SMALL BUSINESS : SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW MILLENNIUM

As a new era approaches, Southern California’s small companies face many exciting opportunities, but also many unprecedented challenges. Business, Part II

TIMES POLL

An overwhelming majority of small companies in Los Angeles County are enjoying good times, but minority-owned firms are struggling more than their white-owned counterparts, a Times Poll shows.

Also: The backbone of the Latino business community is made up of a surprisingly large number of long-established firms.