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Long Beach

Debt load weighs on Alameda Corridor

The rail expressway that helped make the L.A. and Long Beach ports complex the giant it is could become a burden to it thanks to the recession. More...

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9:30am, 9/7/10 by lisa

Business

Unemployment Rate Increases in LA County

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Los Angeles County increased to 12.4 percent in July, up from a revised 12.2 percent in June. More...

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8:48am, 8/21/10 by Kennedy

Business

Californians' income sees first decline since WWII

The personal income of California residents declined last year for the first time since World War II, state officials said Wednesday. More...

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10:22am, 8/12/10 by lisa

Urbanism

Accelerating Measure R's job creation

By accelerating Measure R's transit construction through bond sales, L.A. County could generate at least 165,000 jobs here and now with the 30/10 project. More...

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9:27am, 8/10/10 by Christina

Business
West Hollywood

West Hollywood man offers to pay $3,000 for a job

If at first you don't succeed, try offering $3,000 on Craigslist. That's the strategy 50-year old Cyrus Emadi, of West Hollywood, is employing after nine frustrating months of job searching. More...

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8:42am, 8/10/10 by Christina

Urbanism
Downtown LA

City Walk: Time to return to L.A.'s core

Gentrification has decelerated in several parts of downtown into a kind of limbo, leaving them sufficiently changed to feel newly vital but not enough to seem overexposed. More...

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11:35am, 8/8/10 by lisa

Arts
Downtown LA

Artists fill the empty spaces developers leave behind

In Echo Park, artists have taken advantage of a retrenching real estate market that’s undermined demand for pricey loft-style living. More...

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9:43am, 7/31/10 by nirad

Business

Los Angeles once again scores low on jobs data

Los Angeles registered the nation’s largest drop in employment during the past five years, according to figures released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More...

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9:23am, 7/28/10 by argyle

Business
Downtown LA

Offices at the top are going empty

Penthouse floors are vacant in some of the best office buildings in Los Angeles County, a sign of the troubled economic times and the gulf between asking prices and what tenants are willing to pay. More...

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9:20am, 7/18/10 by Kennedy

Business

LA Jobless Rate Remains Above 12 Percent

The Los Angeles County economy continued to struggle in June as 15,000 payroll jobs were lost and the unemployment rate remained at 12.2 percent, according to state figures released Friday. More...

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9:42am, 7/17/10 by nirad

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