Mixed Messages: 10 Years After The Riots
• CROSSROADS – At La Brea and Rodeo, merchants have spent years trying to cast off the stigma left by televised images of looters.
• EFFECT – The economy of South L.A. has experienced an uneven rebound from the riots.
• RETAILER – Terry Steele's family-owned furniture store was burned to the ground in the riots, but the family rebuilt.
• PROFILE – For one pharmacist, rebuilding has been a long, trying process.
• POLICIES – Government programs aimed at rebuilding the inner city have had less impact than an improved economy.
• RACE – Race relations have improved in South L.A. over the past 10 years and changing demographics may be part of the reason.
• CRIME – After a decline during the mid to late 1990s, crime in South Los Angeles has been edging up.
• REMEMBERING – Angelenos remember where they were and how they felt when the verdicts came in and the flames erupted.
• PLAYERS – A look at some of those who played a role in the events of a decade ago and where they are today.
On the Cover
• BREWING – Investors in tightly-held firm Farmer Brothers Co. are agitating for change.
• GOLF – Outside shareholders claim a deal to merge two golf companies benefits the company's founder, David Price, at their expense.
Up Front
• TERROR – The courts could become a testing ground on how insurers compensate businesses for terrorism-related losses.
• STEM – A Thousand Oaks firm wants to bank your fat, storing it for the day its cells yield cures for disease.
• INSURANCE – Confronted with huge losses, Fremont General Corp. will close its worker's compensation business.
• SECURITY – Office landlords are sending out steep bills for higher-than-expected security and energy costs incurred last year.
• HOUSING – A judgehas halted development of a proposed 309-unit apartment complex in Marina del Rey.
• THRILLS – With travel picking up slowly, theme park operators are targeting area residents with generous incentives this year.
• MAGUIRE – It's unclear how big a stake MaguirePartners got in the recently closed Library Tower deal.
• HOTEL – The placement of a downtown hotel owner on the Convention Center advisory board has raised conflict-of-interest questions.
• IPO – Entrepreneur Alfred Mann has put off the IPO of MannKind Corp.
• Columns & features – Review & Preview, L.A. Stories, Roving Eye, Politics, Retail, Health
Media & Technology
• MOD – There's a burgeoning subculture aiming to make it big by modifying video games.
• SENSOR – Chatsworth-based Sensor Systems Inc. will benefit from a new generation of "smart bombs."
• Columns & features – Media, My Favorite Sites, Technology
Small Business
• COFFEE – Long Beach-based It's a Grind is expanding through franchising.
• Columns & features – Weekly Briefing, Spotlight
People
• INTERVIEW – Since losing the mayoral contest to James Hahn, Antonio Villaraigosa has returned to private life, working with Ron Burkle and Ed Roski.
• Columns & features – Newsmakers
Investments & Finance
• CORPORATE FOCUS – DaVita Inc
• TAXES – Many Americans ignore their biggest potential tax break, contributing to a 401(k).
• Columns & features – Econowatch
Real Estate
• Real Estate Column