Profiles: Secret to their success
April 27, 2008
SUNDAY PROFILE
Muscle-car designer makes U-turn
For the son of a General Motors designer -- born and raised in Detroit in the final years of the "big, bigger and biggest" age of American cars -- creating a vehicle that doesn't even have a combustion engine would seem an unlikely fate.
SUNDAY PROFILE
Laguna Beach chef has a fresh take on sushi
Miki Izumisawa isn't your typical sushi chef. If Japanese customers come to her cafe "expecting an ordinary sushi restaurant," she says, "they will be surprised."
January 11, 2008
Keeping an eye on city coffers
The gig: As city treasurer, De Foor serves as the primary banker, investor and custodian of public funds for Los Angeles and oversees its $7.5-billion investment program.
Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times
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