Lachlan Murdoch has long shared his famous father’s right-leaning politics and enthusiasm for the news business, which includes the family’s vast newspaper portfolio — even as the industry was battered by Internet search engines and shunned by investors. But he also has an emotional streak. When Rupert Murdoch decided to unload most of the entertainment … Read more
After a summer that saw many of California’s top home insurers withdraw from the state’s market, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Thursday that he has reached an agreement with the insurance industry to encourage new coverage in the state. Insurers have agreed to move back to high-risk fire zones in California’s mountains and canyons in … Read more
LaVar Ball raised three sons playing professional basketball, two of whom were top-three NBA draft picks. So the co-founder and CEO of Big Baller Brand has to offer any advice to help a child’s athletic development, right? Well, it might depend on how much extra cash you have lying around. Ball recently posted a video … Read more
At least 32 people who attended a union conference at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles last month were sickened by an outbreak of Shigella bacteria, according to California health officials. Six of them have been hospitalized, officials said. The outbreak was first reported in an alert from the Alameda County Public Health Department, … Read more
In elementary school, Christina Martin loved the bright colors and whimsical animals of artist-entrepreneur Lisa Frank. There were leopard prints and big-eyed creatures, dolphins leaping out of a teal or purple sea. As a self-described “weird kid,” Martin was drawn to all of this fantasy. But while his classmates tote binders with iconic characters, Martin’s … Read more
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the so-called “other 9/11” — Military coup in Chileled by General Augusto Pinochet, which ended in the death of the democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Milestones are highlighted Hard retrospective, Remembrance And A re-examination of the violent autocracy of the next few decadesYet something else also died that … Read more
The United Auto Workers are losing ground to General Motors, Ford and Stellar — the Big Three — to make up for lost ground. Average hourly wages for UAW production workers have fallen 30% since 2003, adjusting for inflation. A big part of that loss came when Autoworkers was forced to help bail out GM … Read more
The oil companies want you to view the newly filed lawsuit in California over their decades of deception about global warming as a “hypocritical … Hollywood-and-foreign-billionaire-financed” effort to “starve the state of energy and cripple the economy.” Well, that’s what they would say, wouldn’t they? The lawsuit, filed Friday in San Francisco County Superior Court, … Read more
When Chuck Todd announced in June that he would retire as host of “Meet the Press,” few people who take politics seriously breathed a sigh of relief: Todd’s insight-free, no-nonsense, both-sides-do-it horse race news approach. The NBC News publicity machine immediately touted Todd’s successor, Kristen Welker, as a tough, whip-smart journalist, “dogged” and adept at … Read more
Walt Disney Co.’s long-term plan to upgrade and renovate its Anaheim theme park and resort has reached another milestone with the release of a report detailing how the project will affect the environment. Anaheim on Sept. 14 released a 17,000-page environmental impact report for DisneylandForward, which aims to squeeze more attractions, shops and restaurants into … Read more