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York & Fig: Where are they now?

By Krissy Clark and Caitlin Esch

August 20, 2015

The Highland Park Swap Mall used to be full of vendors selling discounted items, like jeans, underwear and cell phone accessories. But the new owner has a new vision for the building, and the mom-and-pop businesses are now gone. — Rafael Cardenas

We return to Highland Park for the second episode of the gentrification podcast.

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York & Fig: A Look Back

By Krissy Clark, Noel King, Caitlin Esch, and Lindsay Foster Thomas

August 13, 2015

This former camera emporium, Frank’s Camera, is being renovated. The current owners hope to bring in new tenants soon. Up and down Figueroa Street in Highland Park, old businesses are moving out and new businesses are moving in. — Rafael Cardenas

Marketplace’s Wealth and Poverty team revisits Highland Park, one year later.

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Sports broadcaster takes note of the Special Olympics

July 28, 2015

Sabine Couilibaly of Burkina Faso (L) leads her heat of the Women's 100m sprints during the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, at the Loker USC Stadium in Los Angeles on July 26, 2015. — MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

ESPN looks to get a piece of the marketing opportunity. And it's not alone.

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Skid Row storage helps put order in lives of homeless

June 26, 2015

Tents on the sidewalk in front of The Bin. — Jeff Tyler/Marketplace

A safe, clean place for belongings is critical to getting and keeping work.

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L.A.'s biggest vulnerability lies under its streets

By Sarah Gardner

June 16, 2015

The California Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts bringing fresh water to Los Angeles. Here, where it meets the San Andreas fault, the aqueduct could break and potentially cut off some water supply in a large earthquake. — Vanessa Smith/Marketplace

A major quake could rupture the city's aging system of 7,000 miles of water pipes.

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Making a home without a house

May 29, 2015

New encampments of homeless people are in plain sight in Los Angeles. Dennis Epping and Christine Boyer have pitched a tent above the Harbor Freeway, just a bridge away from downtown Los Angeles. — Jeff Tyler

As more tents go up, homeless couples are forgoing shelters to stay together.

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Why NFL teams should think twice about coming to LA

April 22, 2015

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1981, the former home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders and Rams. — Marcus Boesch/ALLSPORT

In the NFL, having a team in a big city is not necessarily better.

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A visit to LA-based shoe company Zuzii

By Adriene Hill and Daisy Palacios

February 16, 2015

Zuzii is a family owned footwear company catering to customers searching for handmade to order shoes. — Zuzii/Facebook

Family owned business Zuzii makes shoes to order in their LA studio

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That's what they call a canvas in the big city

January 08, 2015

One of Walldog's large-scale ads. — Courtesy:Walldogs

L.A. company Walldogs company hand-paints those ads found on the sides of buildings.

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