LA’s huge new $60M ‘oasis’ park with outdoor amphitheater is nearly done — why it won’t open until next year

LA’s huge new M ‘oasis’ park with outdoor amphitheater is nearly done — why it won’t open until next year

Another day, another boondoggle? A long-awaited Los Angeles park taking shape beneath the city’s problem-plagued Sixth Street Bridge has hit a speed bump on its way to opening. The debut of the 12-acre Sixth Street PARC — short for Park, Arts, River & Connectivity — was supposed to welcome greenery-deprived residents of Boyle Heights and the Arts … Read more

Huge new amphitheater, homes to transform Southern California city’s downtown — but locals are furious

Huge new amphitheater, homes to transform Southern California city’s downtown — but locals are furious

Thousand Oaks may be one step closer to getting something residents have debated for generations: a real downtown. City officials are pushing a sweeping blueprint to bulldoze sections of the city’s quiet Civic Arts Plaza and replace it with a bustling, pedestrian-friendly downtown district. The grand vision includes a 142-room, seven-story boutique hotel, mixed-use apartment … Read more