A light-rail line, when built carefully to fit its surroundings, can create a corridor for high-value commercial and residential development. But a train rumbling through busy intersections in front of shops, homes and schools can also condemn a community to permanent second-class status. The Expo Line, now being constructed to eventually run from downtown Los [...]

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported combined January traffic up slightly for the second straight month but individual port activity mixed. Combined activity, including shipping of empty containers, rose 1.6 percent, with combined outbound traffic up nearly 32 percent. Imported cargo at the Long Beach port rose nearly 9 percent compared with [...]

The parallel runways on Los Angeles International Airport’s north airfield should not be separated for the sake of safety, according to a long-anticipated report released Friday by an academic panel and NASA Ames Research Center. The finding is considered a victory for airport-area residents and business owners in Westchester and Playa del Rey, who feared [...]

The most-expensive building project in Los Angeles municipal history will break ground Monday, when construction starts on the $1.55 billion Bradley West Terminal project at Los Angeles International Airport. A superjumbo Airbus A380 jet from Qantas Airlines will be parked behind dignitaries as speeches are made on the airport tarmac. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, city council [...]

The first post-recession surge in employment at the nation’s busiest seaport complex began this month and appears to be gathering momentum. There has been as much as a threefold increase in the number of longshoremen finding work on the docks in the first three weeks of February compared with the same period last year, a [...]

Everyone wants cleaner air, but sometimes we suspend our common sense in our quest to obtain it. A case in point is the preference currently given to natural gas drayage trucks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On the surface it appears that natural gas is a solution when it comes to [...]

The UCLA Anderson Forecast, a well regarded source for economic predictions, is now trying to elbow its way into the crowded world of indexes – with a metric based on smelly diesel fuel. The forecast, in conjunction with Ceridian Corp. and Charles River Associates, launched a monthly index it believes can become a popular indicator [...]

Developer Rick Caruso is looking to expand his retail empire to airports across the country, including Los Angeles International. John Cugasi, a former director of concessions at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, was hired Monday to serve as vice president for airports, a new position that was created at Los Angeles-based Caruso Affiliated. Caruso, whose developments [...]