Author: Charles Crumpley

If you run a small business in California, you won a victory last week. That’s because the governor signed a bill that puts a stop

You may have seen articles about privacy issues regarding the spy plane flying over the suburb of Lancaster, the extreme north of Los Angeles County.

Fast-food restaurants and even many family-owned diners went to an open soda fountain system years ago. You know the routine: When you buy a soft

If you haven’t noticed, there’s been a small flurry of Los Angeles area IPO announcements lately. LegalZoom of Glendale announced last month that it plans

Another one of those business-friendly rankings came out last week, and once again, Los Angeles and California fared poorly. Well, “poorly” may be a charitable

When the Fortune 500 list came out three years ago, I sat down and figured out how many companies on the list are headquartered in

The Los Angeles Business Journal’s government affairs reporter, Howard Fine, wrote last month that cigar shops may be the biggest victim if Proposition 29 passes

The Los Angeles City Council last week passed a “Responsible Banking” ordinance. Banks will now be required to disclose lending and foreclosure activity in the

For business people in the city of Los Angeles, the outlook for sunny Southern California got a little dimmer last week. That’s because Austin Beutner,