Business + Los Angeles Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 10, 2009
Que Buena Radio’s 11th Annual ‘Los Premios de la Radio’ – The event will be held at the famed NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, located across the street from the STAPLES Center, on Tuesday, November 10th at 7:15 p.m
October 17, 2009
The Telemundo station in Los Angeles today went through another round of cuts. Inside sources tell me in addition to layoffs, KVEA 52 canceled its 6 to 7 am morning newscast, anchored by José Ronstadt and Azucena Gómez.
October 14, 2009
ZGS Communications, a Hispanic media owned company that owns or operates 12 Telemundo affiliated stations announced it is opening a national sales office in Los Angeles.
October 9, 2009
Leading, independent Hispanic Public Relations agency, RL Public Relations (RLPR) was honored with three awards during the 25th Anniversary HPRA (Hispanic Public Relations Association) PRemio Awards & Scholarship Gala held in Hollywood.
U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants – (more on the American Apparel layoffs)
October 5, 2009
Twenty Five Years of Action – Hispanic Public Relations Association celebrates its proud legacy at Hollywood gala, Oct. 8, 2009
September 24, 2009
Time Warner Cable reaches out to bilingual Hispanics in Los Angeles, New York
September 21, 2009
100 Hispanic/Latino Influentials: LA Focus, Part 1
September 6, 2009
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers’ immigration status.
September 3, 2009
Los Angeles Hispanic/Latino Emmy winners – 2009
August 27, 2009
Jason Martinez, who started at KTLA-5 in Los Angeles in January as a reporter and then was moved up to the anchor seat for the 6:30 pm and 10 pm news, is now doing weekend duty.
August 21, 2009
Kim Baldonado promoted to weekday anchor – KNBC-4 in Los Angeles
Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media) announced strong ratings results in Nielsen Media Research’s July 2009 Sweeps period for its flagship Estrella TV station (KRCA-Los Angeles)
Alycia Lane gets TV news gig at KNBC in Los Angeles
August 18, 2009
Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore
August 10, 2009
Selling tamales on the streets of Los Angeles is a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Tamale vendors, or “Tamaleros,” have to avoid obstacles like gangs, traffic, police and health inspectors to make only about $30 a day.
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
July 20, 2009
Latino-owned Businesses: Potential Boon For Economy – Study commissioned by newly-formed Latino Business Chamber shows Latino businesses are positioned to grow – Strengthening Latino Businesses in Greater Los Angeles
June 23, 2009
Cuba Travel Services, Inc., to Relaunch Weekly Non-Stop Flights from Los Angeles to Havana June 30
June 19, 2009
Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival
June 17, 2009
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money.
Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart.
June 15, 2009
Raul de Quesada of Fox Sports en Espanol Joins the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Board of Directors
Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated – No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month
June 4, 2009
AMERICAN LATINO SYNDICATION ANNOUNCES KEY PROMOTIONS – Nationally Syndicated Weekly TV Shows Expand Bi-Coastal Production Plans
June 3, 2009
Cuba Travel Services, Inc. to Relaunch Non-Stop Flights from L.A. to Havana
May 14, 2009
Luca Bentivoglio has been promoted to chief operating officer of LATV, replacing Howard Bolter, who this month left the company to “pursue new opportunities,” according to a company spokesperson.
May 11, 2009
Tortilla Industry Association Holding Technical Seminar in Anaheim, CA June 3rd-4th 2009
May 7, 2009
Kaiser Permanente gives UCLA Hispanic physician recruitment program $2 million
April 2, 2009
Entravision’s Los Angeles Radio Stations Post Significant Audience Growth
March 21, 2009
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 19, 2009
Telemundo’s station KVEA-52 in L.A. is undergoing some layoffs – producers and on-air talen
March 16, 2009
Meet Piolin at Verizon Wireless ‘Evolutionary’ Designed Communications Store in El Monte, California
February 1, 2009
Chef Alex Garcia Brings Classic and Nuevo Latino Cuisine to Los Angeles Hotspot
December 12, 2008
KLAX La Raza 97.9 FM to Debut Popular Morning Show ‘El Chulo de la Manana’ in Los Angeles
December 10, 2008
U.S. Navy Hosts Hispanic-Owned Small Business Conference – Los Angeles
December 9, 2008
Entravision Communications Corporation to Present at the 9th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin’ Management Access Conference
December 2, 2008
Univision’s Spanish-language KMEX Conducting Analog Shut-Off Tests
November 28, 2008
Francisco Varta-Orta, who was laid-off from the L.A. Times last month has found refuge at the Los Angeles Business Journal
November 25, 2008
KMEX Univision 34 Ends November Sweeps as the #1 Television Station in Los Angeles among Adults 18-49
November 21, 2008
Why Jorge Mettey Sued Univision
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
November 18, 2008
Santa Ana leads a bittersweet real estate boomlet
November 6, 2008
Creators of LowLos, Aztlan Entertainment, just sealed a deal to have its show on TransitTV.
October 27, 2008
Self Help Graphics gets ready for Day of the Dead – The East Los Angeles agency is in transition, but it is staying true to its mission.
October 7, 2008
Ernie Mourelo has left Los Angeles’ Telemundo affiliate KVEA-52
September 30, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News promotes Mariel Garza, hires Oscar Garza & Julio Morales
September 16, 2008
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that KLAX La Raza 97.9 FM in Los Angeles will begin airing the hit Chicago morning radio show “El Chulo de la Mañana” tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16th
September 9, 2008
Southern California’s taco truck war continued to sizzle as county officials asked a judge to reinstate a law he threw out last month that had forced truck operators to move every hour or face the threat of jail.
September 6, 2008
Los Angeles taco trucks can stay put again – A judge overturns a recent county supervisors’ rule limiting how long the mobile food vendors can remain parked in one spot.
August 28, 2008
Sports reporter Jaime Cárdenas, recently laid off from the L.A. Times, has landed a job at the L.A. Galaxy as communications coordinator.
August 26, 2008
Andrés Martinez, who became L. A. Times editorial page editor in 2004 and resigned in 2007, is now suing his ex-girlfriend alleging she cost him his job at the newspaper and tarnished his professional reputation.
August 20, 2008
Daimler/Mercedes Benz, Port of Long Beach Condemned for Teaming | LULAC-League of United Latin American Citizens
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
August 11, 2008
GolTV to Launch on Time Warner Cable in New York City and Los Angeles
July 23, 2008
Spanish-language pop-music station KLVE-FM (107.5) jumped back to the No. 1 spot in the Southland radio ratings, ending the brief reign of English-language Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7), according to the spring Arbitron figures released Tuesday. – Los Angeles
July 17, 2008
Media Moves: Veronica García, Jesús Sánchez & Jaime Cárdenas among Los Angeles Times Latino layoffs
July 15, 2008
Call for Entries Issued and Winners will be Honored at Annual PRemio Awards & Scholarship Dinner, October 2, in Los Angeles, CA
June 17, 2008
Tu Ciudad magazine closure
June 12, 2008
Media Moves: Fred Ortega leaves paper for political P.R. – of the Pasadena Star-News
June 10, 2008
Media Moves: KVEA’s morning show changes – Los Angeles
June 5, 2008
“Small Business, Big Honor” – Bell’s renowned La Casita Mexicana recognized for entrepreneurial innovation
June 2, 2008
Chino Hills artist Abel Izaguirre creates tiny tributes to his old home: South L.A. – The man who watched his brothers fall victim to the streets found refuge in art. Many of his Locsters — such as ‘Tattoo Tony’ — are real people depicted as toys.
May 28, 2008
New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’ – Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.
May 27, 2008
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
May 21, 2008
Roberto Yanez Named Vice President of News for Los Angeles #1 News Station, KMEX Univision 34
May 19, 2008
Univision’s KMEX Ranks as the #1 Television Station in the Entire Country among Adults 18-49 in April
May 14, 2008
Shawn Hunter finds new challenge at Chivas USA – (Latinos “want players from Mexico that are young, that are exciting on the field”)
May 13, 2008
The plight of Libreria Martinez – Santa Ana
May 7, 2008
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Orange County Chapter Presents: Expert Advice on Orange County’s Current Economic Climate
May 6, 2008
A Latino institution struggles to stay open – Rueben Martinez, owner of Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in Santa Ana, might have to close his shop by year’s end despite the store’s renown as one of the nation’s largest Latino-themed bookstores.
May 5, 2008
In Taco Truck Battle, Mild Angelenos Turn Hot
Politics and tacos don’t mix on L.A. streets
May 1, 2008
Telemundo, Nielsen to Open Pulse Research Center – at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles
April 16, 2008
NSHMBA Los Angeles Brings Professional Networking Event to ‘Inspire the Future of Wireless’ with Qualcomm – Los Angeles
April 14, 2008
City National Promotes Salvador Mendoza to Senior Vice President, Community Reinvestment – Los Angeles
March 20, 2008
El Clasificado Continues to Provide Free Small Business Training Workshops for Latino Micro business Owners in 2008
LATINA Style Business Series Kicks Off the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim, CA
March 11, 2008
Consorte Media CEO Alicia Morga to Speak at MultiCultural Media Expo
March 5, 2008
CHARO Community Development Corporation Hosts its 4th Annual Business Conference & Expo
February 18, 2008
NSHMBA Los Angeles Hosts an Evening of Professional Networking and Culture at the Museum of Contemporary Art
February 14, 2008
Dreaming big for Latino firms in Los Angeles – Ruben Guerra, head of the Latin Business Assn., wants to expand and add programs to boost the group’s profile and effectiveness.
January 22, 2008
‘La Opinion’ Doubles Single-Copy Price To 50 Cents – (first increase in 28 years!)
January 21, 2008
Azteca inks five-year pact for L.A. market
January 10, 2008
Maintaining a vibrant passion amid lackluster sales of crafts – the Folk Tree in Pasadena
December 4, 2007
El Clasificado among Fastest Growing Private Companies in Los Angeles according to Los Angeles Business Journal
December 3, 2007
Santa Ana bank opens to serve Hispanic businesses
November 25, 2007
Santa Ana book seller gets national spotlight – Ruebén Martinez, owner of Librería Martinez Books
October 26, 2007
Houston advertising agency López Negrete Communications is going Hollywood.
October 9, 2007
NBC Puts Spanish Station on the Block – Burbank, California
October 2, 2007
Hispanic Business Magazine Announces Finalists for the 17th Annual Hispanic Business EOY(R) Awards in Los Angeles
October 1, 2007
Rooting for Hispanic Dollars – Viva Dodgers 2007
September 17, 2007
Cultural Food Los Angeles Ends 2007 With Great Food and Beverage Leads, Connections and Business Ideas
September 11, 2007
Chivas players aren’t getting lost in the crowd – The club is enjoying its best season but also has the biggest drop in home ticket sales of any MLS franchise – Los Angeles
August 21, 2007
Cultural Food Los Angeles Presents Expo Comida Latina to Introduce New Latino Food and Beverage Products that are Appealing to the Tastes of the U.S. Consumer
August 20, 2007
California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce holds convention – Long Beach
August 1, 2007
Promerica Bank Approved for SBA Express Loan Program
July 30, 2007
Tresierras scraps new store plans – Newhall, California
March 30, 2007
Aeromexico Expands Los Angeles Service to Aguascalientes and Leon/Bajio
February 16, 2007
The Mexican Business Council of Los Angeles Applauds B of As Credit Line to New Immigrants
February 7, 2007
Home Media Magazine Presents the Fourth Annual Latino DVD 4 Conference
January 28, 2007
Latino supermarket giving new life to shopping center – Valencia, California
January 25, 2007
MARIA DE LOURDES SOBRINO, AUTHOR OF THE UPCOMING BOOK: THRIVING LATINA ENTREPRENEURS IN AMERICA, TO SPEAK AT SMALL BUSINESS FAIR FOR HISPANIC ENTREPRENEURS ON JANUARY 27 – Orange County, California
