A Tower Debuts
The opening of the Friese Family Tower at the Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center is just around the corner. Ahead of the planned Oct. 1 opening, the tower held a friends and family preview on Aug. 26 to celebrate the tower, which has an expanded emergency department, 150 private patient rooms and advanced-care offerings including […]
MPulse’s Tech Has Medicaid in Mind
Since April 1, millions of low-income Americans have been thrown off the rolls of Medicaid, the government-sponsored health plan for the poor, as Covid-era protections expired and people were required to re-enroll or lose their coverage. And according to a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly three-fourths of those taken off the rolls so […]
Farmers Lays Off 369 at HQ as Sector Retrenches
The recent decision by Farmers Insurance to cut 11% of its workforce may have been a shock to those who were handed pink slips. For those who follow insurance from the outside, it was probably a long time coming for the increasingly challenged industry. The Woodland Hills-based insurance giant said it was responding to the current state […]
Glendale Tech Week to Feature Job Fair and Panels
The Glendale Tech Week, now in its eighth year, kicks off on Sept. 12. The three-day event serves as a platform for tech companies and startups to showcase their ideas and products during a series of panel discussions and presentations. The event is an initiative led by the City of Glendale’s Economic Development Division and […]
Lex Has Bold AI Visions for Its Word Processor
Since launching earlier this year, Lex Inc. has achieved impressive growth, securing nearly $3 million in seed funding and amassing more than 200,000 users on its artificial intelligence-powered word processing and copy-editing platform. The Woodland Hills-based company originally spun out of another startup called Every Media Inc. that was founded by Lex chief executive Nathan […]
Sacks Parente Places Bet on Golf’s Future
Sacks Parente Golf Inc., a manufacturer of golf equipment based in Camarillo, is reeling from an over-par debut on the New York Stock Exchange. The maker of a $400 putter saw its stock price soar on Aug. 15, its first day of trading, but the bliss was short-lived. Sacks Parente shares tumbled 80% the following […]
Noteefy Wants to Help Golfers Play More Rounds
In sunny Southern California, it can be hard for golfers to schedule tee times on their favorite courses. While spots are coveted, if tee times are canceled or open reservation times aren’t noticed, golf courses can lose out on a substantial amount of revenue. Enter Noteefy, a tee time-reservation and booking platform that has experienced […]
Mythical Pivots to Transactions
Mythical Inc. is putting game development on the back burner as it leans into establishing itself as a provider of gaming infrastructure for other companies. The Sherman Oaks-based company has been focused on blockchain and web3 technology since its founding, and is now using proprietary technology from two recent acquisitions to support cloud gaming and […]
Xsolla’s ‘Parental Control’ Seeks Online Protection
Xsolla is partnering with identity-management company Privo Inc. to release a new feature called Parental Control. The goal is to protect child privacy online. Xsolla, a video game commerce company based in Sherman Oaks, offers a suite of products to help developers market, distribute and monetize their games, and its clients include Twitch, Ubisoft, Epic […]
Hospitals Get Top Ratings for Quality
Three San Fernando Valley-area hospitals have received five-star quality rating from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agency. The hospitals – Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Northridge Hospital Medical Center and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills – placed in the top ranks of the agency’s annual quality-ratings survey released last month. […]