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B. Riley Financial Names Former Rep. Mimi Walters to Board
Woodland Hills-based financial services firm B. Riley Financial Inc. named former Republican Rep. Mimi Walters from Orange County to its nine-member board.
Marlin Equity Buys Hospitality Software Companies
Hermosa Beach private equity firm has purchased HotSchedules and Fourth, software platforms that manage labor, inventory and operations for the restaurant and hospitality industries.
Unemployment Down in L.A. County as Jobs Grow, Workforce Shrinks
L.A. County’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in May to 4.5%, the combined effect of a modest gain in jobs and several thousand workers leaving the labor force.
UCLA Names Antonio Bernardo as Anderson School Dean
UCLA recently named longtime Anderson School of Management finance professor and administrator Antonio Bernardo as the school’s new dean, effective July 1.
USC Names Geoffrey Garrett Business School Dean
USC on June 11 named Geoffrey Garrett, current dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as the next dean of the Marshall School of Business, effective in July 2020.
SCE President Ron Nichols Dies; CEO Kevin Payne Adds President Title
Ron Nichols, president of Southern California Edison and former top executive with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, died June 6 after a battle with gastric cancer.
LA Sues Coin Dealer Over Sales Practices
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer sued West Los Angeles coin dealer Lear Capital Inc., alleging the company engaged in deceptive and unfair sales practices.
Tech Mogul Samueli Gives $100M to UCLA Engineering School
Tech billionaire and UCLA alum Henry Samueli and his wife Susan have made the largest gift ever of $100 million to expand UCLA’s engineering school already bearing the Samueli name, the university announced June 4.
Hospitality Special Report
L.A.’S EXPANDING HOTEL MARKET
Zovio Acquires TutorMe to Expand Educational Technology Offerings
Hancock Park-based online tutoring startup TutorMe.com Inc. was acquired by San Diego-based educational services firm Zovio Inc. April 4.
UCLA Receives $5M Gift for Women in Engineering Program
UCLA’s Samueli School of Engineering has received a $5 million gift from an alumna to fund a program providing support for women engineering students, the school announced April 2.
Unemployment Down in L.A. County as Jobs Grow, Workforce Shrinks
Unemployment in L.A. County ticked down slightly in February to 4.6 percent, the combined effect of a modest gain in jobs and a few thousand workers leaving the labor force.
Thousands of UCLA Workers Join Statewide Strike Over Wages, Benefits and Income Gap
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was expected to appear at UCLA on Thursday in sympathy for a statewide strike by thousands of research, technical and health care workers.
USC Names Carol Folt First Woman President
USC’s board of trustees on March 20 unanimously named Carol Folt, former chancellor of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as its first woman president.
Obituary: Roy Doumani, 1935-2019
Roy Doumani, a keen Los Angeles businessman, philanthropist and driving force behind bioscience innovation whose education nurtured a generation of entrepreneurs at UCLA, has died. He was 83.
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