By Robert Fulton The old Warner Bros. Ranch – once known as the Columbia Ranch – located in Burbank behind a shopping center at Hollywood Way and Verdugo Avenue is getting quite the makeover. Gone are the old house facades, including those featured in the Dennis the Menace television program and the holiday classic “Christmas…
Matt Gruber helped restore power to two Palisades fire stations in the thick of disaster Two days after the Los Angeles area erupted in flames and fires still raged across the region, including the Pacific Palisades, IBEW Local 40 member Matt Gruber got a call. It was from his friend and colleague James Adcock, who…
After the devastating wildfires hit L.A., Local 40 collaborated with IATSE Local 80 and the Basic Crafts to collect and ensure donations reached our union brothers and sisters with young children who needed them most. Thank you again to all the members who generously donated several boxes of diapers, strollers, and other baby essentials as…
By Robert Fulton The Fox Studio Lot in Century City is one of the smaller worksites in the IBEW Local 40 studio portfolio. That said, the workers at Fox have an outsize reputation for their longevity and dedication to the electrical work that keeps the studio running. Local 40 Business Manager Stephan Davis said that…
With contract negotiations front and center, Local 40 makes sure the studios feel the heat By Robert Fulton It’s always good to have a few friends (or a few thousand of them) in your corner. On Sunday, March 3, IBEW Local 40 and our allies in the trades kicked off a historic season of contract…
By Robert Fulton It’s not an illusion. Stage managers working at the Magic Castle have organized to join IBEW Local 40. This is the first new shop organized by Local 40 in recent memory. The Magic Castle stage managers do a little of everything in running the venue’s two stages, from lighting and sound to…