Commerce News

Jun 29, 2009 10:11 am US/Pacific LOS ANGELES Got big plans for the 4th of July? CBS 2 / KCAL 9A wants to know what you're doing to celebrate Independence Day! - The Studio City Chamber of Commerce is bringing back the 60s! The chamber's 11th annual Fireworks Festival will celebrate 40 years of Woodstock on Saturday, July 4, at the CBS Radford lot.

The California Courier Online Edition, June 25, 2009 1- Commentary Israel's New Ambassador to the U.S. Calls Armenian Killings "Genocide By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier 2- Former Sen.

Toy importer OKK Trading has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty after it imported and sold toys with high levels of lead and violated other child safety standards.

As part of its commitment to protecting the safety of children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that OKK Trading, of Commerce, Calif., has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty for failing to comply with a 30-year old ban on lead paint on toys, as well as violating other federal child safety standards.

Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of Whittier-area politics and city government.

Commerce, Calif.-based wholesale distributor Unified Grocers has named Gelsona s Markets as the recipient of the 2009 Ben Schwartz Retail Grocery Visionary Award.

Increased interest in the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce's Wednesday evening Farmers Market has prompted the City Council to consider a request for an additional street closure for the event.

Red Truck Rock Yard is our business spotlight for the week. It is at 2791 Highway 99W in Corning.

Monterey Park resident Edwin Cheung has come a long way since the days when food was hard to come by.

Most Whittier-area cities appear to be banding together to support the Washington Boulevard alternative for a light-rail line from East Los Angeles.

Local business leaders are aggressively luring companies interested in converting the Harbor Area from a polluted region to a bastion of so-called "green" technology - while also generating local jobs.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Thursday recent sweeps by his department have resulted in 23 arrests and the seizure of about $11 million worth of counterfeit items.

The Los Angeles Unified school board narrowly passed a resolution Tuesday to suggest changes to state laws that would expedite the firing of teachers accused of serious crimes.

From 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce will host its popular Wake Up Whittier networking breakfast at Don Steve's Chevrolet, 1001 E. Whittier Blvd.

Redlands Footlighters' production of "Sherlock's Last Case," 2 p.m. at 1810 Barton Road, Redlands.

Commerce in the Redlands area began before Redlands became a city. One of the earliest businessmen here was Frank Pierce Meserve who opened and operated a clothing store.

Schwarzenegger's COS Susan Kennedy: "Greater chance for change now than in last 50 years" !-- CAPTION TEXT GOES HERE -- Susan Kennedy , Gov.

Planning, transportation and the county's budget will get an airing when County Supervisor Michael Antonovich addresses more than 300 Santa Clarita Valley residents during a state-of-the-county speech Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency in Valencia.

City officials breathed new life Wednesday into a $50 million bid to revive a World War II-era shipyard on Terminal Island.

Officials say that a 72-year-old woman who was struck by a pickup truck Monday morning in East Los Angeles has died.