Chase Manhattan Corp. said Wednesday that it has asked for permission to buy two Ohio savings and loans in what it said it hoped would be a first step toward operating commercial banks in the state.
Education Secretary William J.
City officials approved a $97.5-million budget which reflects a 3% increase from last year but added warnings that federal funding sources may soon dry up.
The City Council has approved construction of restaurant in the Orangethorpe redevelopment area and the repaving of a portion of La Palma Avenue.
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After more than a year of negotiations, 10 cities along the routes of three proposed freeways have reached agreement on a plan to assess developers $415 million to cover nearly half the costs of building the thoroughfares.
The Communications Workers of America reported Tuesday the ratification of a contract agreement with Pacific Bell that could reduce, if not eliminate, layoffs during the rest of the year.
City officials on Monday plan to write what they hope will be the final chapter in the saga of Newport Beach's curfew ordinance, intended to clear the streets of loitering youths after 10 p.m.
Seattle teachers voted Saturday to accept an $8.4-million contract offer and end the nation's largest teacher strike, a 25-day-old walkout that has delayed the opening of school for 43,500 students.
Trans World Airlines won approval Monday to start service at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, a move that immediately drew the wrath of nearby San Fernando Valley homeowners and Burbank city officials.
The Burbank City Council has tentatively approved a plan to expand a 24-acre landfill by about 10 acres during the next 10 years.
A City Council that includes at least two members who have stopped smoking will likely give preliminary approval today to an ordinance that would regulate smoking in public places.
More than 1,500 members of Los Angeles County's largest public employee union voted Thursday night to give their leadership the authority to call a strike against the county if a dispute over a new contract is not resolved by midnight Sept. 30.
A divided group of striking Teamster trash haulers approved a new contract Thursday, ending a four-day walkout that had disrupted garbage collection for more than 675,000 residents of Los Angeles County.
United Airlines won tentative government approval Friday to buy the Pacific division of Pan American World Airways as the Transportation Department rejected arguments that the sale would reduce competition.
The United Steelworkers' leadership Tuesday accepted a Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel contract offer that would cut compensation by at least 11%.
Under a special federal court order, PPG Industries Inc. can proceed with its proposed $42.3-million acquisition of Swedlow Inc., a Garden Grove maker of glass and acrylic transparencies, while the Federal Trade Commission continues to investigate the deal.
The state Supreme Court today called for creation of a novel consumer group to safeguard against antitrust and other violations, approved an award to a million people who bought Levi's jeans in the early 1970s, and took a swipe at Gov.
Agreement on a $15-million restoration plan for Carlsbad's Batiquitos Lagoon in San Diego County became the only stumbling block this week for construction of a $1.6-billion project that includes a vast oil terminal and storage facility in Los Angeles Harbor, plus a 1,030-mile pipeline from the port to refineries in...
The state Coastal Commission has revived a bitter debate among City Council members and residents of the affluent Belmont Shore and Naples sections of this city by opposing construction of three-story dwellings in those neighborhoods.