-and-son architectural duo that designed a number of standout buildings in Downtown LA, including the Los Angeles Stock Exchange and the Title Guarantee building. (The elder Parkinson also designed City Hall and the LA Memorial Coliseum.)

Named the Heart House, its plentiful interior wood accents have been restored. Other features include a wide front porch, wood-burning brick fireplace, gleaming hardwood floors, and spectacular original built-ins.

The historic residence last sold in 2014 for $1.1 million. It’s now listed for $1.5 million with Lissa Lebel of Sotheby’s International Realty and Rob Kallick of Compass.

The wood in the home has been restored.

The large kitchen features a high-end stove and a farmhouse sink.

Handsome built-ins dot the home.

Designed by John and Donald Parkinson, who together also designed the Los Angeles Stock Exchange and a number of other stand-out Downtown buildings.

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Source: https://la.curbed.com/2019/3/22/18277655/historic-craftsman-heart-house-for-sale

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Poshmark expands into home decor resale

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Tuesday, June 11 2019

Poshmark is moving beyond fashion. The consumer-to-consumer resale marketplace has today announced the launch of its Home Market. This allows consumers to list and sell their home decor items across a variety of categories.

Functioning as a social shopping platform, Poshmark first introduced its Posh Markets in 2018 to allow its 50 million registered users to sell and explore apparel and beauty products. Users can either re-sell gently used items or create a boutique of their own designs. There are currently 75 million listings on Poshmark across apparel, shoes and accessories.

The Home Market allows users to sell items such as accent pillows, candles, wall art, display shelves, curtains, bedding and bath towels. Poshmark sellers' listings will be supported by the company's tools, Posh Protect, Posh Post and Posh Authenticate.

“With the launch of the Home Market, we’re taking our first step into broader lifestyle categories and expanding our social marketplace beyond the closet,” Manish Chandra, founder & CEO of Poshmark, said in a press release.

“This Market launch reiterates the power of Posh Markets to scale social commerce and enables Poshmark to continue transforming the e-commerce experience.”

Photo: courtesy of Poshmark

Source: https://fashionunited.com/news/retail/poshmark-expands-into-home-decor-resale/2019061128236

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Beyond L.A.: Five things I would have done differently to prepare for my 3-day Mt. Whitney hike

This Beyond L.A. post features a peak that might be vaguely familiar to some hikers – Mt. Whitney.

There’s no shortage of information available online about the tallest summit in the U.S. outside Alaska. That being said, there are some things that can only be learned from doing or experiencing them. My trip to Whitney proved the old truism that hindsight is 20/20. I am grateful to have summited and descended safely, but in the process I realized that there were things I could have done differently to better prepare and it is in that spirit that I present the following. If I could go back and do my Mt. Whitney trip over again, I would have:

Carried a heavier pack on my high altitude training hikes. Like many Los Angeles hikers, the highest peak I’ve done is San Gorgonio. At 14,505 feet, Mt. Whitney is about 3,000 feet higher than San G; it beats San Jacinto by about 3,700 feet and Baldy by over 4,400. At high altitude, those thousands of feet make a difference. I did a 14-mile day hike to San Jacinto as preparation for Whitney, but only carried my day pack (about 15 pounds). Had I carried weight closer to the 45 pounds I hauled up Whitney (at least to Trail Camp at 12,000 feet) the trip would have helped better prepare me.

Outpost Camp

Camped at Outpost rather than Trail Camp. Speaking of Trail Camp, it is located about 6 miles from Whitney Portal (about 3,600 feet of elevation gain.) The large pond nearby is the last reliable source of water on the Mt. Whitney route. Our original plan made sense on paper: camp there, leave the tents set up and take our day packs to the summit on the second day (4.5 miles, 2,700 feet of elevation gain.) Thus, we would have gotten much of the work out of the way on the first day. However, in hindsight, Outpost Camp (3.8 miles from the start; 2,000 feet of elevation gain) would have been a better choice to spend the night. The 2.2 miles from Outpost to Trail Camp kicked my rear; I was hiking at a personal record altitude with 45 pounds on my back. Doing that same stretch with the day pack would have been easier, even if it had meant a longer second day. Additionally, Outpost Camp is warmer due to its lower altitude; you lose about 3 degrees F for every 1,000 feet you ascend, meaning that the temperature at Outpost is typically 5 valuable degrees higher than at Trail Camp. Trail Camp is above the timber line and thus lacks trees that can form a buffer from wind. While both campsites have year-round water, Trail Camp’s pond is more likely to freeze.

Brought more food that didn’t have to be cooked. For me, even the rudimentary tasks of setting up a camp stove, boiling water and cooking an MRE were difficult at 12,000 feet in cold and windy weather. When planning the trip I imagined enjoying hot meals at the beginning and end of each day. In reality, when I reached Trail Camp on the first day and returned on the second day after summiting, I just wanted to go to sleep and when I woke up on the third morning, I was more than ready to pack up and go. Snack items that I brought included granola, beef jerky, protein bars, mixed nuts and fruit pies; in hindsight I would have added packaged salmon, chicken, protein shakes and pop tarts to replace a couple of the MREs and give me more easily accessible food during the hike and at the camp.

Planned my packing to include room for a bear canister. I had never hiked with, or even seen, a bear canister before this trip. Due to a work commitment, I was unable to rendezvous with the rest of my party in Lone Pine the day before the hike and ended up meeting them the morning we set off. When I was given the bear canister that had been rented for me, I hastily had to rearrange my food and other belongings to accommodate the large cylinder. Even if I had opted not to purchase a bear canister in So Cal for the trip, I could have made my life easier by doing a little more research about what to expect and packing in a way that would anticipate having to add it.

Used hiking poles on my training hikes. I tend to only use hiking poles when I have to and on Mt. Whitney I had to. The good news about hiking poles is that, when you use them, you can burn up to 20% more calories than when you don’t. The bad news is that on a strenuous hike such as this one, if you don’t give yourself extra caloric fuel, you’ll feel it. As someone who tends to enjoy foods that are, let’s just say, rather indulgent, caloric consumption is usually not a problem for me – but since I wasn’t eating enough on this trip (see #3) using the poles required a lot of extra effort. Just as carrying a heavier than necessary pack would have made my training hikes more effective, using hiking poles would have as well.

For more tips on climbing Mt. Whitney, click here, here and here.

Text and photography copyright 2018 by David W. Lockeretz, all rights reserved. Information and opinions provided are kept current to the best of the author’s ability. All readers hike at their own risk, and should be aware of the possible dangers of hiking, walking and other outdoor activities. By reading this, you agree not to hold the author or publisher of the content on this web site responsible for any injuries or inconveniences that may result from hiking on this trail. Check the informational links provided for up to date trail condition information.

Source: https://nobodyhikesinla.com/2018/11/16/beyond-l-a-five-things-i-would-have-done-differently-to-prepare-for-my-3-day-mt-whitney-hike/

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Uber and Lyft drivers are striking at LAX: ‘We’re being paid starving wages’

Uber and Lyft drivers in Los Angeles launched a 24-hour strike today to protest wages they say are too low to make ends meet.

The strike is one of many protests planned across the nation this week in advance of Uber’s long-anticipated initial public offering on Friday. Several dozen protestors picketed in front of the arrivals terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, waving to passing cars and heckling ride-hail drivers who disregarded the strike.

“We’re being paid starving wages,” says Laurel Hirschmann, a strike organizer who’s been driving with Uber for 1.5 years “When I started with Uber I was making five grand every month.”

Now, says Hirschmann, she’s driving every day of the week and bringing in $3,000 per month. “After an $800 monthly gas bill, not to mention the car maintenance, that’s $2,000.”

The company announced plans last month to award cash bonuses to longtime drivers, but Rideshare Drivers United, an LA-based coalition of Uber and Lyft drivers, is asking for a longer-term commitment to higher pay.

In line with a minimum pay requirement now in effect in New York City, drivers in LA are asking for a guaranteed $28 hourly rate, which they say amounts to $17 after necessary auto expenses.

Earlier this year, Uber restructured its pay formula for Los Angeles drivers, cutting per-mile rates by 25 percent. That move inspired a day-long strike in March outside of the companies Redondo Beach offices.

About 100 drivers rallied at a park near at LAX before marching back to the airport’s arrivals level.

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Uber driver Rosalinda Cabrera says low wages are only part of the problem. She says the company’s practice of treating drivers as independent contractors—rather than employees—leaves drivers with little recourse if Uber suspends their account.

“One complaint from one rider and you can be let go,” says Cabrera. “There’s no recourse. This person might be the primary rent payer for a whole family. How does the company have the right to do that?”

In documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Uber estimates that nearly one-quarter of its business comes from just five cities, including Los Angeles; 15 percent comes from trips to and from an airport.

“We provide an essential service, but Uber and Lyft investors are only ones reaping the benefits,” Lyft driver Karim Bayumi said in a statement.

In a statement released Wednesday, an Uber spokesperson said that the company is working to improve the experience of drivers.

“Drivers are at the heart of our service─we can’t succeed without them,” reads the statement. “Whether it’s more consistent earnings, stronger insurance protections or fully-funded four-year degrees for drivers or their families, we’ll continue working to improve the experience for and with drivers.”

The strike is scheduled until 12 a.m. Thursday. A simultaneous strike is underway at San Diego International Airport, and shorter actions are also planned in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and other U.S. cities.

James Hicks, another strike organizer who’s driven for Uber for three years, says he hopes the demonstrations will catch the attention of the company’s executives as they prepare for Friday’s IPO.

He says potential investors should also be taking note, after Lyft’s underwhelming arrival on the stock market earlier this year.

“We don’t want Uber to go bankrupt,” says Hicks. “The gig economy is not really our enemy. We don’t want to kill it, we just want it to be regulated.”

Source: https://la.curbed.com/2019/5/7/18535597/uber-strike-los-angeles-ipo-lyft