Before a project reaches a public hearing, it has to reach the people around it. Inside the Southern California firm that turns government relations into letters, briefings, introductions, and a great deal of follow-through.
An Anaheim printer won an art-book category limited to one, two, or three colors. Its story is a useful reminder that a longer list of features is no substitute for knowing what to do with the ink.
Targus made the first laptop case 40-plus years ago. It survived by owning the boring, essential stuff everyone forgets to buy until they need it - and by turning old bottles into backpacks.
Daniel Rosenberg landed in Los Angeles from Chile in 1989 with entrepreneurial mileage and not much else. Three decades later his family runs a furniture-to-refrigerators retailer that quietly out-locals the national chains across Orange County.