Hollywood has faced a difficult last few years, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the dual strikes. A merger between two major players could mean even more job cuts, experts said. …
Trump must end National Guard deployment in L.A., judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration must end the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles. Read full story Author: Joseph Serna
Paramount wants to buy Warner Bros. What to know about hostile takeover bids
A high-stakes bidding war heated up this week when Paramount made a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging a multibillion-dollar Netflix deal to buy the entertainment juggernaut. Read …
Stockton mass shooting update: Masked gunmen fired at least 50 rounds from multiple firearms, sheriff says
Masked gunmen fired at least 50 rounds during a birthday party that left three children and an adult dead, but sheriff said it could still be weeks before arrests are …
Congress approves an economic lifeline for rural schools in California and elsewhere
The Secure Rural Schools Act, a financial lifeline for schools in places like Northern California, was approved Tuesday by the U.S. House after lapsing. Read full story Author: Hailey Branson-Potts
Homeless services CEO steps down from government oversight board amid scandal
Weingart Center CEO Kevin Murray has resigned his seat on the board of the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency amid a federal investigation into one of Weingart’s real …
Earthquake swarms keep rattling the Bay Area. What’s going on?
The clusters of earthquakes have all been underneath the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, which is close to the Calaveras fault. There were at least 19 earthquakes of magnitude …
High schools bullying is up, attendance down as ICE raids sow ‘climate of distress,’ study says
A new survey of public high school principals across the U.S. found widespread, heightened distress among students from immigrant families amid ICE raids. Read full story Author: Iris Kwok, Howard …
It’s 43 hours from L.A. to Chicago. These train people like it that way
Passengers say the journey on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and mountains, and hours of unrushed conversation with fellow travelers. Read full …
Federal judge strikes down Trump’s order blocking development of wind energy
The challenge to President Trump’s wind ban was brought by attorneys general in 17 states, including California, and Washington. Read full story Author: Hayley Smith
Paramount launches hostile $78-billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix
Paramount said it offered $30 a share in the final hours of last week’s auction. ‘We never heard back,’ says Paramount chairman David Ellison. Read full story Author: Meg James
Shaikin: It’s past time to elect Fernando Valenzuela to the Hall of Fame
On Sunday, a committee is set to vote on whether Fernando Valenzuela should be admitted to the Hall of Fame. Without a doubt, they should vote yes. Read full story …
Fernando Valenzuela falls short of induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Dodgers left-hander Fernando Valenzuela did not get the sufficient number of votes needed from the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee, which revealed its votes on Sunday night. Read full story …
Paramount was poised to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What went wrong?
Tech mogul Larry Ellison made a bold move to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but lost out to Netflix, setting the stage for a legal fight that could shape the future …
L.A. City Council president moves to delay full Olympic wage boost for tourism workers
L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson has introduced a motion that would phase in the increase over a longer period of time — delaying the full $30 hourly minimum wage …
Alarm grows in Europe over what is seen as Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Ukraine
European governments are fearful that Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow’s terms. Read full story Author: Michael Wilner
Appreciation: Frank Gehry was the architect who changed music
Frank Gehry, through making concert halls that inspired new ideas, wound up doing more to advance music than anyone else in the 21st century. Read full story Author: Mark Swed
Frank Gehry, masterful architect who transformed L.A.’s urban landscape, dies at 96
Frank Gehry, known for ebullient cultural buildings like Disney Hall and helping invigorate the field of architecture at a moribund time, has died at 96. Read full story Author: Christopher …
10 iconic Frank Gehry buildings that transformed their environments
From the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain to Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles to Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago, Frank Gehry’s most boundary-pushing buildings challenged the notion that …
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros. in a $72-billion deal that will transform Hollywood
A theater owner trade group immediately blasted Netflix’s $72-billion deal to buy Warner Bros. and HBO. Netflix has long bypassed movie theaters, instead releasing films onto its streaming platform. Read …