Los Angeles

Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018

Amazon Unveils Top 20 List for HQ2 Location—Did Your Hometown Make the Cut?

Amazon announced Jan. 18 that it has chosen 20 potential locations for its new headquarters. In 2017, more than 230 cities stepped up to the plate with proposal packages including tax incentives and more to vie for the retail giant to choose them for its HQ2....

The Associated Press - Mon December 11, 2017

Subway Paleontology: LA Construction Unearths Fossil Trove

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east of downtown....

Emily Buenzle - Fri December 01, 2017

Los Angeles to Speed Up Transit Construction Before Olympics

The Los Angeles Metro's Board of Directors has decided it will accelerate numerous transportation projects so they are complete by the 2028 Olympic Games. If left on their initial schedules, some of these projects would not be finished until 2041, Curbed reported....

The Associated Press - Fri November 10, 2017

Officials: Subway Project Delayed Another Year

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say a planned subway project that will connect three rail lines in downtown Los Angeles will be delayed by a year, despite efforts to make up for time lost during construction....

Thu August 31, 2017

HYTORC Aboard Comanche Maxi Yacht For Transatlantic Sailing Record

Welcome aboard the Comanche, a 100-ft. super maxi yacht commissioned in 2014 by Netscape founder James H. Clark with one goal in mind: To break open ocean racing records. It's been doing exactly that ever since, and in July 2017 Comanche set a new transatlantic passage record, sailing from Los Angeles to Honolulu in just 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds during the 49th running of the Transpacific Yacht Race, popularly known as the Transpac....

Joe Trinacria - Thu August 31, 2017

Los Angeles Olympics 2028 to Cut Costs by Utilizing Existing Venues

After initially vying for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games – with hopes of celebrating the 40th anniversary of the last time they played host to the global athletic affair – Los Angeles was instead named the official site of the 2028 Games by the International Olympic Committee in late July....

Thu August 03, 2017

2017 Construction Starts Reveal Mixed Pattern Across Top Metro Areas

During the first half of 2017, eight of the top ten metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered decreased activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics....

Mon July 24, 2017

Los Angeles Construction Project Unearths Mammoth Fossils

A subway construction project in Los Angeles is unearthing the prehistoric side of Southern California. Workers excavating the tunnels discovered fossils of ancient mammals that roamed the area about 11,000 years ago....

Janis L. Magin - Fri July 14, 2017

Honolulu Ranked 9th Among Cities With Construction Cranes in Operation

The number of cranes at construction sites around Honolulu has dropped to fewer than half of the number that had dotted the skyline at the peak of the current construction boom, pushing Honolulu down on the Rider Levett Bucknall North American Crane Index....