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When biotech entrepreneur Keith Leonard took the stage as the keynote speaker at a recent conference celebrating successes along the 101 Biotech Corridor in western L.A. County and eastern Ventura [...]

With more than one out of every three Angelenos eligible for government health care programs targeting low-income residents--more than 3.6 million in all--insuring and caring for low-income Angelenos is big [...]

WESTLAKE For nearly a decade, John Baackes has helmed L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation's largest public health plan. The Westlake-based nonprofit insurer's mission is to provide access to quality [...]

LOS ANGELES For daily commuters driving between the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles, the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass during rush hour is usually a nightmarish and frustrating [...]

THE VALLEY: SYLMAR After a prolonged dry spell coming out of the pandemic, contracts are now coming in fast and furious for Sylmar-based civil construction company Tutor Perini Corp. In [...]

LONG BEACH Long Beach-based senior-focused health care nonprofit SCAN Group, whose main business is operating a Medicare Advantage plan, has hired former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek as [...]

For decades, the hope of local bioscience industry leaders and elected officials has been that Los Angeles County would develop into a major bioscience cluster capable of attracting the billions [...]

For long-suffering investors in Newbury Park-based oil and gas exploration and drilling company Kolibri Global Energy Inc., could recent developments finally mean a recovery is in sight? Kolibri Global Energy, [...]

LOS ANGELES Santa Monica is the most expensive city to do business in, not only in Los Angeles County but throughout several Western states, according to a survey released this [...]

THE VALLEY USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale is closing its maternity ward and neonatal intensive care unit in November--the second local hospital to do so this year as hospitals [...]

WESTWOOD Billionaire medical device inventor and philanthropist Gary Michelson and his wife Alya have committed to donate $120 million to the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, the largest donation [...]

MANHATTAN BEACH For years, the race has been on to be able to detect early-stage cancerous tumors without having to subject a patient to the risks, pain and inconvenience of [...]

THE VALLEY: SYLMAR Sylmar-based civil construction contractor Tutor Perini Corp. has been awarded a $1.66 billion contract to construct a rail line segment through downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian island [...]

CENTURY CITY A new lender has emerged on the Los Angeles scene--one specifically targeting established life science companies. Symbiotic Capital, a non-bank lender co-founded by local biotech magnate Arie Belldegrun, [...]

LOS ANGELES The three heavy rail/subway alternatives that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is evaluating to connect the San Fernando Valley to L.A.'s Westside are among the most [...]

LOS ANGELES Imagine driving in stop-and-go traffic on the jam-packed 405 Freeway and seeing a sleek monorail train cruise by you along the freeway median. That's the vision of the [...]

LOS ANGELES For more than a decade, Wilshire Boulevard and Century City have been one giant construction zone as construction has proceeded on the Metro D Line Extension subway project. [...]

ALHAMBRA Alhambra-based health care provider Astrana Health Inc. has agreed to purchase the majority of Palms-based Prospect Medical Holdings' managed care platform from Birmingham, Alabama-based Medical Properties Trust for about [...]

SAWTELLE Sawtelle-based medical imaging company RadNet Inc. is going even deeper into the use of artificial intelligence. On Nov. 11, RadNet subsidiary Deep Health Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with [...]

LOS ANGELES Investors are anxious about the impact of the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump on the fortunes of local health insurance, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as [...]

THE VALLEY: SYLMAR A joint venture led by Sylmar-based civil construction contractor Tutor Perini Corp. has won a $1.18 billion contract to build a people mover guideway and three stations [...]

THE VALLEY The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners late last month gave the green light to provide up to $740 million for new water recycling [...]

THE VALLEY: WESTLAKE VILLAGE Westlake Village-based Energy Vault Holdings Inc., which specializes in grid-scale energy storage projects, has signed an agreement with an Australian company for the deployment of a [...]

LOS ANGELES October was a momentous month for deciding on funding for rail projects throughout Los Angeles County. On the positive front, California transportation officials awarded $231 million for Metro's [...]

LOS ANGELES The three regional airports serving Los Angeles County saw passenger counts rise 7% in September compared to last year, while passenger tallies remained flat at LAX. These trends [...]

After a literal trial-by-fire start last year to her tenure as president of Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii, Michelle Gaskill-Hames is now focusing on growing the giant hospital system's [...]

LOS ANGELES Both Ontario International and Long Beach Airport broke passenger travel records in May, with Long Beach hitting a record high for the second time in three months and [...]

EL SEGUNDO One day about three years ago, Torrance resident and property management company employee Neal Miyake and his wife were walking through the downstairs portion of their home when [...]

LONG BEACH For Long Beach-based California Resources Corp., the next couple months could be crucial in determining the course of the oil company for decades to come. First, California Resources [...]

LOS ANGELES Like tens of thousands of other employers around Los Angeles County, Sunder Ramani is scrambling to meet a July 1 state deadline to craft a custom-tailored workplace violence [...]

SANTA MONICA Has GoodRx Holdings Inc. finally regained its mojo? Two years ago, the Santa Monica-based prescription drug discounter was in a world of hurt. It had just been slammed [...]

HOLLYWOOD HILLS WEST After a five-year hiatus, Richard Taite, the former owner of Cliffside Malibu, the substance abuse treatment center for the rich and famous, has gotten back in the [...]

EL MONTE El Monte-based genetic testing and clinical lab analysis company Fulgent Genetics Inc., which rode the Covid testing wave to nearly $1 billion a year status, is moving ahead [...]

In a sign of the vibrancy of the region's health care economy, two local health care companies announced acquisitions of East Coast firms on the same day--Oct. 8. Early that [...]

Redondo Beach-based Kinder Co., which makes children's medicines for over-the-counter sales, has announced a longtime Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals veteran as its new chief executive. Kristin Recchiuti, former chief executive [...]

Malibu-based robotic microsurgery company Horizon Surgical Systems Inc. has raised $30 million in series A financing to support the development of its eye surgery system to ready it for human [...]

Bioscience Los Angeles County Inc., an industry catalyst organization founded six years ago through the efforts of county officials, has rebranded as BioscienceLA and taken on industry veteran Stephanie Hsieh [...]

WILMINGTON Houston-based Phillips 66 Co. announced Oct. 16 that it will close its major oil refinery complex in Wilmington and Carson in the fourth quarter of next year, ending a [...]

WESTCHESTER John Ackerman, the new chief executive of Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that runs Los Angeles International Airport, made headlines recently when he said the agency was [...]

THE VALLEY: SYLMAR Sylmar-based civil construction company Tutor Perini Corp. began this month with a flurry of contract activity. First, on Oct. 2, came the announcement that Tutor Perini, in [...]

WALNUT Walnut-based water treatment company Economic Alternatives Inc. has expanded to the East Coast with its acquisition of Clearwater Industries, a water treatment company based in Shelton, Connecticut. Economic Alternatives, [...]

WESTCHESTER Faced with months of slowing growth in passenger counts--culminating in August with the first year-over-year drop in passengers since the initial pandemic shock--officials overseeing Los Angeles International Airport have [...]

Woodland Hills-based mPulse Mobile Inc., which develops digital-engagement tools to help improve patient outcomes and reduce costs for health care providers and insurers, is on an acquisition spree to expand [...]

ANTELOPE VALLEY MEDICAL Center in October opened a newly expanded emergency department and a new infusion center. The medical center's existing emergency department has served as the Palmdale/ Lancaster region's [...]

SAN PEDRO The Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Sept. 5 approved a lease amendment that allows for a $52 million project to expand rail facilities at the Fenix Marine Services [...]

DOWNTOWN Downtown water infrastructure company Cadiz Inc. has been trying for nearly 30 years to win permission to transport water from its Mojave Desert aquifer to water agencies throughout Southern [...]

LOS ANGELES The Metro K. Line Northern Extension is an ambitious project that would go through four densely populated neighborhoods full of tourist attractions and employment centers on L.A.'s Westside [...]

WESTCHESTER Twenty years ago, the mantra from officials in South Bay cities opposed to various expansion proposals for Los Angeles International Airport was to limit growth at LAX and expand [...]

PASADENA Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. has focused on treating diseases through an RNA-based platform that acts to silence genes that cause the particular disease being targeted. The company has focused [...]

THE VALLEY: GLENDALE/NORTHRIDGE Last month saw a leadership shuffle at Dignity Health's Glendale Memorial and Northridge hospitals as the former chief executive of the Glendale hospital was elevated to Southern [...]