Local Californian jeweler makes it big coast to coast

Jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth, with her dog Teddy, at her offices on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice on June 10, 2013. Neuwirth’s company has evolved into one of the leading new American fine jewelry brands. Neuwirth was photographed against a painting by Martin Lubner.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)