LOS ANGELES-The thriving Port of Los Angeles has awarded a $78-million expansion contract to an Orange County developer, while officials at LA International Airport say record levels of both passengers and cargo passed through their facility's gates in 2000.<p>

LOS ANGELES-The brokerage will handle leasing at historic Pasadena laundry, which is being converted to creative office space.

LOS ANGELES-Wasting no time, Apollo ex-partner David Marguiles cuts deal with locally based Bond Capital to build and acquire property in West Coast's hot multifamily market.

LOS ANGELES-Hearings on the state's power crisis continued today, after a top Edison International official admitted that the parent company collected hundreds of millions in tax payments from its troubled Southland subsidiary and forwarded only a fraction of the cash to the state.

SANTA ANA, CA-A private group of investors acquires two buildings with combined 32,987 sf in city's Parkcenter area.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The company will close all 109 of its stores, including five here and 17 others across the state. About 40 OC workers will lose their jobs.

LOS ANGELES-A little-noticed decision by California's Supreme Court upholds LA program that imposes a building-inspection fee on apartment owners. Some fear the ruling could trigger an array of new charges across the United States.

LONG BEACH,CA-With Long Beach's $100-million Queensway Bay project stalled, another local developer hopes to gain support for an 800-unit sports hotel in the same area.