This morning, Tom Girardi testified in his fraud trial stating that he never intentionally misled clients and that “every client got every penny that every client was supposed to get.” latimes.com/california/sto…

TMZ keeping the “exclusive” tag on the mea culpa tmz.com/2024/08/22/bey…

This week, in a genuinely stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local journalism from big tech was gutted in a backroom deal—and wound up bailing out Google and *boosting AI* instead. You can't make this stuff up. Here's how it happened.

Langer's Deli owner is starving for L.A. to clean up MacArthur Park, and thinking of closing “What is the point of having a law if you’re not going to enforce it?” From Steve Lopez LA Times latimes.com/california/sto…

Newsom and lawmakers bow to Google, sticking it to the news industry ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ So you decide!! Politics or a 4th estate to talk truth to power ! latimes.com/california/sto…

Governor Newsom appears to mock the process where Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee. He made the comments on “Pod Save America,” one in a series of national interviews he sat for at the DNC. During the week, he was the only major statewide figure not to address the

Tom Girardi’s fate is in the hands of the jury From Brittny Mejia latimes.com/california/sto…

Verdict in on Tom Girardi, guilty on all four counts of wire fraud. Story to come

Tom Girardi found guilty of wire fraud for embezzling more than $15 million in client money latimes.com/california/sto…

The killer of Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was convicted today in the murder. German was a courageous, relentless scribe, with the best traits of the old school. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Santa Monica to consider revising homeless ban to prohibit pillows and blankets outdoors, reports Ruben Vives latimes.com/california/sto…

LAT columnist Anita Chabria pulls no punches on the deal state lawmakers made with Google on a bill that started out as a plan to help save local journalism. latimes.com/politics/newsl…

A deep look inside California's underground puppy market, where many dogs sold as locally bred actually come from mass breeding facilities out of state latimes.com/california/sto… by Melody Gutierrez and me

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested at NY hotel after federal indictment latimes.com/entertainment-…

California legal weed industry in tumult over pesticides in pot after investigation by Paige St. John of Los Angeles Times latimes.com/california/sto…

NEW: In a far corner of the continent, amid the salty air and green-carpeted mountains of the Pacific NW, is a place with an unparalleled record of political precision. Clallam County has backed every presidential winner since '80. I talked to folks: latimes.com/politics/story…

California voters are fed up with crime and, apparently, the response by Democrats Column from Skelton: latimes.com/california/sto…

TODAY: University of California police want more military weapons -- pepperballs, sponge rounds, projectile launchers, drones. UCLA is asking to double stockpile of some munitions, add 8 launchers and 3 drones. Regents' vote upcoming. bit.ly/4deXApY