Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) articles from October 2007

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) archives from October 2007

Opening of child-care center in Panorama City, Calif., much delayed.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Oct. 1--PANORAMA CITY, Calif. -- When Gustavo Perez decided to buy a home in the Tupper Tobias Village several years ago, he thought his children, then ages 5 and 7, would soon be using its much touted child-care...

Real home on horizon for working-class families in Canoga Park, Calif.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez Oct. 2--CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Angelica Urena lives in a converted garage on Gault Street with her husband, infant and 5-year-old daughter. There is no kitchen or separate bedroom. The family sleeps in...

Newscaster Mirthala Salinas and Telemundo part ways.
October 2, 2007... Oct. 2--Television newscaster Mirthala Salinas, who was having an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while broadcasting news of his separation from his wife, has left the Telemundo network, the station announced Monday. Salinas, 35,...

Employee unions reach tentative agreement with Los Angeles on salary hikes.
October 2, 2007... Oct. 2--Los Angeles officials and six unions representing 22,000 city workers reached a tentative five-year, double-digit salary deal just as the current contracts expired, officials said Monday. The deal ended days of intense negotiating...

August home sales take a dive, mortgage woes affect lower end of market.
October 2, 2007... Oct. 2--VAN NUYS, Calif. -- Home sales plunged across the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys during August as lending sector turmoil continued to roil the markets, a trade association said Monday. Sales in the San Fernando Valley fell...

Daily News, Los Angeles, business profile column.
October 24, 2007... Oct. 24--SMALL BUSINESS HELPS CUSTOMERS GET THROUGH RED TAPE OF LIQUOR LICENSES: Business name: Alcoholic Beverage Control Specialists Business address: 20929 Ventura Blvd. No.47-112, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 345-2226...

Home sales in Valley drop 55.5 percent.
October 25, 2007... Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Oct. 25--San Fernando Valley home sales plunged an annual 55.5 percent in September -- a record low -- as the market slide accelerated across the region, state and nation, reports released Wednesday showed. ...

Torrence auto dealer enters consignment business.
October 27, 2007... Byline: Muhammed El-Hasan Oct. 27--A Japanese seller of used cars has chosen Torrance to try an old idea for the first time. Tokyo-based Gulliver International, which auctions vehicles and sells them at retail throughout Japan,...

Daily News, Los Angeles, real estate column.
October 28, 2007... Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Oct. 28--It seems inexplicable and incomprehensible. Sales of single-family houses in the San Fernando Valley plunged an annual 55.5 percent to a record low 362 transactions in September. At the same time,...

California officials debate stronger building limits as fires die down.
October 29, 2007... Oct. 29--Even as firefighters battled last week against the raging infernos encircling communities from the mountains to the sea, officials and experts were debating whether stronger local regulations would have averted the disaster. While...