| Community Bank Reports 11% Increase in 2012 First Quarter Earnings to $5.9 Million |
| PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Bank, an Independent Business Bank with 16 Business Centers in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange Counties, today reported an 11% increase in net income to $5.9 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $5.3 million for the similar quarter in 2011. Net interest income for the first quarter of 2012 decreased 1.6% over the prior ... |
| 05/01/2012 |
| Walter L. Gordon, pioneering lawyer in segregated era, dies |
| The legal establishment in Los Angeles was segregated in 1937 when black American attorney Walter L. Gordon Jr. pulled on a childhood connection to set up his new practice. The former newspaper carrier was given office space "three steps" from the pressroom of the California Eagle, a black weekly founded in 1879 by an escaped slave. |
| 04/30/2012 |
| Asian identity crisis fades to worries of everyday life |
| For one reporter, fear of being mistaken for Korean yields to concerns about gray hair and household finances. But tensions between older and newer immigrants are a lingering challenge. Recently, I was jarred to read an essay that ran on the front page of this newspaper two decades ago. "Suddenly, I am scared to be Asian," the author wrote. "More specifically, I am afraid of being mistaken for ... |
| 04/28/2012 |
| Walter L. Gordon Jr. dies; groundbreaking lawyer in era of segregation |
| A mentor to those who followed in his footsteps, he ran a practice on L.A.'s Central Avenue for 65 years. The legal establishment in Los Angeles was segregated in 1937 when African American attorney Walter L. Gordon Jr. pulled on a childhood connection to set up his new practice. The former newspaper carrier was given office space "three steps" from the pressroom of the California Eagle, a black ... |
| 04/28/2012 |
| OBITUARIES |
| David Ankarberg David K. Ankarberg of Eugene died May 9 of heart failure. He was 56. A celebration of life is planned for a later date. He was born Oct. 7, 1955, in Eugene to Duane and Jo Ann Kardell Ankarberg. He attended Milwaukie High School. He worked as a … |
| 05/13/2012 |
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