Smart business? Currying favor? Why big tech leaders are friending and funding Trump
Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy ...
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4 takeaways from Newsom’s budget proposal
SACRAMENTO — The Newsom administration on Friday released the governor’s initial spending plan for the upcoming 2025-26 budget year, which typically ...
‘They just got my uncle’: Mass immigration arrests spark fear among farmworkers in Central Valley
BAKERSFIELD — Maria Casarez was washing dishes at noon Tuesday in her three-bedroom duplex, tidying up before her four children arrived ...
Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, George Pataki, David Paterson and more celebrate PR whiz Todd Shapiro’s birthday, from Palm Beach to NYC
Power publicist Todd Shapiro is so connected, he needed four parties in a week to properly celebrate his 60th birthday ...
Hiring picks up steam as employers add a quarter-million new jobs to close out the year
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy created a burst of new jobs in December, capping a solid year of employment growth marked ...
South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
SEOUL — They gathered in subzero temperatures, waving banners that read, “Stop the steal.” Some voiced faint hope that President-elect Donald ...
Column: Trump shoots his mouth off as L.A. burns. His claims about fire hydrants don’t hold water
SACRAMENTO — OK, I admit it. I’m biased. I hate it when an opportunistic politician capitalizes on other people’s miseries and ...
Supreme Court turns down Trump plea to block New York sentencing for hush money conviction
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down President-elect Donald Trump’s plea to block a New York judge from sentencing ...
Column: Compassion and decency are lost amid wildfires as California foes seek cheap political points
California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes. From the mountains ...
Karen Bass left L.A. for Africa as wind, fire warnings increased. She returned to a burning city
For the first 24 hours of Los Angeles’ wildfire disaster, Mayor Karen Bass was a constant presence on social media, ...
