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74-452: The edifice is easily spotted from the Interstate 10 - Santa Monica Freeway , as well as many other sections of downtown , due to its bright "melting turquoise " terra cotta tiles and trademark four-sided clock tower, emblazoned with the word "EASTERN" in bright white neon on each face of the clock. The building is widely considered the greatest surviving example of Art Deco architecture in

148-616: A venture capital fund founded by D.A Wallach and Chris Hollod . Inevitable Ventures's investment include Picnic Health, 8i , Thrive Market , and Wiser Care. In January 2012, Burkle invested in Artist Group International, a concert-booking firm whose clients include Billy Joel, Metallica, and Rod Stewart. In March 2013, Burkle invested in a branded entertainment company, Three Lions Entertainment, which focuses on branded entertainment events and cross platform marketing. In 2014, he bought Artist Group International and, through

222-621: A 2008 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. The building is a participant in the Mills Act Historic Property Contracts Program. In 2014, the building was awarded $ 34,647 ($ 44,592 in 2023) through the Bringing Back Broadway initiative to upgrade the decorative arch lighting above the Broadway entrance. Since 2015 the building has been at the center of a political dispute over a proposed adjacent project,

296-553: A Stater Bros. clerk and great-grandniece of the aviation pioneers, the Wright brothers . They had three children together. Burkle parlayed a $ 3,000 investment in American Silver and another metals company into $ 30,000 and began investing in and flipping undervalued grocery stores. He made at least one deal with the assistance of junk bond financier Michael Milken . Burkle was promoted to store manager at Stater Bros. and later became

370-400: A Yucaipa global fund focused on foreign companies. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal , then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) expressed concern that such investments could be used by foreign governments as "instruments of foreign policy." In 2009, Bill Clinton ended his relationship with Yucaipa due to potential conflicts of interest . Following "months" of negotiations,

444-925: A chain of hotels and private members’ clubs. In 2019, Burkle sold a 50% stake in the Sydell Group to MGM Resorts International. He maintains ownership stakes in a number of other hotel properties. Burkle's investments and transactions include: Burkle has personally contributed millions of dollars to the Democratic Party and raised an estimated $ 100 million at celebrity-studded fundraising events he hosted for Democratic Party candidates at his Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills, California . Burkle has hosted fundraisers for Bill and Hillary Clinton , John Kerry , Cory Booker , and Terry McAuliffe , as well as former Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , among others. In January 2011, he hosted

518-495: A clock shop at 556 S. Spring St. in 1892. At opening in 1930, the building had 275,650 sq. ft. of floor space. The first four floors and mezzanine were shared by Columbia and Eastern stores, with Columbia on the 9th & Broadway corner. From the 7th floor and up the floors were all Eastern. It was arranged as follows: In 1940, the company started advertising as the Eastern-Columbia Department Store . In 1950,

592-493: A dynamic pattern of zigzags and chevrons. The central main entrance has a spectacular recessed two-story vestibule adorned with a blue and gold terra cotta sunburst. The vestibule originally led to a pedestrian retail arcade running through the center of the building. The building was created to house the then-separate Eastern (furniture and homeware) and Columbia (apparel) department stores both owned and managed by Adolph Sieroty, who had founded his Los Angeles retail concern as

666-521: A fundraiser to support efforts to overturn Proposition 8 , California's ban on same-sex marriage . In 2004, Burkle helped finance the launch of Al Gore's Current TV , which was sold in January 2013 to Qatar -based cable news channel Al Jazeera . During Bill Clinton's presidency, Burkle was a key fundraiser and they became close friends. In 2002, Burkle hired Clinton as a senior advisor on two Yucaipa domestic investment funds. Clinton invested in

740-458: A more direct route of US 90 , with occasional small concurrences. In Houston , from the western suburb of Katy to downtown, I-10 is commonly known as the Katy Freeway . This section has as many as 26 lanes (12 mainlanes, eight lanes of access roads, and six mid-freeway high-occupancy toll [HOT]/ high-occupancy vehicle [HOV] lanes, not counting access road turning lanes) and

814-510: A move for which he received praise. He has served as chairman of the board and controlling shareholder of numerous companies, including Alliance Entertainment, Golden State Foods , Dominick's , Fred Meyer , Ralphs , and Food4Less . He has been a corporate board member of the boards of Occidental Petroleum Corporation , KB Home , and Yahoo! Burkle is often seen as a businessman who maintains close relationships with labor unions and works with unions to solve business problems. Burkle

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888-425: A proposal to make this new highway a toll road and to expedite its construction to complete it in five years surfaced. In 2012, federal funds previously set aside for the connector were allocated to other projects. In 2014, Florida sought bids for a feasibility study. Another I-310 is proposed to connect to Gulfport, Mississippi as well. Ronald Burkle Ronald Wayne Burkle (born November 12, 1952)

962-811: A stretch of I-10 from the I-10/I-610 Junction near the Orleans – Jefferson parish line to the US ;90 / US 90 Business (US 90 Bus.) junction is known as the Pontchartrain Expressway . A dip near the I-10/I-610 junction to travel under a railroad track is one of the lowest points in New Orleans and is highly susceptible to flooding. Buildups of rainwater dozens of feet deep (several meters) are commonplace during hurricanes. Near Slidell , I-10 serves as

1036-432: A vice president at Petrolane, Inc., Stater's parent company. When he was 29, Petrolane decided to sell Stater Bros. Burkle secretly organized a leveraged buyout with Charles Munger , vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway , who agreed to put up half of the equity. Burkle made his bid to Petrolane's board that was 20% lower than Petrolane's internal valuation. The board rejected Burkle's offer and fired him. Burkle's portfolio

1110-543: A visual landmark and is representative of the vitality of Los Angeles' retail and commercial core." The building sits in the Historic Core of Downtown Los Angeles , which is rich in historic architecture, and which has largely maintained its historic integrity, due in large part to hard fought preservation efforts, the 1999 Adaptive Re-Use Ordinance, and Councilmember Jose Huizar 's "Bringing Back Broadway" initiative. Interstate 10 Interstate 10 ( I-10 )

1184-565: A week, managing a Stater Bros. grocery store in Pomona and investing his savings in apartment buildings. To see his father, Burkle stocked shelves in his father's store with bread and corralled shopping carts. By age 13, Burkle had joined United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770. At age 16, he graduated from high school and entered California State Polytechnic University, Pomona to study dentistry. Less than two years later, Burkle dropped out. At age 21, he married Janet Steeper,

1258-741: Is a shortcut from the eastern to western portion of New Orleans avoiding I-10's detour into the New Orleans Central Business District . I-10 in Mississippi runs from the Louisiana state line to the Alabama state line through Hancock , Harrison , and Jackson counties on the Gulf Coast . It passes through the northern sections of Gulfport and Biloxi while passing just north of Pascagoula and Bay St. Louis . It also passes right south of

1332-754: Is a trustee of The Scripps Research Institute , The Carter Center , the National Urban League , Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and AIDS Project Los Angeles . He is a past board member of the J. Paul Getty Trust , the Los Angeles County Museum of Art , the Los Angeles Music Center , John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts , and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles . Burkle hosts fundraising events for

1406-486: Is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC , a private investment firm that specializes in U.S. companies in the distribution, logistics, food, retail, consumer, hospitality, entertainment, sports, and light industrial sectors. Yucaipa has executed grocery-chain mergers and acquisitions involving supermarket chains including Fred Meyer , Ralphs , and Jurgensen's, and once owned stakes in about 35 companies, including

1480-441: Is decorated with a wealth of motifs— sunburst patterns , geometric shapes, zigzags , chevrons and stylized animal and plant forms. The building is capped with a four-sided clock tower emblazoned with the name "Eastern" in neon and crowned with a central smokestack surrounded by four stylized flying buttresses . The sidewalks surrounding the Broadway and Ninth Street sides of the building are of multi-colored terrazzo laid in

1554-634: Is known as I-10 east from the I-10 curve to the Neches River , which is Beaumont's and Jefferson County 's eastern boundary line. Continuing into Orange County and passing through the city of Orange at the easternmost end of Texas, and located at the base of the Sabine River bridge is the last I-10 milemarker in Texas, number 880, before entering into Louisiana. Approximately 36 percent of I-10's entire route

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1628-667: Is known as the Northwest Expressway or the McDermott Freeway, while another portion from downtown to Loop 1604 east is called East Expressway or José López Freeway. In Downtown San Antonio, it has a concurrency with I-35 , and, throughout most of the northwest side of the city, it has a concurrency with US 87 , which begins in Comfort , before turning off and heading east out of the city. Starting in San Antonio, it follows

1702-592: Is known to a considerably lesser degree as the Veterans Memorial Highway, and it is listed as a Blue Star Memorial Highway . In Palm Springs , I-10 is also named the Sonny Bono Memorial Freeway, named after the singer, actor, and politician , as a tribute to the late entertainer who served both as the mayor of Palm Springs, and as a US Representative . Another stretch a short distance east in Indio

1776-418: Is located within Texas; the longest segment of any signed Interstate within one state. In Lake Charles , a 13-mile (21 km) loop route signed as I-210 branches off of I-10 and goes through the southern portion of the city. In Lafayette , it serves as the southern terminus for I-49 . Shortly afterward, there is an 18-mile (29 km) stretch of elevated highway between Lafayette and Baton Rouge known as

1850-657: Is one of the widest freeways in the world. The space for the expansion was the right-of-way of the old Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad . The section east of Downtown Houston is officially known as the East Freeway, although it is widely known by locals as the Baytown East Freeway due to a marketing push by Baytown , one of the largest cities in Greater Houston . In Beaumont , it is known as I-10 south, south of Calder Avenue, and I-10 north, north of Calder Avenue. It

1924-698: Is part owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League , although his stake in the team is unknown. In 1999, he helped save the team by partnering with former Penguin Mario Lemieux to bring the team out of bankruptcy . Burkle played an active part in negotiations to construct the PPG Paints Arena for the Penguins. Burkle's strong ties to union work also led him to be one of

1998-665: Is proclaimed the Doctor June McCarroll Memorial Freeway, named after the nurse known for popularizing road lane striping . In Arizona , the highway is designated the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. The portion through Phoenix is named the Papago Freeway , and it is a vital piece of the metropolitan Phoenix freeway system . This designation starts at State Route 101 (SR 101; Loop 101), near 99th Avenue, and continues eastward to

2072-489: Is the southern end of I-25. US 70 leaves I-10 (prior to the junction with I-25), heading northeast to Alamogordo and passing through the north side of Las Cruces. The junction with I-25 occurs just south of the New Mexico State University campus, on the southern end of Las Cruces. I-10/US 180 becomes concurrent with US 85 at the junction with I-25. I-10/US 85/US 180 then turns south to

2146-1060: Is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System . I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km), following I-90 , I-80 , and I-40 . This freeway is part of the originally planned network that was laid out in 1956, and its last section was completed in 1990. I-10 stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 (SR 1, Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California , to I-95 in Jacksonville, Florida . Other major cities connected by I-10 include (from west to east) Los Angeles , Phoenix , Las Cruces , El Paso , San Antonio , Houston , Baton Rouge , New Orleans , Gulfport , Mobile , Pensacola , and Tallahassee . Over one-third of its total length

2220-649: Is within the state of Texas , where the freeway spans the state at its widest breadth. Between its west terminus in Santa Monica, California, and the major East Los Angeles Interchange , I-10 is known as the Santa Monica Freeway . The Santa Monica Freeway is also called the Rosa Parks Freeway, named after the civil rights activist , for the segment beginning at I-405 (San Diego Freeway), and ending at I-110/SR 110 (Harbor Freeway). The segment between

2294-754: The AFL-CIO Murray Green Meany Kirkland Community Service Award and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Man of the Year. In 1997, Burkle donated $ 15 million for the construction of Walt Disney Concert Hall . Burkle is founder and chairman of The Ronald W. Burkle Foundation. The foundation's stated mission is to "positively influence people around the world and their communities" by supporting programs that "strengthen international understanding, foster worker's rights, empower underserved communities, nurture

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2368-876: The Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway , as it goes over the Atchafalaya River , across the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge , and the adjacent swamps. It crosses the Mississippi River at the Horace Wilkinson Bridge in Baton Rouge , where the eastbound lanes are the only portion of I-10 that is essentially one lane. After crossing the Horace Wilkinson Bridge, two lanes from I-110 south merge with two lanes I-10 east into three lanes with one of

2442-668: The COVID-19 pandemic in California . This move placed Sacramento expansion hopes in doubt. In January 2021, Lisa Baird , the commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), announced that an expansion team in Sacramento , led by Ron Burkle and in conjunction with Sacramento Republic FC's expansion bid into Major League Soccer, would join the NWSL in 2022. However, Burkle never confirmed

2516-589: The George Wallace Tunnel under the Mobile River . The speed limit of the eastbound approach is posted at 40 mph (64 km/h) because of the sharp downward curve approaching the tunnel. The highway then crosses approximately eight miles (13 km) of the upper part of Mobile Bay on the Jubilee Parkway , a bridge that local people call the "Bayway". The highway is next to Battleship Parkway . On

2590-666: The 1930s and expanded in the 1950s by John Elgin Woolf , for $ 15 million in 2017. In December 2013, Burkle purchased an Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games for $ 1.4 million and owns William Faulkner's Nobel Prize for Literature . Burkle owns the Mediterranean-styled mansion overlooking the bluffs of Black's Beach on a nearly six-acre plot in the La Jolla Farms neighborhood of San Diego, California. It

2664-483: The 26-story Alexan Broadway project at 9th and Hill Streets, that has faced some opposition because of concerns that it would block views of the Eastern Columbia and its landmark clock. Actor Johnny Depp acquired five penthouses in 2007, totaling a combined 11,500 square feet (1,070 m) of space. In 2016, billionaire Ronald Burkle sold a three-story penthouse within the Eastern Columbia for $ 2.5 million, among

2738-754: The East Los Angeles Interchange, in East Los Angeles , and the city of San Bernardino , 63 miles (101 km) long, is called the San Bernardino Freeway . Other names exist for I-10. For example, from 1976 to 2022, a sign near the western terminus of the highway in Santa Monica proclaimed the highway to be the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway. The state legislature authorized its removal in 2022 after years of lobbying by Native Americans. I-10

2812-465: The I-10 interchange at the cusp of the Davis Mountains , only a small percentage of roads were affected. On September 1, 2011, nighttime speed limits were eliminated, and the statutory maximum speed limit in Texas was increased from 75 to 80 mph (121 to 129 km/h). As far back as the 1990s, Florida and Alabama have considered a connector that would link Dothan, Alabama , with I-10. In 2008,

2886-817: The Maricopa Freeway, while the American Automobile Association and other sources show it as the Pima Freeway. The latter's name is used on a stretch of Loop 101 from Loop 202 to I-17. Between I-17 in Phoenix and the I-19 interchanges in Tucson , I-10 is included in the federally designated CANAMEX Corridor , extending from Mexico City, Mexico , to Edmonton, Alberta . In Tucson, between I-10 mileposts 259 and 260 are interchange ramps connecting I-10 with

2960-479: The NASA Stennis Space Center . The highway roughly parallels US 90 . The law defining the route of I-10 is Mississippi Code § 65-3-3. I-10 crosses over the border from Jackson County, Mississippi , and it goes through Mobile County in southwestern Alabama. In Mobile , I-10 is the southern terminus of I-65 . In downtown Mobile, I-10 goes through one of the few highway tunnels in Alabama,

3034-604: The Paradigm Talent Agency, partnered with London's CODA Music Agency and X-ray Touring. That same year, Burkle acquired a minority stake in Independent Talent through Yucaipa fund. In 2018, Burkle's investment firm Yucaipa acquired a minority stake in the Spanish music festival Primavera Sound . In 2020, Burkle made a major investment in the musical festival production Danny Wimmer Presents . On April 5, 2023 it

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3108-466: The Texas state line, crossing it at Anthony . From the state line with New Mexico (at Anthony ) to State Highway 20 (SH 20) in west El Paso , I-10 is bordered by frontage roads South Desert for lanes along I-10 east (actually headed south) and North Desert for lanes along I-10 west (headed north). The Interstate then has no frontage roads for nine miles (14 km) but regains them east of downtown and retains them to Clint . In this stretch,

3182-475: The arts and architecture, engage children in learning and advance scientific research." Burkle serves as co-chairman of The Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA , to promote "research on and promotes discussion of international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and complex issues of global cooperation and conflict." The Center has hosted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , and former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter . Burkle

3256-470: The building in 2006, turning the property into 147 condominiums , with interior redesign completed by the firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design These live/work lofts showcase the timeless details of the early 20th century along with modern upgrades. The project earned California Construction Magazine's Best Redevelopment in 2007, McGraw Hill's Best Redevelopment of '07 Award, and the 2007 Multi-Housing News Adaptive Reuse Award. The Eastern Columbia Lofts earned

3330-414: The city's most beautiful buildings. The Eastern Columbia is lovingly referred to as the "Jewel of Downtown" and the "Art Deco Jewel of the West". The Eastern Columbia was listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 294 in 1985. "The property meets the criteria for HCM designation because it reflects the broad cultural, economic, or social history of the nation, state, or community. It has become

3404-401: The city. It is one of the city's most photographed structures and an Art Deco landmark. The Eastern Columbia Building is built of steel-reinforced concrete and clad in glossy turquoise terracotta with deep blue and gold trim. The building's vertical emphasis is accentuated by deeply recessed bands of paired windows and spandrels with copper panels separated by vertical columns . The façade

3478-455: The eastbound lanes quickly becoming an exit only lane. After this, the highway is back to four lanes approaching the I-10/ I-12 split. I-12 links Baton Rouge to Slidell and bypasses I-10's southward jog through New Orleans by remaining north of Lake Pontchartrain . On this route, I-10 serves as the southern terminus for I-55 in LaPlace and crosses over a portion of Lake Pontchartrain on the I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge . In New Orleans ,

3552-491: The eastern terminus of I-12 and the southern terminus of I-59; turning east to the Mississippi state line. The highway is known as the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Highway, named after the historian and writer , until the state line. I-310 and I-510 are the built sections of what was slated to be I-410 , which would have acted as a southern bypass of New Orleans. They function as spur routes serving lower density or suburban areas west and east of New Orleans respectively. I-610

3626-579: The frontage roads are Gateway East for the eastbound lanes and Gateway West for the westbound lanes. All four frontage roads are one-way streets. Gateway East and Gateway West are notable, in particular, for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)'s liberal usage of the Texas U-turn at most underpasses of I-10 on this stretch. I-10 is the western terminus for I-20 , and the two highways intersect in Reeves County , about 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Pecos, at milemarker 186. A small portion of I-10 from Loop 1604 to Downtown San Antonio

3700-478: The grocery chains A&P and Whole Foods Market , before their respective demise and takeover. Burkle's net worth was estimated at US$ 2 billion on February 12, 2018. He had been ranked No. 633 on Forbes' list of "The Richest People on The Planet 2014." Burkle is an activist and fundraiser for the Democratic Party . Ron Burkle was born on November 12, 1952, the elder of two sons, to Betty and Joseph Burkle in Pomona, California . Joseph worked seven days

3774-454: The highest prices ever paid per square foot for a residential unit in the Historic Core district. The building has been characterized as the "benchmark of deco buildings in Los Angeles" and as one of the "grand dames of Art Deco Streamline Moderne in Los Angeles". Historian Robert Winter called the building "a shining example of Southern California's golden age of architecture". Los Angeles Times critic Christopher Hawthorne declared it "one of

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3848-452: The highway has existed as far back as 1957, the last section of the entire route to be completed was a section of the Papago Freeway from both I-17 interchanges (including the Deck Park Tunnel ) in Phoenix, which opened in 1990. Many widening projects have taken place on the interstate in the late 2000s. In Pensacola, Florida , a three-mile (4.8 km) stretch of I-10 was widened to six lanes in 2008. In Tallahassee, Florida , construction

3922-411: The interchange southeast of downtown, which is the terminus of I-17 . Near Buckeye , the freeway has milemarkers posted every 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from 112.2 to 110.8 with the Interstate shield and direction of travel posted on the westbound lanes. On the eastbound lanes, milemarkers from 110.8 to 112.2 do not include the I‑10 shield and direction of travel. From the southern terminus of I-17 to

3996-460: The least-populated areas in the state, with large portions of I-10 west of I-295 in Jacksonville having only four lanes. In Jacksonville, as in Arizona, I-10 is designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. The route ends at an interchange with I-95 northwest of Downtown Jacksonville . Throughout much of Florida, I-10 is also State Road 8 (SR 8), though it is not signed as such. (I-110 in Pensacola being known as SR 8A.) While

4070-460: The most beautiful pieces of architecture in the city". Past president of the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles, Rory Cunningham, referred to the building as "one of the premier Deco buildings in the country". Ken Bernstein, director of the Office of Historic Resources for the City Planning Department, has stated that "The Eastern Columbia Building is unquestionably one of the signature Art Deco buildings in all of Los Angeles" and he selected it as one of

4144-648: The news publicly before exiting the Sacramento Republic's ownership group. Instead, on June 8, 2021, the NWSL announced San Diego as the location for an expansion team owned by Burkle, which began play as San Diego Wave FC in the 2022 NWSL season . Burkle has invested in technology startup companies through A-Grade Investments , a venture capital fund he founded with Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary . As of 2020, A-Grade's investment portfolio includes SeatGeek , SoundCloud , Uber , Warby Parker , Spotify , Foursquare , and Airbnb . He has also invested in technology startup companies through Inevitable Venture,

4218-699: The non-profit Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign, which focuses on helping end childhood hunger in the United States. Burkle also hosts events for The Rape Foundation at his Greenacres Estate. Burkle is a fan of historic architecture. In 2011, he purchased the partially restored Ennis House , a Los Angeles landmark designed by Frank Lloyd Wright . In 2019, Burkle sold the house for $ 18 million. Burkle owns Greenacres , an estate built for Harold Lloyd . Burkle owns two of entertainer Bob Hope 's properties, acquiring his John Lautner -designed Palm Springs home for $ 13 million in 2016 and Toluca Lake, CA home, originally designed by Richard Finkelhor in

4292-449: The northern terminus of I-19. The highest elevation along I-10 occurs just east of Tucson, 20 miles (32 km) west of Willcox , at the milemarker 320 exit for the rest stop. The westbound lanes of I-10 briefly cross above 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level . In New Mexico, I-10 more or less follows the former path of US Route 80 (US 80) across the state, although major portions of old US 80 were bypassed in

4366-469: The other side of Mobile Bay, the highway goes through the suburban area of Baldwin County before passing through Malbis , Loxley , and then on to the Perdido River to cross over into Florida . I-10 travels north of the cities of Pensacola and Tallahassee , serving the suburban areas within each respective city. In the former, a six-mile (9.7 km) spur route serves the downtown area, signed as I-110 . Most of I-10 in Florida travels through some of

4440-480: The owners helping Commissioner Gary Bettman negotiate an end to the 2012–13 NHL lockout . The Penguins, under the ownership of Burkle, are the only North American sports team with ties to private equity that has won a championship. On January 22, 2019, Burkle was announced as the new lead investor of Sacramento Republic FC . On February 26, 2021, Burkle announced that he was pulling out his interests in Major League Soccer expansion club in Sacramento due to

4514-440: The southernmost junction with SR 202 (Loop 202), the highway is signed as the Maricopa Freeway. This name holds true as well for I-17 from its southern terminus to the Durango Curve south of Buckeye Road. From Loop 202 south to the eastern terminus of I-8 just southeast of Casa Grande , the highway is declared the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. The Arizona Department of Transportation also has maps that show it as

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4588-445: The store expanded to cover the entire side of the block from Broadway to Hill Street. In 1957, the company closed the Eastern-Columbia stores in its downtown flagship building, along with branch stores on S. Main St., Central Ave., Whittier Blvd., and in Long Beach. (It kept the Eastern stores in Bakersfield, Fresno, and Sacramento, and its Columbia store branches in Huntington Park, Lakewood and Long Beach.) The Eastern Columbia Building

4662-467: The time Whole Foods Market , a natural-foods grocer, agreed to pay $ 565 million for Wild Oats, Burkle was the largest shareholder of Wild Oats. Burkle sold his majority stake in supplier Golden State Foods to St. Louis-based Wetterau Associates for about $ 110 million. Golden State, one of McDonald's biggest suppliers, operates 11 distribution centers in the United States and abroad and two U.S. processing plants. In 2014, Burkle acquired Soho House ,

4736-475: The two were not able to agree on a final payment for Clinton's advisory services, estimated at up to $ 20 million, and Clinton "walked away" from the potential payout. Burkle's honors and awards include the Los Angeles County, California Boy Scouts Jimmy Stewart "Good Turn" Award, the AIDS Project Los Angeles Commitment to Life Award, and the Los Angeles Urban League Whitney M. Young Award. He has received numerous honors and awards from labor including

4810-495: The way to Las Cruces. Several exits between Lordsburg and Deming are either for former towns (including Separ , Quincy , and Gage ) or lack any town at all. At Deming is the western junction of US 180 , which also forms a concurrency with I-10 all the way to El Paso. One mile (1.6 km) north of Deming on US 180 is State Road 26 (NM 26) which serves as a short cut to north I-25 and Albuquerque . I-10/US 70/US 180 continue east to Las Cruces which

4884-426: The western New Mexico Bootheel and in Doña Ana County . I-10 passes through three southern New Mexico municipalities of regional significance before the junction with I-25 : Lordsburg , Deming , and Las Cruces . Most of I-10 in New Mexico, between exit 24 and exit 135, is concurrent with US 70 . At Lordsburg is the western junction of US 70 and a concurrency ; the two highways are joined all

4958-507: Was announced that Burkle along with Anthony Kiedis and Bob Forrest had formed the production company Said and Done Entertainment. Their first project will be an animated series for TBS called Hellicious which is based on the comic book of the same name. Burkle, Kiedis and Forrest will also serve as executive producers on the series. Wild Oats Markets was an operator of natural foods stores and farmers' markets in North America. Burkle started buying Wild Oats stock in February 2005. By

5032-465: Was by then worth some $ 5 million, and during the next five years, he continued to invest in stocks and oversaw his family's rental properties. In 1986, Burkle founded Yucaipa Companies , a private equity firm which invests in U.S. companies in the hospitality, sports, entertainment, logistics, food, consumer, light industrial, retail, manufacturing, and distribution. During the 1992 Los Angeles riots , Burkle refused to close his inner-city stores,

5106-441: Was completed in June 2009 on a project to widen a roughly eight-mile (13 km) stretch of I-10 to six lanes (eight in some places). In Tucson, Arizona, all exits between Prince Road and 22nd Street reopened after an extensive, three-year improvement project. I-10 was widened from six to eight lanes, and seven bridges and underpasses have been built to deal with congestion. I-10 from the I-8 interchange in Casa Grande to Marana

5180-569: Was formally naturalized on November 25, 2019 , making him the third Serbian billionaire after Philip Zepter and Miroslav Mišković , according to Forbes' list. On January 6, 2020, Burkle's son Andrew was found dead in his Beverly Hills Home. In December 2020, Burkle, a former family friend of Michael Jackson , purchased Jackson's former Neverland Ranch property for $ 22 million as a "land banking opportunity." In April 2006, Burkle accused New York Post columnist Jared Paul Stern of attempting to extort money from him in exchange for stopping

5254-463: Was purchased on February 5, 1999, for $ 15.3 million and the current tax assessment is $ 34 million. Burkle has worked with Novak Djokovic , world No.1 tennis player at the time, on strategic marketing and charitable initiatives. In December 2018, the Serbian Government opened a consulate in Montana and Burkle was named honorary consul of Serbia in the US. On account of that, he applied for Serbian citizenship, which Serbian Government accepted and he

5328-485: Was raised by the Texas Legislature to 75 mph (121 km/h) in 1999 and to 80 mph (130 km/h) in 2006. However, the nighttime maximum speed limit remained 65 mph (105 km/h), and the daytime truck speed limit was 70 mph (110 km/h). With 70,000 miles (110,000 km) of highway in Texas, the 432-mile (695 km) stretch of I-10, and 89 miles (143 km) of I-20, between Monahans and

5402-420: Was refitted as office space targeted at the wholesale apparel industry. In 2004, plans were made to convert the building into condominiums. On June 23, 2005, the long-defunct clock tower was reactivated in a ceremony with city and preservation leaders to celebrate the building's 75th anniversary. Developer KOR Group, in conjunction with Killefer Flammang Architects, completed a two-year $ 80-million renovation of

5476-704: Was widened from four to six lanes from the second half of 2007, to its completion in 2009. Also in Arizona, from Verrado Way in Verrado , Buckeye , all the way to Avondale , the Interstate was widened throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, with an HOV lane added between Estrella Parkway in Goodyear and Loop 101 . Texas formerly shared the highest speed limit in the nation with Utah 's test section of I-15 . The speed limit along I-10 from Kerr County to El Paso County

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