Indulge me this week as I offer some thanks:

To Matt Toledo, for his continued, rock-solid commitment to our news product; to Mike Stremfel, Dan Turner and Larry Kanter for their unwavering dedication and hard work; to Jason Booth, Howard Fine, Sara Fisher, Elizabeth Hayes, Nola Sarkisian, Frank Swertlow, Daniel Taub and Jessica Toledano for their energy and talent in reporting out the stories you read each week; to Todd Frankel, for always being out of the newsroom (in pursuit of great pictures, of course); to Jennifer Johnson and Edvard Pettersson, for doing much more than research our weekly lists; to Karen Teitelman, for almost always managing a smile (no matter how many deadlines she faces); to Chris Woodard and Shelly Garcia, for making our San Fernando Valley Business Journal a source of real pride; and to our production department, led by Dan Etcheverry, for taking our words, charts and photographs and making it all look brilliant, week after week.

No wonder we’re the best regional business paper in the country. Happy holidays.

Mark Lacter

Editor