Hotel Figueroa was originally opened in 1926 by the YWCA as a safe haven for solo female travelers as an exclusive women's hostel and the first of its kind to have been financed and operated by women, ...

As a woman who has traveled widely, and very happily, alone — long after getting married, and after having kids — I’m used to people finding it odd that I take off by myself as often as I do. Even now ...

Workers protest outside Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles in April as part of a labor dispute. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) For months Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles has been ...

You don’t need to travel far to surround yourself with art. Downtown Los Angeles’ historic Hotel Figueroa, which turns 98 this August, doubles as a mini-museum with an emphasis on contemporary women ...

Hotel Figueroa is not the only boutique hotel with an art program, not even the only one staging exhibitions; others, too, have built permanent collections over the years through acquisitions and ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...