Los Angeles leaders want to restore MacArthur Park. The challenge is making it last

Los Angeles leaders want to restore MacArthur Park. The challenge is making it last

As the holidays washed over Los Angeles in the final weeks of 2024, a pop-up market on the western edge of MacArthur Park offered bargain prices. There were toys, tools, clothes and cosmetics on makeshift tables. Everything was much cheaper than retailers. There was a reason for that: Almost everything for sale along those two blocks of Alvarado Street was stolen merchandise, snagged by clever thieves who knew that stealing in small amounts was …