Friday March 26 Data
Stock Market
Volume at Pacific Stock Exchange: 15.9 million shares traded
Volume of Disney stock: 5.6 million shares traded
Best-performing L.A. stock: Hollywood Park, up 12.9 percent
Worst-performing L.A. stock: Staar Surgical, down 7.3 percent
Dow Jones close: 9822.24, down 14.15 points
Ports
No. of ships arriving at Long Beach: 5
No. of ships arriving at San Pedro: 8
No. of shipping containers handled: 21,352
Cruise ships departing from L.A.: 2
Cruise passengers departing: 6,500
Sports
Lakers lose to Sacramento Kings, 109-111
Clippers lose to Seattle SuperSonics, 98-104
Dodgers beat Baltimore Orioles, 7-2
Mighty Ducks beat Dallas Stars, 5-1
Nature
Civic Center high: 66 & #176;
Civic Center low: 46 & #176;
Recorded rainfall: One-tenth of an inch
Earthquakes: 2
Time/Magnitude/Epicenter: 12:19 a.m./1.7/one mile southwest of Redlands
3:53 p.m./1.4/six miles southwest of Perris
Hollywood
Movies that opened: 5
Top-grossing opening movie: “Ed TV,” $2.8 million
Top-grossing movie: “Forces of Nature,” $3.1 million
Daily Averages (L.A. County)
People riding L.A.-area buses: 1.1 million
People riding Metro Rail: 110,000
Total air pollutants emitted in L.A. Basin: 7,809.2 tons
Air pollutants emitted by on-road vehicles in L.A. Basin: 4,155.7 tons
Freeways
Trips per person: 3.3
Vehicles on 10/110 interchange: 570,000
Vehicles on 10/405 interchange: 556,500
Morning commute (6-9 a.m.): 1.2 million vehicles
Evening commute (3-6 p.m.): 2.7 million vehicles
Airports (Burbank and LAX)
Flights arriving: 1,079
Flights departing: 1,080
Passengers arriving: 84,543
Passengers departing: 85,703
Cargo arriving: 2,977 tons
Cargo departing: 2,763 tons
Population
Births: 433
Deaths: 170
Marriage licenses issued: 192
Children adopted: 7
Legal immigrants arriving: 237
Residents leaving: 179
Visitors in town: 68,219
Commerce
Business failures: 11
Location shoots: 170
Filming permits issued: 183
Imports arriving: $323 million
Exports leaving: $175 million
People employed: 4.3 million
People unemployed: 305,000
Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings: 2
Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings: 226
Real Estate
Residential real estate transactions: 216
Average home sales price: $180,000
Properties mortgaged: 1,381
Building contracts awarded: $17.9 million
Building permits issued: 47
Wages (average daily)
Communications: $173.12
Retail trade: $89.04
Movie production: $277.20
Wholesale trade: $124.24
Spending (average daily)
Total retail spending: $151.5 million
Motor vehicle sales: $21.6 million
Clothing sales: $9.9 million
Grocery sales: $10.4 million
Restaurant sales: $21.5 million
Domestic visitor spending: $21.7 million
Foreign visitor spending: $10.9 million
Emergencies
911 calls received: 5,462
911 calls for which police were dispatched: 2,474
911 calls classified as emergency: 558
911 calls classified as urgent: 1,078
911 calls classified as routine: 838
Crimes
Murders: 2.5
Reported rapes: 3.8
Robberies: 43
Aggravated assaults: 86.8
Burglaries: 71.4
Car thefts: 83
Burglaries in automobiles: 109
Courts
Completed civil trials: 6
Completed criminal trials: 11.3
Cases filed in municipal court: 9,638.5
Felony cases tried in municipal court: 259.7
Felony guilty pleas in municipal court: 77
Misdemeanors filed in municipal court: 1,858.7
Misdemeanor cases dismissed in municipal court: 442.5
Traffic infractions issued: 6,280.6
Small claims civil actions filed: 524.9
Education
Spent on public school student: $29.48 (L.A. Unified)
Spent on private school student: $90.66 (Crossroads School)
Beach-goers
Santa Monica: 32,365
Venice: 27,798
Zuma: 15,500
Sources: Duff & Phelps LLP, ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, National Weather Service, Caltech, Reel Source, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A. County Registrar, California Department of Finance, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services, Entertainment Industry Development Corp., Acxiom/DataQuick, Los Angeles Police Department, L.A. Superior Court, Employment Development Department, National Weather Service, Los Angeles Municipal Court, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, Los Angeles World Airports, California Department of Transportation, First American Real Estate Solutions, McGraw-Hill Construction, Construction Industry Research Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, California Department of Education, Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau, L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services