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Upscale open-air mall planned at Warner Center
Construction has begun on an upscale open-air mall at Warner Center, a key step in a roughly 50-year quest to build a downtown for the sprawling San Fernando Valley. Australian shopping giant Westfield Group unveiled design details for the 5...
Technicolor Consolidating in Burbank
Technicolor USA Inc. is consolidating its six Los Angeles-area digital media facilities into a single Burbank location, the company announced Thursday. Some 250 employees will work at the 20,000-square-foot building on Olive Avenue, which is...
Malibu to crack down on short-term rentals via Airbnb, other websites
Tiled steps lead up a sloped lawn to a three-bedroom Midcentury Modern house near the end of a cul-de-sac in Malibu’s upper Broad Beach area. Although modest by Malibu standards, the dwelling on Cottontail Lane has for the last two years p...
NFL Team Not Going to Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles city officials on Tuesday officially gave up on the NFL bringing a football team to downtown and instead moved ahead to remodel the Convention Center without a stadium. For the past four years, L.A. city officials had pushed a pl...
Big plans, and concerns, surround L.A. River’s revitalization
City engineers, public works officials and developers stood on a hilltop just north of downtown on a recent weekday and gazed at a low-lying railroad yard dotted with weeds on the far side of the Los Angeles River channel. To the uninitiated...
Public School Restaurant Slated for Sherman Oaks
Grill Concepts Inc. plans to open its fourth Public School gastropub by the end of the year in Sherman Oaks. The Woodland Hills restaurant operator also said it would open four more Public Schools in other cities by the end of next year. ...
Homes for Sale in Chatsworth
Los Angeles, the second-most populous city in the United States, is comprised of over 80 distinct neighborhoods and districts, many of which are located in the San Fernando Valley of California. Situated in the northwest section of the city, th...
L.A. entertainment jobs grow 5.3% in April
In a surprising plot twist, Hollywood’s overall jobs picture continues to improve despite the long-term effects of production flight and studio cost cutting. Employment in Los Angeles County’s motion picture and sound recording sector gr...