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David S. Honda, left, is this year's Fernando Award winner. David Honda was honored Thursday night as the recipient of this year's Fernando Award , which recognizes volunteerism and civic achievement in the San Fernando Valley.

Celebrities have been announced for Downey's Holiday Lane Parade. Drum roll, please... Celeb grand marshals are Daniella and Alexandria Baltodano.

Zoe Taylor, president and CEO of the Ventura Chamber of Commerce since 1996, will step down from the job at the end of November.

People attending this week's U.S. Chamber of Commerce convention atop Nob Hill got a typical San Francisco welcome Wednesday: stunning fall weather and a spirited protest.

If you want to film at some LA's best known landmarks, good luck. The bureaucracy has sent many productions packing for other cities.

Good Morning, Red Bluff, the monthly Chamber networking program, continues Thursday morning at 7:50, hosted by Shasta College.

The complaint, filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court, cited two specific causes; 1) the state failed to follow state law in the preparation of its Environmental Impact Report which denied local representatives fair process and, 2) the state failed to respond properly to the concerns and issues raised by the City, County and Chamber.

Doug Balog, a luxury home real estate professional with Keller Williams Realty in Palm Desert, has joined Desert Estates Network, a consortium of top-producing Realtors and brokers of high-end estate properties in the Coachella Valley.

South Bay cities should keep their eyes on a new motion presented to the Los Angeles City Council this month.

As city officials and businesses launch new efforts to combat runaway production in Los Angeles, one local union has suggested they start in their own backyard.

Caption: Ricki Lake The Children's Institute hosts 'Poker For A Cause' celebrity poker tournament at the Commerce Casino Commerce, California .... Actress and TV personality RICKI LAKE is nursing a broken heart after ending a recent relationship.

The Tehama County Board of Supervisors is expected to clarify its position on the Legislature's recent package of water bills, take up a series of air quality mitigation fees for new development and consider the county housing element when it convenes 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Another thousand plus poker players entered Day 1b of the opening L.A Poker Open tournament series event on Friday, November 6, 2009.

Two firefighters suffered minor injuries on Friday at a rail yard in Commerce where several hundred gallons of a flammable solvent leaked from a 5,000-gallon tank on a rail car, fire officials said.

Chamber to hold networking event The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce will present a networking breakfast on Thursday.

There are plenty of reality-TV stars with a long line of people who want to pummel them senseless, but how many celebrities would actually give someone the chance to take a swing? Kim Kardashian would.

Long Beach. Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe will give the State of the County address Nov.

The town's soon-to-be railroad museum was carefully lowered into its new home as the sun rose Wednesday morning over the Sierra Nevada.

It took Moses 40 years to lead the Children of Israel across the desert to the Promised Land.

Mendocino County's September unemployment rate was 10.1 percent, down 0.4 percentage points from the revised August rate; and up 3.8 percentage points over the year.