April 10 - April 16, 2011
Friday, Apr. 15
Actually, Allen comes off somewhat mealy-mouthed when he's asked about the episode.
The league will extend its relocation application deadline from this Monday to May 2 so the city can line up ways to keep the team. "We don't know if it's real or pie-in-the-sky, but we'll knock ourselves out finding over the next few weeks," Stern said. But he added that Southern California would be able to support a third franchise if a decision is made to move the team to Anaheim. How the Kings' owners,...
Now that Austin Beutner is off to run for mayor, I'd imagine that business will no longer be priority one.
L.A. County's unemployment rate fell to 12.3 percent in March from 12.6 percent the month earlier and 12.9 percent in January.
L.A. inflation picking up, U.S. taxes at historic low, Brown to seek fall tax vote, and billboard company gets sued.
Thursday, Apr. 14
Haven't we had about enough? More importantly, hasn't Charney had enough?
Not that the team is for sale, but the L.A. billionaire did emerge today as wanting to keep an NBA team in Sacramento, whether it's the Kings or some other franchise. Burkle came forward after Sacramento mayor and former star forward Kevin Johnson made a final plea to league owners to keep the Kings from moving to Anaheim. From Bloomberg: Burkle's group wants to keep a franchise in Sacramento, Johnson said. "This is not meant...
L.A.'s first deputy mayor is submitting papers to the City Ethics Commission.
Still, I'd be surprised if they weren't able to cut a deal. This is not a great time to be striking.
The vote was 260-167, with 59 Republicans breaking ranks. The bill will now move to the Senate, where it's expected to pass quickly.
The L.A. billionaire is a sports nut.
L.A. had a good month - Long Beach not so much.
Mostly it was a matter of criminal investigators not getting assistance and documentation from regulators.
Well, it's more like apple juice concentrate, which looks like molasses but when mixed with water creates the apple juice that most of us buy.
Big drop in L.A. foreclosures, California might be holding back jobs recovery, Sacramento Kings to present relocation request, and what city was Villaraigosa talking about?
Wednesday, Apr. 13
They're called "cookies," and apparently it's been a common practice at some of the city's ritziest hotels.
The three Socal airports had been using only one air traffic controller in the off hours, but now the FAA is bringing on an additional controller.
The L.A. developer has handed over the 23-acre North Hollywood site to a commercial lender and investment trust.
More media properties for the former Lakers superstar and the Bev Hills billionaire.
His proposal is certain to please almost no one - a combination of budget cuts that the left doesn't want and tax increases that the right already calls a non-starter.
Some folks are claiming that politics factored into the decision.
We're talking monster size - the world's largest non-tanker ship, with nine decks and 540,000 square feet of deck space.
March home sales in L.A. County jumped almost 40 percent from the previous month, but fell 2.3 percent from a year earlier.
Obama pushes budget plan, Villaraigosa talks education rather than budget, California sees jump in long-term unemployed, and Univision to add two channels.
The 92-year-old audio pioneer recently made a splash with his purchase of Newsweek.
Tuesday, Apr. 12
This week's biz chat with Steve Julian looks at the Dodgers and whether owner Frank McCourt can hold on.
NASA's decision will be a big deal for the local tourist industry, perhaps making the shuttle one of the most popular visitor destinations in California. The Endeavor will be displayed at the Science Center, which is located in Exposition Park and billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center (the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft are already there). As for the others, the Discovery will be displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's...
The A380 slams into a Delta commuter jet last night at JFK. Nobody was hurt.
Eating two pieces of candy each workday without cutting calories elsewhere or exercising more will cost almost 25,000 calories a year.
He's now talking about running as an independent - and if that happens, he could upend races in any number of states.
Unfunded liabilities for the California State Teachers' Retirement System now total $56 billion, up $15.5 billion.
Carmakers warn of shortages, shares of 99 Cents Only Stores take off, fired construction chief gets year's pay, and NYT loses readers since pay wall went up.
Monday, Apr. 11
He'll be leasing studio and office space at the MBS Media Campus.
Ouch - an average gallon of regular is $4.19 a gallon, up almost a dime from last week.
Photos shot roughly every two miles between take-off and landing in Paris.
"I would not minimize the risk to our country and to our state," the governor tells CBS 2/KCAL 9 political reporter Dave Bryan.
She wears miniskirts practically up to her crotch, and can be so emasculating that it took one employee months after leaving the firm to have sex again.
Economy to gain momentum, county might get involved in downtown stadium plan, state jobless claims fall, and Dov Charney scrambles for cash.
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