miracle mile

For Christina Mullin, owner of Miracle Mile Toys & Gifts, the tariffs are just the latest disaster in L.A.’s struggling retail market, which has already been squeezed by rising online competition.

The majority of Miracle Mile’s products are made in China or sourced from European companies that use Chinese manufacturing.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority relies significantly on federal funding for everyday transit operations and for major projects including construction of the Purple Line extension project, that will lengthen the route from Koreatown through the Miracle Mile, and the East San Fernando Valley line, which was awarded nearly $900 million in grant funds under the Biden administration last year.

Heading west from the Miracle Mile area, the eerie drift of smoke under a midmorning sun bathed the landscape in amber and ochre.

In between, McKagan moved to several apartments, including one in Miracle Mile near the El Rey Theater, where he’s performing Wednesday on his Lighthouse tour.