LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners awarded two, three-year contracts June 19 to The Rogers Group, for $750,000, and Hill & Knowlton, for $600,000, for upcoming communications initiatives related to The Port of Los Angeles.

The scope of The Rogers Group's work will focus on the port's green efforts, which is part of a five-year, multibillion-dollar plan, and "dozens of smaller initiatives," said Arley Baker, senior director of communications and legislative affairs for The Port of Los Angeles. ...