405 Closure Business Tips
As the closure of the I-405 freeway approaches, we wanted to make sure that businesses located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area are preparing for the closure. Possible preparations for…
Farmscape Saves Los Angeles One Million Gallons of Water
LOS ANGELES – July 14, 2011 – Farmscape, LLC announces that the company’s raised-bed organic gardens have saved the greater Los Angeles area more than one million gallons of water…
Multistate Working Group Reaches Settlement with JP Morgan Chase
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a national settlement with JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) as part of an ongoing nationwide investigation over allegations of anti-competitive and fraudulent…
Eleven Los Angeles-Area Youths Earn $1,000 KOHL’S Cares® Regional Scholarship
July 7, 2011 – Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program honors more than 200 deserving volunteers with $1,000 scholarships toward post-secondary education. Eleven children from the Los Angeles area were chosen from…
University of California Settles HIPAA Privacy and Security Case Involving UCLA Health System Facilities
UCLAHS to improve policies and procedures to better safeguard patient information Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the…
Van Nuys Metal Plater Fined $100,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined TMW Corporation, 14660 Arminta Street, Van Nuys, $100,000, for violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The violations were discovered at the company’s…
CDPH Issues AA Citation to Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino CA– Community Hospital of San Bernardino has received an “AA” citation, the most severe penalty under state law, and an $80,000 fine from the State of California after…
New Project Labor Agreement at the Port of Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilmember Janice Hahn, Los Angeles Harbor Commission President Cindy Miscikowski and labor leaders celebrated the signing of a five-year Project Labor Agreement (PLA) at the Port of…
$10 Million in Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today the availability of $10 million to establish and evaluate comprehensive workplace health promotion programs across the nation to improve the…
University of Southern California Receives $150 Million Naming Gift
Los Angeles, Calif. (June 13, 2011) – The University of Southern California has received a $150 million naming gift from the W. M. Keck Foundation to accelerate groundbreaking medical, clinical…