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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 03/28/2009
Isaac Ramirez, 20, an unemployed veterinarian's assistant from Long Beach, looks for job opportunities on Tuesday at a WorkSource California office in East L.A. The Employment Development Department said Friday it will open 25 offices statewide on Saturdays beginning today to help Californians use state phones and computers to file for unemployment insurance benefits. EDD Director Patrick Henning...
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Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen (Free subscription) | 03/28/2009
Fri. 03.27.09 - Actually the Tuttle Club LA was not born yesterday, but a month ago today, though the super cheap bagels at the Library in Long Beach apparently were born yesterday. When Steve and Lobelia Lawson were out...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 03/27/2009
LA and the Cruise were a great time. We arrived early Friday morning and went for breakfast at a great cafe in Santa Monica. We then went to Rodeo Drive and then on to Long Beach for the cruise.For my first cruise it was a pretty good experience. Carnival seemed like they would be stricter about alcohol so we got sneaky with smuggling the booze in saline bottles. It turns out that they didn't
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Apartment Therapy LA (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
click for more picsIs it just us or does it seem like there are WAY too many dealers/shops posting on Craigslist now? We try to stick mostly to 90% owner-sellers, steering away from professional deale
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lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
LOWER district court made an error in not allowing the American Trucking Associations' request for an injunction.
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 03/22/2009
Here is the annual NBA draft during the NCAA tournament, but don't hold him to it. In a salute to the NCAA tournament, here's my annual NBA perspective, trying to project who's rising, who's falling, and set it up so whatever happens, I can say I was right.
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VOT3R (Free subscription) | 03/21/2009
My apartment looks out on the Port of LA/Port of Long Beach complex, the largest container port in North America. In fact, roughly 45% of all containers entering the US come through these two ports. As a consequence, the economic slowdown in our economy is directly reflected in the traffic...
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3PLwire (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
Via TheTrucker.com: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) today in its lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Concession Plans. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously to remand the case to the U.S. District Court and indicated that the judge [...]
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 03/20/2009
The state's unemployment rate rises from 10.1% in January and is the highest since April 1983. L.A. County's jobless rate is 10.9%. California's unemployment rate rose for the 11th straight month in February, hitting 10.5% as a recession-racked economy shed 116,000 jobs across all professions and industries, the state reported today.
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SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 03/19/2009
President Obama will depart from Long Beach Airport about 6 p.m. after today's town hall near downtown and afternoon taping with Jay Leno in Burbank. The Los Angeles Planning...
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LA Biz Observed (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
February's drop in Long Beach was even worse than at the Port of L.A. (and that was pretty awful).
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
George Monica will continue to coach baseball at Bishop Blanchet High School, but is retiring as football coach at the school after 32 years with the program, the last 21 as head coach
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
Southern stars Some of the Southern California standouts who will be competing in state championship games at Arco Arena on Friday and Saturday: Boys Andrew Bock (Eisenhower-Rialto): A 6-1 point guard who will play at Creighton next season, Bock scored 21...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
El Camino Real vaults into the Top 10 following a title at the SCR championship
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LAist (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Conceptual Regional Connector Map (Download full PDF here ) Another set of meetings for the Regional Connector , a project that could make a ride from Pasadena to Long Beach, or East LA to Culver City (and eventually Santa Monica) a reality without transferring, has been announced. "By providing continuous through service between these (light rail) lines, the regional connector will improve regional...
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traderthoughts.com | 12/24/2007
Investments in alternative energy have been a no brainer in recent times in the wake of the crude rally. PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy ETF, which has made a gain of approx 25% in the past one year while S&P 500 clocked a gain of 2.8%. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.(NASDAQ:CLNE), which provides vehicular natural gas for fleets in US, and related services including financing, grant preparation and fueling