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Glendale Receives ‘Green’ Grant for Downtown
The California Strategic Growth Council grant is for a Green Streets Demonstration Project that will feature the planting of trees, installation of green belts to filter runoff water and mid-block pedestrian crossings. The project’s scope ...
Los Angeles County Unemployment Rate Falls
L.A. County’s unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent in May as 15,000 more residents found jobs during the month, according to state figures released Friday. But the county’s job creation machine slowed to a crawl in May as only 2,400 n...
Santa Susana toxic cleanup effort is a mess
Any way you cut it, the situation at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site outside Simi Valley is a mess. The 2,850-acre former rocket engine test center is contaminated by a vast menu of radioactive isotopes and toxic chemicals. The condit...
San Fernando Valley Light Rail Bill Moves Forward
A California Senate committee has passed a bill lifting a ban on light rail construction along portions of the Orange Line busway operated by the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The bill, AB 577, sponsored by Assemblyman A...
Universal Music Signs Woodland Hills Lease
Universal Music Group has signed a 146,636-square-foot lease at the LNR Warner Center office building in Woodland Hills. The deal represents the largest relocation lease by square footage in the San Fernando Valley this year, according to br...
Burbank Airport Curfew Bill Stalls
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly defeated an amendment to a transportation appropriations bill that would have allowed Burbank Bob Hope Airport to adopt a mandatory curfew for commercial aircraft operations. The 208-212 ...
The City of Los Angeles Fights Back in Response to the Mortgage Crisis.
The city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit on May 30th, 2014 against JP Morgan Chase & Co., the biggest bank in the United States. According at an article in The Wall Street Journal, the city issued a complaint alleging that J.P mortgage practiced...
Granada Hills CA Homes for Sale
Real estate in the San Fernando Valley is found in a variety of communities. One community, which is nestled in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains, is especially popular among families, because it is exceptionally clean, safe, and fill...