The biggest was advertising agency Rubin Postaer and Associates’ 186,900-square-foot renewal at Boston Properties’ 1 million-square-foot Colorado Center in Santa Monica. Technology, advertising, media, and information companies made up 38 percent of the top transactions, according to the report. Co-working firms continued their pullback on ...

Nearly half of respondents said their modifications were “substantial.” “You can’t go out with the same message that you had,” said Jason Sperling, chief of creative development for the RPA ad firm in Santa Monica. “You have to understand what people are going through: the anxiety, the fear, the isolation, the lack of routine ...

The new coronavirus is having a profound impact on the global economy, and has been particularly damaging to local businesses that depend on foot-traffic and in-person interactions with their customers.

For some, it’s also personal. Architect Patrick Tighe, whose firm has made about 20 masks so far, is married to a nurse at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. “We all feel kind of helpless and it’s a small contribution, but it’s something,” he said. “If we can make 100 masks and one helps one person, that’s worth it.” The 3-D ...

If we allow that to happen, the coronavirus will be viewed as a simple annoyance. Peter Altschuler, Santa Monica To the editor: Trump once said that he could walk down 5th Avenue, shoot someone and not lose any political support. That is not too far from what he is actually doing right now. By not releasing supplies from the national stockpile ...

Following Alamo Drafthouse with its virtual cinema offerings (including today’s announcement of the online offering of the 1981 cult film Roar, which they are billing as the “original

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, today announced that CeCe Morken has been appointed to the newly-created role of President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective April 15, 2020. Ms. Morken joins Headspace after 13 years at Intuit, where she most recently served as Executive ...

Subject: The Verdi Chorus offers its first online concert April 18 To: <gabrielle@broadwayworld.com> SANTA MONICA, CA (April 7, 2020) – In place of its previously scheduled Live Concert on April 18, The Verdi Chorus will offer its first online concert: a streaming of its Spring 2018 program The Force of Destiny led by Founding Artistic ...

The new coronavirus is having a profound impact on the global economy, and has been particularly damaging to local businesses that depend on foot-traffic and in-person interactions with their customers.

We put a call out to local businesses on Patch this week and asked them to update their status, give details on how you can continue to patronize them and to let the community know how they can best help during these challenging times.