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| Aug 17, 2026 | LAUSD Teachers Circle Neighborhoods at Dawn; ICE Warrant Rule Ends at Campus Gate | By Kyle Belmonte
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| Feb 8, 2026 | ‘I can’t tell you’: Attorneys, relatives struggle to find hospitalized ICE detainees | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Family members and attorneys for patients hospitalized after being detained by federal immigration officials said they are facing extreme difficulty trying to locate patients, get information about... |
| Aug 23, 2025 | ‘A fear pandemic’: Immigration raids push patients into telehealth | Patients in need of care are increasingly scared to seek it after Trump rescinded a Biden-era policy that barred immigration officials from conducting operations in “sensitive” areas such as schools, hospitals, and churches. Clinics and hea... |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Chevron, Tesla, and Oracle Lead Wave of Companies Leaving California by 2025 Over High Costs and Regulations | By Rohit David
Published: Jul 28 2025, 10:55 AM EDT
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| Jun 5, 2025 | Colorado official sues Gov. Jared Polis, alleging he ordered state to turn over information to satisfy ICE subpoena | A governor’s spokesman confirmed Thursday that the state intends to comply with the subpoena.
That decision came around the time that Polis signed a new law creating additional protections against sharing personal information with federal a... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Some Child Care Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can't They Get Relief Money? | Do you remember the last time you were on endless hold with customer service? Or in line at the DMV with no end in sight?
Take those experiences and multiply them together and it might begin to explain what life's been like for Felisa Wrigh... |
| Jan 19, 2025 | Editorials | Views from the nation’s press | The Virginian-Pilot on how withholding relief from California fire victims would be unconscionable:
President-elect Donald Trump demonstrated in his first term a willingness to withhold and otherwise weaponize relief funding to American com... |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 'It's Horrendous': Los Angeles Rental Prices Surge During Fires Despite Price Gouging Laws There are reports of soaring rental prices as 105,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders, and an additional 87,000 are under evacuation warnings. | At least 24 people have died and thousands of structures have been destroyed in the fires that continue to burn in Southern California. There are at least 105,000 under mandatory evacuation orders, and 87,000 more have been issued evacuatio... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | LA County Expands Plant-Based Food Procurement to Cut Emissions | The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has just approved a motion to increase the procurement of plant-based foods across county departments, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote public health. The unanimous decision b... |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Is AI a double-edged sword for lawyers? | The legal industry is not traditionally recognized as one that is quick to embrace change, but recently, some professionals have been embracing emerging technology maybe a little too quickly, leading to all kinds of problems. The use of gen... |
| Sep 24, 2024 | PBS SoCal's Bold Move: Elevating Latino Voices Ahead of the 2024 Election | As the 2024 presidential election looms, PBS SoCal is stepping up to the plate. The station is launching a comprehensive initiative aimed at engaging the Latino electorate, a demographic that holds significant sway in key battleground state... |
| Sep 23, 2024 | PBS Announces New Election Content Including Debut of Documentary VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 Examining Key Issues for the Latino Electorate Premiering Oct. 22 on PBS SoCal | Pictured: VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 and PBS key art (Images courtesy of Quiet Pictures and PBS).
Digital Series SOCAL MATTERS Keeps Voters Informed of Regional Issues with Two-Minute Video Updates Covering Vital Election Content from Southern... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Объединённый школьный округ Лос-Анджелеса заплатил миллионы за чат-бота с ИИ, от которого отказался через 5 месяцев | Объединённый школьный округ Лос-Анджелеса (Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD) нанял компанию AllHere для разработки чат-бота. Спустя четыре месяца после релиза фирма потеряла своего генерального директора и уволила большую часть со... |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Los Angeles Conservatorship Attorney Susan Geffen was Recently Featured on LAist to Discuss the Struggles of the 'Sandwich' Generation | Susan B. Geffen
Susan Geffen, a leading conservatorship attorney in Los Angeles, was recently featured on LAist to provide expert commentary on the challenges faced by the 'Sandwich' Generation. The term refers to individuals who find thems... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Los Angeles Passes Rule Banning Broadband Deployment Discrimination | We’ve well documented how giant telecom companies have taken billions of dollars in tax breaks, subsidies, and regulatory favors in exchange for fiber networks they only half deploy. We’ve also noted that when those big ISPs do finally depl... |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Will Clients Now Just Blame All Bad Lawyering On ChatGPT? | We all remember the infamous case from earlier this year, in which lawyer Steven Schwartz had to admit that he had used ChatGPT to help construct a brief (which was then signed by another lawyer, a partner at his firm), and that neither law... |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Inside the life of Kat Von D, the controversial tattoo artist who ditched the occult and is covering her ink | Entertainment Inside the life of Kat Von D, the controversial tattoo artist who ditched the occult and is covering her ink
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| Oct 3, 2023 | At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education | Redeem now
Clara didn't think much of it when the social science teacher gave her his phone number.
She'd met Alex Rai in her fifth-period journalism class. He was friends with the journalism teacher, Eric Burgess, and often stopped by Room... |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Fancy quartz countertops are killing people who make them, doctors say | More On: home design
TikTok trend: Turn your shower into a luxury spa 38 best online home furniture stores that’ll fit any aesthetic I’m a decorating expert — I know how to make your room look instantly bigger Feng shui with fungi? Shop 20 ... |
| Apr 14, 2023 | Spotlight on California leaders after abortion pill rulings | From CalMatters’ health reporter Kristen Hwang:
Doctors and patients in California can rest assured that the abortion pill mifepristone is legal to prescribe and take — for now.
Late Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned ... |
| Apr 12, 2023 | California Legislature tackles food chemicals, facial recognition, transgender kids and more | The Legislature is back this week from spring recess and already things are getting busy.
CalMatters’ Julie Cart reports that a bill that would outlaw five chemicals in food products passed the Assembly health committee Tuesday after a robu... |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Newsom’s threat to Walgreens fizzles | On March 6, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the policy world into a frenzy when, without any notice, he tweeted that “California won’t be doing business with Walgreens,” because of the company’s decision to not distribute an abortion pill in states ... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Forget the 'death of downtowns' — we're about to experience the Big City Renaissance | Redeem now
America's great cities are in a precarious spot.
As the workforce adapts to the pandemic-jumbled future, millions of people across the country are still not going into the office five days a week. In January, 41% of Americans wer... |
| Feb 18, 2023 | California’s persistently shrinking population — and the reasons why | Programming note: We’ll be recognizing Presidents’ Day, so WhatMatters will return to your inboxes on Tuesday.
In 2021, it was big news — the “California exodus.” Now, it just looks like the new trend: California’s population is still shrin... |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Insurance giant gets California contract, pays $215 million settlement | From CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang:
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday announced a $215.3 million settlement against Centene Corp., a multi-billion dollar health care company that is the state’s largest commercial... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Another police shooting, another haunting video | Last Friday, the Memphis Police Department released its videos of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, prompting an outpouring of protest, grief and commemoration across the country, including in California where Nichols spent much of his lif... |
| Jan 20, 2023 | A county without a hospital | Up until this month, Madera County — with a population of more than 150,000 spread out across 2,000 square miles of Central Valley farmland and sparse Sierra — had a single general hospital.
Then, on Jan. 3, it closed its doors for good.
As... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Bomb cyclone, floods expose California vulnerabilities | The massive, bomb-cyclone-fueled storm set to unleash on California today — dumping more rain and snow across much of the already-soaked state while whipping it with winds as high as 70 mph — illuminates some of the underlying climate and e... |
| Dec 31, 2022 | Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA | Shared electric scooters came onto the scene five years ago with a promising vision of getting people out of cars and onto greener modes of transportation. Yet despite billions in VC money and plenty of hype, the future that micromobility c... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | California cements abortion rights, flavored tobacco ban | Note: The newsletter will pause until Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Happy holidays and happy New Year!
If you were reading the text of the California Constitution on Wednesday — as one does — you would have noticed a new line: “The state shall not... |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Will earthquake revive seismic safety debate? | Is California prepared for The Big One?
That was the question undoubtedly on many residents’ minds after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Humboldt County in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, resulting in two deaths and at least 12 injuries... |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Too Late For Water Conservation: Bold And Immediate Solutions That Businesses Can Champion | By Mike Orth President, Governments and Environment market sector Black & Veatch. |
| Dec 20, 2022 | UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal | A dispatch from CalMatters higher education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn: UC striking workers are facing a high-stakes game of Deal or No Deal.
Friday evening, the University of California and the negotiating team representing 36,000 striking... |
| Dec 18, 2022 | Mountain lion P-22 was 'compassionately euthanized' after showing signs of physical trauma. Here's how he went from a trouble-making cat to a symbol of Los Angeles. | This Nov. 2014, file photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service shows a mountain lion known as P-22, photographed in the Griffith Park area near downtown Los Angeles. National Park Service via AP File
Mountain lion P-22 was euthanized... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Will California subsidize rural police departments? | California has a police problem.
In some parts of the state, particularly rural areas, there aren’t enough of them. Tehama County, population 65,000, made national headlines last month when the sheriff announced he would be ending daytime p... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Los Angeles Elects Another Reformer Sheriff To Replace Its Previous Reformer Sheriff | The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (LASD) has been overseen by a succession of terrible elected officials. Sheriff Lee Baca presided over a department that filled its ranks with criminals, ignored the proliferation of deputy gangs, and ran... |
| Nov 23, 2022 | LA’s Scooter War Winners Becoming Clear as Cities Ratchet Up Regulations and Funds Dry Up | Last month, Helbiz announced that it had officially acquired Wheels, the West Hollywood-based startup founded by Joshua and Jonathan Viner, co-founders of Wag. But in Los Angeles, there were already signs that things were in flux.
In early ... |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Get ready for the Great American Land Rush | Redeem now
The United States of America, home of purple mountain majesties, amber waves of grain, and seas of shining … solar farms?
After decades of denial, foot-dragging, and political bickering, the US is finally starting to take meaning... |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Attack ads in full force as election nears | The claws are coming out in California — not because it was just Halloween, but because voters have only one week left to cast their ballots for the Nov. 8 election.
As campaigns enter the final countdown, fights over hotly contested seats ... |
| Oct 22, 2022 | ALEX LORA "EL TRI" HEADING TO 55 YEARS IN ROCK AND ROLL | Heading towards his 55th anniversary, Alex Lora is preparing a "Docu-series", this idea arises during the time of confinement
When I do a concert in the United States, my greatest satisfaction is to give Latinos the feeling that t... |
| Oct 20, 2022 | California GOP demands emergency action on taxes, crime | California Republicans are zeroing in on the three issues on which they say Democrats may be most vulnerable heading into the Nov. 8 election: The rising cost of living, crime and homelessness.
On Tuesday, 26 of the 28 current Republican la... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | What would Lance Christensen do as California schools superintendent? | In summary
Parent advocate? Culture warrior? In a nearly hour-long interview with CalMatters, Lance Christensen, the challenger for California schools superintendent, vows to put students first and give parents a bigger voice.
In the past t... |
| Sep 23, 2022 | The Status Of Rent Increase In California | Ari Chazanas is the founder and CEO of Lotus West Properties, a property management and investment firm based in West Los Angeles. |
| Sep 21, 2022 | When California industry takes its beef to the ballot | See if you can spot the trend.
In 2014, California lawmakers passed a law banning single-use plastic bags. Outraged plastic bag manufacturers gathered the requisite signatures for a referendum, asking voters to strike down the ban in 2016. ... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Meet California’s “red flag” law evangelist | This is CalMatters political reporter Ben Christopher, filling in for Emily and hoping she isn’t reading this and is instead enjoying her hard-earned vacation.
It happens almost every time there’s a new mass shooting.
After Buffalo, New Yor... |
| Sep 16, 2022 | California aims to put dirty trucks in rear-view mirror | California’s environmental regulators have been on a tear lately. Late last month, the California Air Resources Board introduced a new rule banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California, starting in 2035.
This week, the board ... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Heat wave tests state’s communications strategy | Communication is everything.
That seemed to be the key takeaway Wednesday as California officials assessed their response to the long-running extreme heat wave that pushed the state’s power grid to the edge of rolling blackouts Tuesday nigh... |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Judicial Imperialism and the “Remain in Mexico” Ruling | In December 2021 the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a sweeping injunction against President Biden’s termination of the “remain in Mexico” program (also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP). The central part of ... |
| Jan 15, 2022 | 4 ways Omicron is screwing up the economy this month | Bread aisle shelves at a Target are seen nearly empty as the U.S. continues to experience supply chain disruptions in Washington, U.S. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
January is only half over. It’s been, and will continue to be, a wild month.
The O... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Three Things to Know About the LA-Based COVID Testing Company LA's Sheriff Refuses to Use | This week, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced he would not use L.A.-based Fulgent Genetics to test his employees, saying he fears the information would be shared with the Chinese government. Fulgent is California’s largest... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Metro Is Launching a Universal Pass Pilot Program in South LA This Summer | What if you could use the same transit pass to access a bike, scooter, car, train or bus?
L.A. Metro is rolling out a program that will allow users to do just that in South LA starting next summer. The pilot includes a "mobility wallet... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Bike, Scooter, Bus or Train with the Same Pass: How LA's 'Universal Mobility' Pilot Program Will Roll Out | What if you could use the same transit pass to access a bike, scooter, car, train or bus?
L.A. Metro is rolling out a program that will allow users to do just that in South LA starting next summer. The pilot includes a "mobility wallet... |
| Oct 23, 2021 | How 3D Printing Could Help Tackle Homelessness in LA | Los Angeles is home to the second-highest largest homeless population in the U.S. While new resources have been allocated to creating housing during the pandemic, it's not enough. Tent cities crowd freeway underpasses and sit alongside neig... |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Here's How Much Tech Companies Made From LA Unified School District During the Pandemic | In the early days of the pandemic, there was a mad dash to get technology and broadband internet service into students' homes. About 1 in 3 Los Angeles Unified School District families didn't have a desktop or laptop computer or high-speed ... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Move Slow and Fix Things: E-Scooter Startup Superpedestrian Takes to LA Streets, Promising Safety and a Better Experience | A new e-scooter startup is coming to Los Angeles streets, promising its technology allows it to prioritize rider — and pedestrian — safety.
Superpedestrian is rolling out 5,000 LINK e-scooters to Los Angeles' sidewalks today, joining Bird, ... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Los Angeles could offer thousands of poor residents $1,000 a month, ‘no questions asked’ | Echo Park Lake Thursday, March 25, 2021 in los Angeles, CA. Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Poor residents in Los Angeles could receive $1,000 direct monthly payments as part of the city’s budget.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti ou... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Kevin Faulconer is running for California governor against Gavin Newsom. Democrats should pay attention. | Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Kevin Faulconer has launched a campaign for governor against Gavin Newsom in California.
Faulconer, a moderate Republican, was the mayor of San Diego from 2014 to 2020.
Democrats ... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | The Meaning Of Work For A Happy Life (And New Year) | getty |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Uber and DoorDash are hiking food delivery and rideshare prices for Californians to pay for new driver benefits | Uber and DoorDash are raising prices on customers in California in order to pay for new driver benefits guaranteed under Proposition 22.
Uber will introduce a flat fee between $0.30 and $2, while DoorDash will slightly increase its service ... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Uber and DoorDash are hiking food delivery and rideshare prices for Californians to pay for new driver benefits | DoorDash Biker DoorDash
Uber and DoorDash are raising prices on customers in California in order to pay for new driver benefits guaranteed under Proposition 22.
Uber will introduce a flat fee between $US0.30 and $US2, while DoorDash will sl... |
| Nov 27, 2020 | As the pandemic grinds on, more SDG&E customers falling far behind on their bills | In yet another example of the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of San Diego Gas & Electric customers who have fallen more than four months behind on paying their utility bills has jumped sharply since Febru... |
| Nov 14, 2020 | DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says helping small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic is part of why the company is filing to go public | DoorDash and Burma Bites. DoorDash
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu said he founded his company to help small businesses, many of which shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic.
The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates one in five businesses... |
| Nov 14, 2020 | DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says helping small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic is part of why the company is filing to go public | DoorDash CEO Tony Xu said he founded his company to help small businesses, many of which shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic.
The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates one in five businesses have closed permanently as a resul... |
| Nov 5, 2020 | California Votes To Keep Gig Drivers Classified As Independent Contractors | App-based drivers from Uber and Lyft protest in a caravan in front of City Hall in Los Angeles on ... [+] October 22, 2020 where elected leaders hold a conference urging voters to reject on the November 3 election, Proposition 22, that woul... |
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| Oct 21, 2020 | As Central Valley Farmlands Suffer Fire and Drought, a New Vertical Farm Is Sprouting — in Compton | Tech agricultural unicorn Plenty is gearing up to hire 50 full-time employees to run a new vertical farm monitored by robots in Compton.
The farm, which will open in 2021, will grow leafy greens and Driscoll's branded strawberries, showcasi... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Rooftop Farmers Are Feeding Hungry New Yorkers During The Pandemic | The flat concrete roof of Metro Baptist Church offers a 360-degree view of the surrounding Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan—from sturdy brick apartment buildings to new glittering high-rises and the adjacent Port Authority Bus Termi... |
| Aug 18, 2020 | LAUSD's Remote Back to School Plans Have Parents Worried Their Kid Will Be Left Offline | All five of Adriana Ruiz's kids start school Tuesday, but she still doesn't know if all of them will even attend their virtual classes. Her kids, ages 10 through 16, all have district-issued laptops they were given their second week into re... |
| Aug 18, 2020 | 'Less Towers, More People': How Limited WiFi Access Could Wreak Havoc on LAUSD's Remote School Year | All five of Adriana Ruiz's kids start school Tuesday, but she still doesn't know if all of them will even attend their virtual classes. Her kids, ages 10 through 16, all have district-issued laptops they were given their second week into re... |
| Jul 30, 2020 | You Can Now Order Dodger Stadium Food Directly to Your Couch. We Tried It. | Have you always dreamed of scarfing down a Dodger Dog while sitting in your pajamas on your couch? You're in luck. The Los Angeles Dodgers have teamed with Postmates and Home Team Kitchens to deliver stadium grub to your doorstep.
There are... |
| Jul 6, 2020 | This App Hopes to Give Homeless Outreach Workers Real-Time Data While They're on the Street | Los Angeles invests hundreds of millions each year to alleviate homelessness, but the networks that underlie those efforts are often held together by legal pads and spreadsheets.
It took a person who's suffered through the system to try to ... |
| Apr 15, 2020 | Fearing deportation, many immigrants at higher risk of Covid-19 are afraid to seek testing or care | LOS ANGELES — Trying to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus has proven extremely challenging in this sprawling city, where public health officials, hospitals, and community clinics are grappling with millions of immigrant residents who... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now | With the rapid spread of COVID-19, educators across the country and around the world have been tasked with shifting to emergency remote teaching—a move from in-person to remote classes made necessary by pressing circumstances.
This quick mo... |
| Sep 25, 2019 | Malls have a future: location-based entertainment | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Every industry is noticing the effects of changing generational preferences and technological progress. The ways we shop, socialize, an... |
| Mar 12, 2019 |
Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation
| Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into acollege admissions scandal, which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UC... |
| Feb 10, 2019 | How I Made It: Herb Scannell, who brought ‘Dora’ to Nickelodeon, returns to his radio roots at KPCC | Media industry veteran Herb Scannell, 62, was recently named president and chief executive of Southern California Public Radio, the nonprofit that operates KPCC-FM (89.3) in Pasadena. It also runs KUOR-FM in the Inland Empire, KVLA-FM in Co... |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 'Girlfriends' Gets Compared to Woody Allen's Work—But It's Far, Far Better | Welcome to "Reel Women," a column highlighting important women in the world of cinema, from on-screen characters to real-life filmmakers.
Claudia Weill’s 1978 film Girlfriends has often been called the female version of a Woody Al... |
| Oct 3, 2017 | The 'Tampon Crusader' Who Pushed to Make Periods a Political Issue | Since she began advocating for equitable menstrual policy in 2015, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf has been called a "tampon crusader," a "menstrual activist," and even a "slayer of the tampon tax." But cool alter egos asi... |
| Sep 14, 2017 | Street Food Vendor Harassed by Police Raises Enough Money for New Food Truck | "Yep, this is law and order in action for ya."
These are the words of University of California Police Officer Sean Aranas as he calmly takes money from hot dog vendor Beto Matias's wallet and folds it into his hand. Matias looks o... |
| Apr 18, 2017 | iPhone Thief Outsmarted at Coachella Music Festival | April 18, 2017 2 min read This story originally appeared on PCMag
Music festivals are all about good times, but there's one thing that can instantly kill your vibe: having your smartphone stolen.
A bunch of Coachella-goers found themselves ... |
| Jul 16, 2016 | Immersion is going to be immense | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
More posts by th... |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Having ‘mastered’ Twitter, Mayor Bowser sets her sights on Snapchat | Just over a week after Development Counsellors International named Mayor Muriel Bowser near the top of a ranking of “Tweet Elite” mayors, Bowser (or someone on her team) has turned her attention on a new social platform — Snapchat. Or, as s... |
| Mar 28, 2016 | In Pod-Based Community Living, Rent Is Cheap, But Sex Is Banned | Airbnb, once a saviour from overpriced hotels, has become the new overpriced hotels since becoming the short-term accommodation staple. But with the rise of community living and workcations, an alternative might be to just sleep where you c... |
| Sep 15, 2015 | Launching Startups The Kogi Way: Three Lessons From The Food Truck Pioneer | Mike Prasad Contributor
Mike Prasad is the managing director and founding partner of ventureLab.
Many founders ask me for advice on their latest startup. Of all the things I’ve learned, some of the most compelling tips come from starting a ... |
| Aug 19, 2015 | This Bill Could Save the Jobs of California's Grocery Store Workers | New residents that move into up-and-coming neighborhoods will ultimately demand different supermarkets—this is a fact. Because let's be real: A family that just dropped half a million dollars on a home probably isn't going to want to fill t... |
| May 19, 2015 | LA Just Decided to Raise Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour | With a vote of 14-1, the Los Angeles City Council just passed an increase in the minimum wage that will bring wages up to no less than $15 an hour by the year 2020. Much of the effort behind the plan came from Councilman Paul Krekorian, who... |
| Apr 15, 2015 | Marijuana Is Still a Schedule 1 Drug, Judge Rules | Photo by Flickr user Brett Levin
Marijuana has come a long way since the paranoia of Reefer Madness. States that have legalized the drug are quickly getting rich on tax revenue from it, it's shown promise in treating all sorts of ailments, ... |
| Jan 13, 2014 | Epilepsy meets the crowd with healthcare crowdfunder Poliwogg | Warren Lammert, chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation’s board of directors and the co-founder of the Epilepsy Therapy Project, said crowdfunding is a “natural follow-on to support young companies” beyond the grants and other support the organ... |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Suspect Busted When He ‘Likes,’ Shares the Cops’ Facebook Photo of Him | Cooling. (Photo: Facebook)
Last month, attendees at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California got a little out of control, by which we mean they threw a full-scale riot complete with knocked-over porta-potties. (Harsh the vib... |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Converts, cash in short supply to support crowdfunding for medical device companies (video) | “I don’t see how that works in devices–I don’t see one way it works,” he told the audience. It may be great in other sectors, such as consumer electronics, Anderson said. “But what are we going to give people–a medical device?”
That doesn’t... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | Art Imitates Life, Then Gets You Killed by Fanatics | The most harrowing moment in Zero Dark Thirty isn't the out-of-nowhere suicide explosions, the torture sequences, or even the night-vision-laden raid on bin Laden's compound. Instead, it comes about two thirds of the way through and is simp... |
| Apr 22, 2010 | How Korean tacos will restore our love for Twitter | There’s been quite an uproar about Twitter acquiring and developing in-house some functions once created by third-party app developers. While the microblogging service may be closing some doors for entrepreneurs in the online world, Twitter... |
| Jan 29, 2009 | Goodbye Martin | I saw this tweet today and my heart sank
Terrible news from @HLMorgan @martin killed in plane crash at Santa Monica airport yesterday.
Martin Schaedel was someone I met on the internet and got to know a bit over the past few years. He was a... |
| Dec 18, 2008 | RIAA ignores direct order from LA judge | A federal judge in Los Angeles could be less than pleased with lawyers for the Recording Industry Association of America after the group did something it was specifically instructed not to do.
The RIAA is currently working to line up cases ... |
| Dec 16, 2008 | Record Labels Disobey Court Order On How Student Info Can Be Used | Ray Beckermann points us to the news that in a lawsuit involving various record labels against some USC students, the record labels asked the court to help identify the students — which the court granted on the condition that the only use o... |
| iPhone Thief Outsmarted at Coachella Music Festival | Abril 18, 2017 2 min de lectura Nota original publicada en PCMag
Music festivals are all about good times, but there's one thing that can instantly kill your vibe: having your smartphone stolen.
A bunch of Coachella-goers found themselves i... |
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This Week in ‘Raises’: Guesty Grabs $170M, Faraday Future Secures $52M | A Los Angeles-based rental platform brought in fresh funds to scale its global operations, while an electric vehicle maker raised capital to create new luxury sedans. Venture Capital
Guesty, a Walnut-based short-term rental platform, raised... |
| If Angelenos Don’t Seize the Curb, They Risk Losing Sidewalk Dining | Three years ago, Los Angeles went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cities like L.A. are struggling to hold on to pandemic-era transportation and infrastructure changes, like sidewalk dining and slow streets, while managing e... |
| ‘Commerce at The Curb’: LA’s Rideshare Debate Heats Up | Three years ago, Los Angeles went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cities like L.A. are struggling to hold on to pandemic-era transportation and infrastructure changes, like sidewalk dining and slow streets, while managing e... |
