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Angels Flight railway is seen in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The tiny funicular that hauled people 298 feet up and down the city's steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of safety problems. At a news conference Wednesday, March 1, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said those issues are being resolved and the railroad's antique wooden cars should be back in service by Labor Day.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this Jan. 17, 2017, photo pedestrians walk along a stairway next to Angels Flight Railway in Los Angeles. The tiny funicular that hauled people 298 feet up and down the city's steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of safety problems. At a news conference Wednesday, March 1, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said those issues are being resolved and the railroad's antique wooden cars should be back in service by Labor Day. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo visitors walk past Angels Flight Railway in Los Angeles. The tiny funicular that hauled people 298 feet up and down the city's steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after a series of safety problems. At a news conference Wednesday, March 1, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said those issues are being resolved and the railroad's antique wooden cars should be back in service by Labor Day. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, center, speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Garcetti's toughest competitor in his campaign for a second term might not be another candidate. He's sharing the ballot next month with a proposal intended to restrict towering, luxury real estate projects that directly challenges his vision for a taller, less car-centric Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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The puck hit by Anaheim Ducks' Andrew Cogliano enters the net past Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick for a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Anaheim Ducks' Andrew Cogliano, right, moves the puck past teammate Jakob Silfverberg, center, of Sweden, as Los Angeles Kings' Jake Muzzin, bottom left, takes a tumble during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Anaheim Ducks players celebrate a goal by Andrew Cogliano as Los Angeles Kings' Drew Doughty, foreground, kneels on the ice during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A general view of the StubHub Center is seen prior to a news conference to introduce Los Angeles Chargers coordinators for offense, defense and special teams Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt is silhouetted as he talks to a reporter after a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Los Angeles Chargers special team coordinator George Stewart, from left, head coach Anthony Lynn, defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt pose for photos after a news conference Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, file photo, people wave U.S. flags during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles. Since Trump’s immigration enforcement order and travel ban, immigrants have been rushing to prepare applications to become Americans. Advocates in Los Angeles, Maryland and New York catering to diverse immigrant communities from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East all said they’ve been fielding a rising number of questions about how to become a U.S. citizen. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Neighbors walk by a fallen tree in Echo Park section of Los Angeles Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, a very large smokestack flare burns off flammable product after an explosion in a processing facility at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif. An explosion and fire at this oil refinery near Los Angeles, exactly two years after a blast that crippled the plant and led to higher gasoline prices. Torrance Assistant Fire Chief Steve Treskes says the explosion was reported early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, but three dozen firefighters had the blaze knocked down within a half-hour. No injuries are reported and there were no evacuations. (Chuck Bennett/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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An Oscar statue, left, is pictured amongst 24-karat-gold chocolate Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards Governors Ball Press Preview on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Los Angeles. The 89th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo members of the Triforium project, from left, Tanner Blackman, Claire Evans, Jona Bechtolt and Tom Carroll, pose for a photo with Joseph L. Young's Triforium a "polyphonoptic" public sculpture at the Fletcher Bowron Square downtown Los Angeles. For 40 years Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with dozens of brilliant, larger-than-life artworks. Mocked for 42 years as pointless and silly looking, the six-story, space-age-like structure may finally get a second chance, thanks to a $100,000 innovation grant.
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo members of the Triforium project, from left, Tanner Blackman, Tom Carroll, Claire Evans, and Jona Bechtolt, pose for a photo with Joseph L. Young's Triforium a "polyphonoptic" public sculpture at the Fletcher Bowron Square downtown Los Angeles. For 40 years Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with dozens of brilliant, larger-than-life artworks. Mocked for 42 years as pointless and silly looking, the six-story, space-age-like structure may finally get a second chance, thanks to a $100,000 innovation grant.
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo members of the Triforium project, from left, Tom Carroll, Claire Evans, Jona Bechtolt, and Tanner Blackman, pose for a photo with Joseph L. Young's Triforium a "polyphonoptic" public sculpture at the Fletcher Bowron Square downtown Los Angeles. For 40 years Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with dozens of brilliant, larger-than-life artworks. Mocked for 42 years as pointless and silly looking, the six-story, space-age-like structure may finally get a second chance, thanks to a $100,000 innovation grant.
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo members of the Triforium project, from left, Jona Bechtolt, Claire Evans, Tom Carroll, and Tanner Blackman, pose for a photo with Joseph L. Young's Triforium a "polyphonoptic" public sculpture at the Fletcher Bowron Square downtown Los Angeles. For 40 years Joseph Young festooned public buildings, open spaces and private places across his adopted city of Los Angeles with dozens of brilliant, larger-than-life artworks. Mocked for 42 years as pointless and silly looking, the six-story, space-age-like structure may finally get a second chance, thanks to a $100,000 innovation grant.. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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3-year-old Laila Alamri, of Yemen, sits on a cart while her mother, Samar Alwahiri, right, talks to reporters at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Los Angeles. More than two dozen Yemenis who were stranded in Africa by President Donald Trump's travel ban have arrived Wednesday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2003, file photo, the Walt Disney Concert Hall opens with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic in "The Rite of Spring," in Los Angeles. Japanese acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota’s talents are coveted by concert halls worldwide that increasingly are opting for new, more interactive ways to enjoy classical music in so-called “vineyard-style” venues, where audiences surround the stage to listen to and watch performers up close, and can feel more democratically that they are part of the music, being seen themselves and at times responding. His first major overseas project was the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which opened in 2003, for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
