VICA Urges Governor To Sign High Priority Business Legislation
The Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA) is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign 10 pieces of legislation and veto 11 bills that made it through the Legislature as the…
5th Annual Mile of Quarters
Update: $36,000 raised equaling 63,000 quarters. Local families and community members joined the Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley for its 5th Annual Mile of Quarters at the…
Volunteers Remove Close to 600,000 Pounds of Trash
California Coastal Cleanup Day Presented by the California Coastal Commission Results with 80% of cleanup sites reporting Californians have turned out by the tens of thousands to lend their hands…
Missing Person Melvin Gelfand
The family of Melvin Gelfand and the Los Angeles Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding Gelfand. On September 14, 2011, at about 8 a.m., Gelfand was…
Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Raises Sewer Fee
Our city officials want to increase the Bureau of Sanitation sewer service charge fee by 40%. The last time these fees were increased was Mar 1 2005 $2.49, July 1…
Google Places, Where Crooked Businesses Take Over
For years I’ve worked on local search with my efforts on Google Places usually spearheading the campaigns. It would seem that my listing for Van Nuys Bail Bonds would be…
Poem of the Week 9-12-11
If I Ran the Zoo By Dr Seuss “And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an IT-KUTCH a PREEP and a PROO a NERKLE…
Jerome E. Horton Announces Increase In Property Values
Following two consecutive years of declining assessed values, the total value of stateassessed and county-assessed property rose to $4.382 trillion for 2011-12, an increase of $11.6 billion (0.3 percent) from…
Free Workshops For Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods (ICON CDC) is offering several free workshops for entrepreneurs and small business owners in September and October: *FREE* Access to Capital SBA Workshop, an English…
Congressman Sherman Reacts to President Obama’s Economic Plan
Washington DC – Following President Obama’s September 8th speech, Congressman Brad Sherman released the following statement: “The President’s economic plan is good but insufficient. We need a bolder spending program…