Santa Monica investment firm Clearlake Capital recently announced that it will sell Brightly Software to Siemens in a whopping $1.88 billion deal that is expected to close in the second half of this year.
The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance last month that gives safety protections to hotel housekeeping employees and raises the minimum wage at more hotels in the city. Los Angeles joins neighboring cities West Hollywood and Santa Monica in passing a hotel worker protection ordinance.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast will open six U.S. dealerships this week and 30 by the end of 2022, all in California. The company says it will cut the ribbon for stores in Berkeley, Commerce, Corte Madera,
Santa Barbara’s interim police chief is stepping down. The police department says Barney Melekian has helped guide the department through various COVID-19 masking and vaccination issues.
Authorities executed a search warrant June 27 to obtain any deleted footage of an incident earlier this year where Lorain fire Assistant Chief Matthew Homolya reportedly assaulted his neighbor.