Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles’

A bill that would make it illegal for California landlords to require tenants to declaw or debark their pets as a condition of occupancy has been introduced by Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara).  Under the legislation, landlords could not give preferential treatment to tenants with declawed or debarked animals or advertise in a manner designed to discourage applicants with animals that have not been declawed or ... Full story

The closures this week and publication of actions issued by the OCC during March contributed to a large number of changes in the Unofficial Problem Bank List this week. There were 25 institutions with assets of $8.7 billion added this week while 9 institutions with assets of $6.4 billion were removed. The net of this activity results in an Unofficial Problem Bank List ... Full story

These are desperate times for California state government, but they're not desperate enough for a foolish fire sale. Officials accepted bids Wednesday to sell about $2 billion worth of state-owned office buildings in Sacramento, Los Angeles, Oakland, Rancho Cordova, San Francisco and Santa Rosa. The state estimates that it will clear at least $660 million once the debt on the properties is paid off, and ... Full story

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case that could impact every American worker who uses a computer, blackberry or text messaging device–whether for innocent messages to loved ones or sexually-charged texts to a mistress. A final ruling from the justices may establish guidelines on how far the right to privacy covers personal e-mail messages and other communications that workers send or receive on ... Full story

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com, the online video programming guide firm headed by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, has raised an additional $2.0M in its Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Friday. Source of the additional funds was not disclosed. Clicker had announced in February that it had received $11M from JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The ... Full story

Karatz, 64, faces 20 felony charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, making false statements to accountants of a public company and making false statements in regulatory filings. Prosecutors said Karatz backdated option grants for himself and other executives from 1999 to 2005, adding $6 million of compensation that was not disclosed to shareholders. Karatz did not testify at the trial. Defense attorney John Keker told ... Full story

The Mexican Gray Wolf is one of the rarest mammals in the world. (Photo: Robin Silver / PRNewsFoto/Center for Biological Diversity)From Green Right Now Reports The Center for Biological Diversity today announced the release of a free iPhone application, Wild Calls, ... Full story

The Mexican Gray Wolf is one of the rarest mammals in the world. (Photo: Robin Silver / PRNewsFoto/Center for Biological Diversity)From Green Right Now Reports The Center for Biological Diversity today announced the release of a free iPhone application, Wild Calls, ... Full story

Hanmi Financial Corp. shares jumped 21% on Thursday on a positive news report about the bank’s efforts to find a source of new funds, averting a possible takeover by the government. Hanmi Financial, parent of Hanmi Bank in L.A.’s Koreatown, ran into trouble last year when some construction and business loans went sour. It disclosed in November that regulators had ordered it to raise $100 million ... Full story

Mike Gaffney comes to his role as president of CSC’s North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group with a pretty long view —19 years, at the company, to be exact. Most recently, Gaffney served as president of business development for the public sector unit, a vantage point that allowed him visibility into all markets and their relevance to federal, state, local, and ... Full story