The Netflix Coup, Subscribers Jumping Ship
So you were paying $9.99 for streaming video and 2 DVD’s a month from Netflix. Now, you either have to choose between streaming and DVD or pay an additional $6.00…
Mayor Villaraigosa Welcomes Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Largest Ever
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer welcomed the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to Los Angeles, the largest convention ever held in the…
Controller announce findings of harbor department 5-year audit
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Controller Wendy Greuel announced findings from the city’s latest audit — an Industrial, Economic, and Administrative review of the Los Angeles Harbor Department.…
Mayor Villaraigosa: Cutting Red Tape So Businesses Can Grow in LA, Create Jobs
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa opened the Development Services Case Management Office, bringing together key department staff to simplify the development process and help businesses grow faster in Los…
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…
This Weekend is “Carmageddon”!
Watch a Special Message from Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa on the I-405 Closure on Metro’s website. The closure of the I-405 between the U.S. 101 and the I-10 will begin…
Mayor Villaraigosa Releases Video Urging Angelenos to Use I-405 Closure As Opportunity to Explore Local Neighborhoods and Businesses
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this morning released a video in English and Spanish urging Los Angeles area residents to make this weekend’s closure of the I-405 an opportunity to…
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…
New Rite Aid Ice Cream for National Ice Cream Day
When President Ronald Reagan created National Ice Cream Day in 1984, Thrifty Ice Cream was already a long established California tradition. Nearly three decades later, Rite Aid’s private brand Thrifty…
Mulholland Bridge Demolition Will be a Meticulous not a Vegas-style Implosion
Contractors for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project are planning a precise, carefully orchestrated ballet of workers and machinery to demolish half of the Mulholland Bridge the weekend of July…