Articles by Daniel Yi

931 articles since 1997

Living large on diet aids

Business | By Marla Dickerson and Daniel Yi | October 13, 2007
Zacatecas, Mexico Selling pricey diet-shake mixes in a developing country wouldn’t seem like a very smart business idea, but Enrique Varela was despairing. Read more
 

El Toro Base Is Private Property

News | By Daniel Yi | September 11, 2007
The closed El Toro Marine base officially became private property Tuesday as Lennar Corp., which won the 3,700-acre former military airfield in an auction in February, closed escrow with the Navy. Read more
 

Fall Auction for El Toro Parcels Set

News | By Daniel Yi | September 11, 2007
Offering the most definitive timeline yet for the sale of the closed El Toro Marine base to developers, a high ranking Navy official said Friday that the auction for the land will begin this fall and be completed before the end of July. Read more
 

Fullerton Council Seeks Halt to Navy’s El Toro Auction

News | By Daniel Yi | September 11, 2007
In an eleventh-hour attempt to revive the debate over the fate of the closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Fullerton officials have asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to halt the upcoming sale of the land to developers so that the city can operate a commercial airport on the site. Read more
 

El Toro Auction Takes Off, but Bidders Don’t

News | By Daniel Yi | September 11, 2007
Marking another milestone in the saga of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, the federal government Wednesday began offering the closed Orange County base to developers. Read more
 

Infrastructure Costs for Old O.C. Base Estimated to Be $40 Million Higher

News | By Daniel Yi | September 11, 2007
Irvine officials now estimate that the city will need an additional $40 million to build roads and utility lines for their planned Great Park because of delays in the sale of the land, site of the former El Toro Marine base. Read more
 

Trendy brand keeps it local

Business | By Daniel Yi | September 6, 2007
Inside a glistening building in an otherwise gritty industrial zone near downtown Los Angeles, young men with trendy hair and tattooed arms sit in front of oversize computer screens and click to the low thump of a hip-hop tune. Read more
 

Hydrogen power gets up to speed

Business | By Daniel Yi | August 18, 2007
Albert Gore III was clocked at more than 100 mph in a Toyota Prius. Read more
 

L.A. car show gains ground

Business | By Daniel Yi | August 18, 2007
When BMW introduced its retro-inspired Mini Cooper to Americans in 2001, it did so at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show, the biggest tent in the industry’s annual exhibit circuit around the country. Read more
 

Economy in shaky hands of the public

Business | By Leslie Earnest and Daniel Yi | August 15, 2007
Has the American consumer gone wobbly? Read more
 
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