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DEAR MITCH-I stand in firm solidarity with protesters fighting for our unhoused siblings. While peacefully protesting the draconian measures taken by you to evict the houseless citizens occupying the park, they had their 1st Amendment Rights violently trampled by an out-of-control, militarized police force on your orders. The images we have seen are reprehensible and should disturb every freedom-fighting citizen, as they do me.  Your failed leadership to effectively manage the housing crisis in CD13, and those who find themselves unhoused, grows in increasingly shameful ways, as demonstrated...

Art Detour is back and bigger than ever. This year what was once a weeklong art walk celebrates art not just in Phoenix, but across Arizona, for more than a month. Through March 31, Art Detour will feature more than 300 arts activities and connect art lovers with special shows at art galleries, arts and culture organizations, arts-supporting businesses and visual and performing artists. The annual event is put on by Artlink Inc., a nonprofit that supports local artists, art initiatives and events including First and Third Fridays. “We want these 33 days to feel completely different from any...

Art Detour is back and bigger than ever. This year what was once a weeklong art walk celebrates art not just in Phoenix, but across Arizona, for more than a month. Through March 31, Art Detour will feature more than 300 arts activities and connect art lovers with special shows at art galleries, arts and culture organizations, arts-supporting businesses and visual and performing artists. The annual event is put on by Artlink Inc., a nonprofit that supports local artists, art initiatives and events including First and Third Fridays. “We want these 33 days to feel completely different from any...

How Downtown L.A.’s Cecil Hotel Went From Lively Destination To“Hell On Earth” Emma Dibdin To walk around downtown Los Angeles is to see ghosts. Even on a crisp, bright Sunday morning, they’re impossible to miss. The ghost of a thriving financial district, once dubbed "the Wall Street of the West," now abandoned. The ghost of a beloved streetcar system that was ripped out in the 1960s, leaving L.A. dependent on congested freeways. And if you believe in this sort of thing, there are also the ghosts of all those who’ve suffered and died at the Hotel Cecil, whose check...

ROBYN BECKGetty Images To walk around downtown Los Angeles is to see ghosts. Even on a crisp, bright Sunday morning, they’re impossible to miss. The ghost of a thriving financial district, once dubbed "the Wall Street of the West," now abandoned. The ghost of a beloved streetcar system that was ripped out in the 1960s, leaving L.A. dependent on congested freeways. And if you believe in this sort of thing, there are also the ghosts of all those who’ve suffered and died at the Hotel Cecil, whose checkered history is the subject of the new Netflix documentary