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Shaken, not stirred: Inside Millennium’s battles at Hollywood Center
For a message that warned of potential catastrophe, the tone was unfailingly polite. “Dear Ms. Nguyen,” wrote Timothy McCrink...
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Shaken, not stirred: LA commercial landlords are opting out of earthquake insurance
Doomsday prophets in Los Angeles are waiting for the Big One. It’s the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8...
Earthquake city: Landlords step up retrofits on at-risk apartments
Landlords in fast-developing neighborhoods like Koreatown, Hollywood and Mid-City have been retrofitting an increasing number of vulnerable properties to...
Earthquakes as jolting reminders: Many SoCal property owners have not completed retrofits
The strong earthquakes that rumbled across Southern California last week rekindled concerns about whether property owners, homeowners and landlords...
LA landlords retrofitting 6K properties but thousands more still vulnerable: report
The Jan. 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake destroyed nearly 50,000 buildings across Los Angeles and a quarter century later, a...
West Hollywood landlords squarely on the hook for earthquake retrofit costs
Landlords of earthquake-vulnerable buildings in West Hollywood will completely shoulder the costs to retrofit their buildings. The five-member West...
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San Fran’s “vulnerable” skyline: Buildings most likely to collapse in the “Big One”
A new government study has released a list of buildings not to be in, if a magnitude-eight earthquake hits California. Within the San Francisco...
LA looks for ways to help property owners finance seismic retrofits
For years, Angelenos have heard that the “big one” is coming. But are buildings able to withstand 6.7 or...
West Hollywood considers earthquake retrofit costs to owners, renters
West Hollywood is considering how property owners will pay to retrofit their buildings to comply with new earthquake safety...
Earthquake maps now show Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive at risk
Beverly Hills was thought to be in the safe zone when the draft maps of earthquake fault lines were...
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