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Raman’s late entry to race changes the dynamics
Team works to end prostitution on Western Ave. n Shift moves to ‘buyers, exploiters’
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By Nona Sue Friedman A new anti-sex trafficking strategy to combat illegal activities occurring along the Western Avenue corridor has been established. Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto described the multipronged program as “a group effort” between many city agencies. She stated the first objective is to “shift criminalization away from the victims to the buyers and exploiters.” At a press conference in City Hall in late January, she was joined by L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman; LAPD Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard of Operations - West Bureau, Olympic Division LAPD Capt. Rachel See Western, P 13
Residents learn firsthand about Task Force n A collective effort BERLIN WALL on Wilshire. 3-4
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By Nona Sue Friedman One of the signature facets of the Western Avenue Corridor Task Force to eliminate sex trafficking is to involve the community. A meeting held Feb. 19 at the LAPD Olympic Station provided an opportunity for the different agencies—Council District 13, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles City and County attorneys and Journey Out—to explain their role and ask for help and information See Meeting, P 10
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n Mayoral contest ramps up in Los Angeles
MIXED-USE RETAIL and residential complex is nearing completion on Third Street. The eight-story building will include 311 residential units and ground-floor retail space.
Complex set to open in eight-story development
n Daphne, Bloom on Third across from The Grove By Suzan Filipek An eight-story residential and retail project at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue across from The Grove and the Original Farmers Market is nearing completion. The development, at 6300 W. Third St., includes a ground-floor retail component called Bloom on Third. The upper residential floors, named The Daphne, include 311 studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments as
well as an athletic club, theater, and outdoor terrace. There will be parking for nearly 1,000 vehicles in a podium garage. The project, at the former Town & Country site, is developed by Holland Partner Group. Apartment prices have yet to be determined at the complex scheduled to open in the late second quarter of this year, said George Elum, managing See Complex, P 14
By Jon Vein Nithya Raman’s late entry into the Los Angeles mayoral race doesn’t just add another name to an already long list of candidates. It shifts the balance of the contest. Until she filed, the race was shaping up largely as a referendum on Mayor Karen Bass—her approach to homelessness, her wildfire response, and whether City Hall feels steady or stalled. Raman’s decision to jump in changes that equation. It sharpens the ideological contrast and raises a real possibility in a crowded field: progressive vote-splitting. Bass is running. Tech entrepreneur Adam Miller is running. So are community organizer Rae Huang, engineer Asaad Alnajjar, and others. Voters aren’t facing a narrow set of choices. They’re facing abundance. Raman enters with energy and name recognition—but See Raman, P 14
Science Center: See over 30 mummies
n Hungarian, German specimens included
By Nona Sue Friedman Over 30 mummies from South America, Europe, and ancient Egypt are back in Los Angeles after a 16year trip around the world. “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” is an interactive, family-friendly display at the California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park Dr., showing until Mon., Sept. 7. Los Angeles is its final stop before each section is returned to its lending museum of origin. New items and information have been added since its 2010 debut in the City of Angels. The exhibit gives visitors insight into the lives of ancient people spanning hundreds and thousands of years. Mummies new to the exhibit include two Egyptian
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MORE THAN 2,000-YEAR-old priest from Egypt.
priests, remains of 18th-century townspeople found in a long-forgotten church in Hungary, and a 17th-century German nobleman buried in his military boots. For this final stop, the Center teamed up with Keck Medicine of USC to examine the two Egyptian mummies under a CT scan, the gold standard for viewing mummies. Using CT scans enables See Mummies, P 15 @LarchmontChronicle
SUMMER BECKER holds a 3D print of a portion of an ancient Egyptian’s spine.
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