INDUSTRIES
Assure Assist Inc., a Simi Valley company doing business as MyCarrierPortal, was acquired by Descartes Group in Ontario, Canada, for $24 million.
Sept. 20, 2024
California
The Santa Monica City Council has voted to take out a section of the anti-camping ordinance that allowed homeless people to use pillows and blankets while sleeping outdoors. The new ordinance is scheduled to go into effect next month.
Sept. 13, 2024
Pasadena-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., a commercial real estate owner and operator, sold 1165 Eastlake Ave. East in Seattle to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for $150 million on September 12.
World & Nation
Eight Russian military planes and four navy vessels, including two submarines, have come close to Alaska in the past week.
Sept. 19, 2024
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on Muwasi, a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war, killed at least 19 people and wounded 60.
Sept. 10, 2024
Santa Monica leaders will discuss new changes to its anti-camping ordinance, including to a section allowing homeless people to use pillows, blankets, bedrolls.
Entertainment & Arts
Burning Man is a schlep.
Sept. 9, 2024
Orara Ltd. agreed to a deal with Atlanta-based Veritiv Corp. to sell its Buena Park-based Orora Packaging Solutions division for an enterprise value of $1.2 billion on Sept. 3.
Sept. 12, 2024
Business
Hart House, Kevin Hart’s Southern California vegan fast-food chain, closed its four locations Sept. 10. The chain got its start in Los Angeles just two years ago.
The most capable Russian troops have been pressing an offensive in eastern Ukraine, where they have made incremental but steady gains in the past few months.
Sept. 16, 2024