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Chinese carmaker to open first U.S. plant in Lancaster in October

2013-05-01 13:24:00

Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is determined to make his desert town a hub for Chinese companies specializing in alternative energy. That dream came a little closer at the public unveiling Wednesday of the plug-in electric bus factory owned by Build Your...

After a long fall, Antelope Valley is back on upswing

2013-04-20 08:00:00

In the brutal cycles of California real estate, the Antelope Valley has been among the last to boom, the first to bust and the slowest to recover. But in the High Desert, separated from downtown Los Angeles by 65 miles and a mountain range, the...

Whole Foods to anchor new Playa Vista city center project

2013-04-15 12:50:00

Construction is underway on the long-awaited city center for Playa Vista that will include its first grocery store -- a Whole Foods Market. About the size of four city blocks, the $260-million shopping and apartment project called Runway is intended...

Quick Takes: Reebok drops rapper

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Rick Ross' controversial lyrics that seemed to promote date rape have resulted in the superstar rapper-mogul being dropped as a spokesman for Reebok. After intense pressure from a number of organizations, including anti-sexism collective UltraViolet,...

Jodie Gates to head USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

2013-04-11 11:57:00

Jodie Gates — a former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet who has since become one of Southern California's most prominent dance leaders — will become the director of the new USC�Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. Gates is a professor of...

Three new names on MOCA board

2013-04-10 17:10:00

Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed three new trustees, including Bruce Karatz, the former chief executive of KB Homes who was convicted three years ago on four felony counts of failing to disclose the backdating of stock options. Also...

MOCA adds three to board of trustees

2013-04-10 11:17:00

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it has added three people to its board of trustees. Their election comes at a still-vulnerable time for the museum, which has been dealing with financial problems in recent years....

Home builder Taylor Morrison to go public amid housing recovery

2013-04-01 11:37:00

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., a builder with operations in Orange and San Diego counties as well as the Bay Area, is preparing to raise up to $602 million by selling a minority stake to the public as the recovery in housing takes off.� Taylor Morrison,...

Manufacturing growth unexpectedly slowed in March, ISM reports

2013-04-01 07:37:00

WASHINGTON -- Growth in the crucial manufacturing sector unexpectedly slowed in March as companies reported fewer new orders and less production compared with the previous month. The Institute for Supply Management's widely watched purchasing managers...

Stock spotlight: KB Home building its way back to profitability

2013-03-31 17:37:00

KB Home has endured some rough patches during its 56 years in business. There have been real estate downturns, painful recessions, even the criminal prosecution of its former chief executive. But things hardly looked darker for the home builder than...

Foreclosures decline nationwide to lowest level since 2007

2013-03-28 05:00:00

Foreclosures nationwide continued to fall steadily last month, adding more momentum to the housing recovery. Completed foreclosures fell 19% year over year to 54,000, the lowest level since September 2007, according to�real estate data provider CoreLogic....

Pending home sales flat with low housing supply

2013-03-27 09:27:00

New data show that new contracts signed for homes were flat in February — a sign inventory remains low in a competitive market. The National Assn. of Realtors said its pending home sales index fell 0.4% from the prior month but was up 8.4% over...

A new house is under construction by KB Home in Santa Clarita.

2013-04-01 08:58:10

Construction workers build a new KB Home in the Vicino community of San Jose on Tuesday.

2012-12-19 06:59:00

Joel Williams has joined O'Reilly/DePalma as account director. Williams has been a strategic partner of the marketing communications agency for several years, working with its home and commercial building products clients.

2011-05-12 22:00:00