Michelle Lhooq
Culture Editor at DoubleBlind
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Mar 8, 2025 |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Vanessa Martir |Michelle Lhooq |Alaina Demopoulos |Rich Juzwiak
Bushwick is a dizzying, thrilling place to be. At Maria Hernandez park men pack into the volleyball courts, shouting over matches in Spanish, while children chase soccer balls around shirtless skateboarders. Reggaeton plays from passing cars and techno leaks out of nightclubs under the M train. Recent art school grads throw rooftop parties and split rent four ways, and European tourists roam the neighborhood’s industrial sections to snap photos of street art.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
detroitnews.com | Michelle Lhooq
NATIONMichelle LhooqBloombergView Comments On a rainy afternoon in early February, Hodari Sababu, the cowboy-hat-donning owner of LA Hood Life Tours, isn’t running his usual assortment of van excursions to hip-hop and Hollywood landmarks. “People are scared to come to LA right now,” he says, seated at a booth on Hollywood Boulevard. He adds that his small business has lost $12,000 because of customer no-shows, cancellations and refunds since Jan.
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Feb 15, 2025 |
bloomberglinea.com | Michelle Lhooq
Bloomberg — En una lluviosa tarde de principio de febrero, Hodari Sababu, el propietario de LA Hood Life Tours, que lleva un sombrero de vaquero, no ofrece su habitual variedad de excursiones en camioneta a lugares emblemáticos del hip-hop y de Hollywood. “Ahora mismo, las personas tienen miedo de venir a LA”, explica, sentado en un quiosco de Hollywood Boulevard.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
bloomberg.com | Michelle Lhooq
On a rainy afternoon in early February, Hodari Sababu, the cowboy-hat-donning owner of LA Hood Life Tours, isn’t running his usual assortment of van excursions to hip-hop and Hollywood landmarks. “People are scared to come to LA right now,” he says, seated at a booth on Hollywood Boulevard. He adds that his small business has lost $12,000 because of customer no-shows, cancellations and refunds since Jan.
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Dec 9, 2024 |
doubleblindmag.com | Michelle Lhooq
When the FDA denied MDMA-assisted therapy earlier this year, the shockwaves throughout the psychedelic industry were immediate and apparent. Now, Compass Pathways, another major player in the space, has announced that it is laying off roughly 30% of its workforce and delaying the Phase 3 Trials for its lead COMP360 program.
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