Updates
Southern California Bancorp, the holding company for Bank of Southern California, N.A., and California BanCorp, the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, have jointly announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement.
Feb. 2, 2024
California
Bloomington is the latest Inland Empire community to weigh the tradeoffs of allowing a developer to bulldoze a rural neighborhood to make way for a sprawling warehousing complex in service of online shopping.
June 5, 2024
Banc of California, Inc. (Banc of California) has announced the completion of its transformational merger with PacWest Bancorp (PacWest), and as of December 1, 2023, Banc of California, N.A. will have merged into Pacific Western Bank.
Dec. 1, 2023
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Sept. 18, 2024
Banc of California and Pac West Bancorp this week announced that the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System granted its approval of their merger.
Oct. 20, 2023
Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation ‘unconstitutionally burdens’ access to content.
Sept. 20, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
Amazon is launching advertisements on its Prime Video streaming platform early next year in the U.S. and several other countries, plus — for $2.99 more a month — an ad-free option.
Sept. 22, 2023
Two Democrats, Mark Gonzalez and John Yi, are vying to succeed incumbent Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, who did not seek reelection.
Sept. 19, 2024
Business
PacWest Bancorp is moving to shore up liquidity to protect itself after customers pulled 20% of their deposits since the start of the year.
March 22, 2023
Flagstar Bank, N.A., the bank subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, Inc., recently announced the appointment of nine seasoned leaders to its leadership team, effective immediately.
Sept. 5, 2024