Author: Charles Crumpley

If you’re still steaming about L.A.’s new trash system – which so far has resulted in poorer service and much higher costs – just wait.

I was taken aback to see the dour assessment of 2017 when news outlets did their usual year-in-review reports. If you believe the articles, last

There’s one big rule for column writers: Take a stand; don’t be squishy. This is a heads-up that I’m going to violate that rule. More

Finally! California did not rank dead last in a survey of business friendliness. According to a report released last week by the U.S. Chamber Institute

The housing shortage. We’ve been hearing a great deal about that problem lately. It’s driving prices up and supposedly scaring away workers from our area.

The San Fernando Valley area is great. In the entire Los Angeles area, it’s among the very best places to live and to work. But

Articles and accounts about the possibility of federal tax reform typically conclude with this: Californians appear poised to get thumped. More than anyone else in

If you do business in the San Fernando Valley area, you don’t have to look far to see some of the horror stories created by

The biggest company in the San Fernando Valley – in fact, in the entire Los Angeles area – is the Walt Disney Co. So it’s