Howard Fine

1 week ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Employers in L.A.’s tourism sector are trying to overturn the city’s newly enacted hike in the minimum wage for hotel and private sector airport workers to $30 an hour by 2028. A coalition of hoteliers, airlines and private airport sector companies and business groups are racing to gather 93,000 signatures by the end of the month to qualify a referendum on the wage ordinance on an upcoming citywide ballot with the aim to campaign against it.

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Current and prospective electric vehicle drivers have longed for the day when charging their vehicle at a public location is as quick and convenient as filling up an internal combustion vehicle tank at the local gas station. That day may be soon at hand. New York-based Gravity Inc., which does business as Gravity Technologies, announced last month it is bringing ultra-fast charging stations to eight locations across greater Los Angeles, starting later this year.

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

April was a mixed bag for passenger traffic at the four airports serving L.A. County as two airports – Hollywood Burbank and Ontario International – posted increases and the other two airports – Long Beach and Los Angeles International – saw declines. Overall, passenger traffic at the four airports serving Los Angeles County dipped 1% in April compared to the same month last year. That’s on top of a 4% drop in passengers during the first quarter this year compared with last year.

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

Phyn Inc.,an El Segundo-based residential water leak detection company, has been acquired by a group of private investors led by entrepreneur and television personality Jonathan Scott for nearly $25 million. Founded in 2016, Phyn emerged out of a joint venture between consumer electronic products company Belkin International Inc., also based in El Segundo, and Uponor, a plumbing, heating and infrastructure company based in Finland.

2 weeks ago | labusinessjournal.com | Howard Fine

With the prospect of a new light rail line coming to Downtown Los Angeles from the southeast, downtown businesses and civic groups have been pushing for that line to be built underground. Last month, they got their initial wish as the board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) voted in favor of a motion advancing the undergrounding of the Southeast Gateway Line through downtown.