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Long Beach Restaurant Association endorses Suzie Price for Mayor

Long Beach Restaurant Association (LBRA) announced their endorsement of City Councilwoman Suzie Price for Long Beach City Mayor. The endorsement comes on the heels of Price being endorsed by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 47, Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, State Senator Tom Umberg, and Read More

Cal OES distributes 200,000 COVID-19 testing kits to California’s most vulnerable communities

Working to continually protect Californians most at risk to COVID-19, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) has distributed 200,000 COVID-19 at home testing kits to vulnerable community members across our state. Cal OES sent COVID-19 test kits to over 300 of California’s Community Based Organizations, to be distributed Read More

California and Japan partner to bolster economic relations and trade, tackle climate change

Governor Gavin Newsom met with Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Koji Tomita to strengthen economic cooperation and investment between California and Japan, and build on previous engagement with a framework for how we can tackle climate change and accelerate the transition to clean transportation together. The signed Memorandum of Cooperation Read More

Two downtown Los Angeles residents arrested on complaint alleging they fraudulently obtained $300,000 in COVID-relief loans

Two downtown Los Angeles residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $300,000 – and attempted to obtain an additional $1 million – in COVID-relief loans for several companies they claimed to own and operate. Sean Schoepflin, 42, a.k.a. “Sean Fitzgerald,” and Erika Leon, Read More

Survey: 77% of business travelers, 64% of workers say return of business travel more important than ever

A new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) finds that sentiment around business travel is shifting, with 77% of business travelers and 64% of employed Americans agreeing that it is more important than ever to bring back business travel. Nearly two-thirds Read More

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley calls for immediate relief at the pump due to soaring gas prices

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley called on the State of California to offer immediate relief at the pump for families who are facing rising costs due to the increasing gas prices and committed to launch sustainability initiatives, at the local level, to reduce the dependence on oil that is impacting Read More