Howard Fine

Los Angeles

Staff Reporter at Los Angeles Business Journal

Staff Reporter with Los Angeles Business Journal, covering public policy and energy

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Articles

County Unemployment Rate Dipped to 5.8% in April

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Los Angeles County’s unemployment rate dipped to 5.8% in April from 5.9% in March as employers in the county added more than 16,000 jobs to their payrolls, according to state data released May 16. The California Employment Development Department reported the county posted its second straight monthly decline in the unemployment rate to 5.8%, a welcome change from a string of months when the rate topped 6%.
New Tool In The Works

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

In the biggest move yet under the leadership of new chief executive Peter Slavin, Cedars-Sinai Health System of Beverly Grove is partnering with New York-based health care venture firm Redesign Health to launch a digital innovation platform that will serve as a basis for an expanded technology transfer program. Since 2016, Cedars-Sinai has had an accelerator program to support early-stage health tech and digital health companies. Nearly 100 companies have participated to date.
Tetra Tech Takes a Hit

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Pasadena-based engineering and consulting firm Tetra Tech Inc. took a major hit in the first quarter with the shutdown of its largest client, the U.S. Agency for International Development. But the company still managed to post one of its strongest quarterly earnings results as it found new business elsewhere.
$400M Duarte Tower Opens

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Earlier this month, the long-awaited $400 million, eight-story outpatient tower opened on the City of Hope campus in Duarte – the centerpiece of a $1 billion campus modernization and expansion drive. City of Hope is one of 57 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute that meet its standards for cancer prevention, cancer research and clinical services. It also conducts research into diabetes.
FDA Delivers Blow to ImmunityBio

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

It’s a tale of two U.S. Food and Drug Administration decisions – one negative and the other positive – involving two different local immunotherapy companies announced on the same day. On May 5, Culver City-based ImmunityBio Inc. announced that on Friday, May 2, it had received a rejection letter from the FDA for its first expanded application for its Anktiva drug beyond the agency’s approval last year to treat a subset of patients with bladder cancer.
Light Rail Is Nearly Ready

3 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

L.A. County’s newest light rail segment is expected to open later this summer in the San Gabriel Valley. The $1.5 billion, 9.1-mile Foothill Gold Line project will extend the Metro A Line from its current terminus in Glendora eastward to Pomona. Eventually, the goal is to take the line into Montclair in San Bernardino County, but the sole bid for that final 3-mile extension came in way too high for the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority’s budget.
Q1 Passenger Counts at Local Airports Drop 4%

1 month ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Passenger traffic at the four airports serving Los Angeles County fell 4% during the first quarter of 2025, marking their worst performance since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data released by the airport governing authorities. A total of 20.1 million passengers went through the gates at Los Angeles International, Ontario International, Hollywood Burbank and Long Beach airports from January through March.
Tetra Tech Nabs Trio of Contracts

1 month ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Pasadena-based engineering, consulting and infrastructure firm Tetra Tech Inc. nabbed a trio of contracts last month.The company was one of the awardees of an architectural/engineering services contract from the Los Angeles district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The total value of the contract is capped at $46 million for three years.
Haven Offers Free Solar, Batteries

1 month ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Sawtelle-based Haven Energy, which supplies home solar battery systems that can be linked in a virtual power plant network, announced last month that it will offer free solar panels and battery storage systems to low- and moderate-income households, becoming one of the first residential solar providers to do so in the state. To fund the program, Haven will draw on a residential solar and storage equity fund that is part of the state’s $280 million Self-Generation Incentive Program.
LAX Station Readies for June Debut

1 month ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

As a key transit center is set to open near Los Angeles International Airport, another transit project in nearby Inglewood is about to be reimagined. The $900 million LAX/Metro Transit Center, formerly known as the Metro Airport Connector, is now set to open on June 6, moving one step closer to providing passengers from LAX with a direct link to the region’s rail and bus networks. The link is set to be completed early next year with the opening of the $3.3 billion automated people mover at LAX.