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Los Angeles, Healthvana Link Up To Put COVID Vaccine Proof In eWallets

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Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread of the virus, is now offering a digital record that can be placed in an eWallet. Healthvana said its virus-tracking software was aimed initially at controlling “community spread” of the virus through contact tracing.

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Tech Center: Los Angeles On The Brink Of Becoming Tech Power Player

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For quite some time, Silicon Valley has been the technology powerhouse of California in terms of both up-and-coming startups and big-named companies, like Google and Facebook. However, Los Angeles has been coming into its own over the last decade or so. Los Angeles County had an estimated population of 10 million in 2015.

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Vans Skates Into LA With Community-Driven Concept

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There’s community-based and community-driven. Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this past week in Los Angeles. The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. Our downtown L.A.

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Allset Notches $8.25M To Improve Restaurant Ordering Experience

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Launched in 2015 by Co-founders Stas Matviyenko and Anna Polishchuk and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Allset works with more than 2,500 restaurants in 11 major U.S. The new funding will help the company further assist the communities they serve, as well as advance efforts to keep employees safe. We aim to be the No.

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‘Ghost Kitchens’ Set Up Shop In Malls

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The first kitchens are being rolled out in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami, said Sam Nazarian, chief executive of SBE. SBE is the biggest stakeholder in the consortium Creating Culinary Communities, owned by SBE, Accor and Simon. Accor has a 50 percent stake in SBE.

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Big Lenders Process Half-Million Loan Applications Totaling $45.8B

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The government shut big lenders out of the program on Wednesday (April 29) so more community banks could participate. The program administered by the SBA had technology problems and other issues that caused massive delays. The decision by the SBA only to accept applications from banks with less than $1 billion in assets from 4 p.m.

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College Pays Off Hackers With $28K In Bitcoin

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In late December, Los Angeles Valley College found itself to be the latest victim of a ransomware attack — when malicious software is used by to block access to files until demands are met. The Los Angeles Valley College District decided to pony up and pay the digital ransom to the tune of $28,000 in bitcoin. Francisco C.