Moving to Los Angeles a Blessed Event for Publisher By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal Hofite Huddleston said she learned the power of media, marketing and events at an early age. Her father owned a sporting goods chain, the Sports Zone, in the Maryland-D.C.-Virginia area, and she ran promotional…

L.A. restaurants offer cut-price sack lunches to boost business. by SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal Think brown bag, and the associations are immediate: construction worker, mom’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or perhaps yesterday’s best-forgotten greasy takeout. Certainly not fine dining, right? Not if some of L.A.’s better-known restaurants…

L.A. native all business when it comes to United Way By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal For Caroline Nahas, helping others is something that was “instilled in me from the beginning.” Recently named chairwoman of United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Nahas feels she can take a leadership role…

Shutterbug in spotlight after Laker photo used for Dodgers billboard By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal When the Dodgers asked Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic for his photo, the Slovenian basketball star gave them one he really liked: It had recently been shot by Pasadena photographer Kendall Roclord. Now, the…

Journalist tuned in early to reporting on television By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal Although he has been covering the TV industry for almost two decades, television wasn’t always in journalist Josef Adalian’s big picture. He originally leaned toward political reporting, and he didn’t alter his course until after…

Gymnastics instructor sets up shop to teach circus-style tricks. by SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal Daniel Levi started gymnastics when he was 5 years old. Now 32, he’s turned his somersaults and cartwheels into two businesses that cater to those who want to teach kids gymnastics but with an…

Engineering school’s new master’s programs come with ‘green’ tint. by SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal The world has always needed engineers. But does it need the same kinds of engineers? USC is convinced that the economy of today – and tomorrow – calls for expertise in such disciplines as…

Observatory attraction moves down to star on Hollywood Boulevard . by SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal Laserium is back. And it’s come down from its perch at Griffith Park to help rock the Hollywood renaissance. The music-driven laser light show, which was in its heyday during the hazy, pot-laden…

Studio artist’s movie career had Hollywood beginning By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal When Syd Dutton, 64, talks about viewing the silent film “Metropolis” as a boy in San Francisco, he uses the term “feverish” to describe the experience. Seeing the futuristic sets for the science-fiction classic, he knew…

Comic books drew London boy into movie business By SHARAREH DRURY Los Angeles Business Journal As a child in South London, Neil Huxley said that he constantly had his face in a comic book. He loved the way still moments were put together to create the illusion of a moving…