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DOJ Presses Judge Carter to Sequester Suspected Noncitizen Ballots as Hearing Concludes

October 27, 2026 4:21 pmOctober 27, 2026 4:21 pm

A federal judge in Los Angeles heard arguments Tuesday in the Justice Department’s bid to force California to sequester roughly 20,000 mail ballots linked to suspected noncitizens, one day after the Ninth Circuit dismissed the department’s emergency appeal for lack...

FBI Raids Billionaire’s Beverly Hills Mansion in Connection With Eric Swalwell Case

October 27, 2026 10:30 amOctober 27, 2026 10:32 am

Eric Swalwell is back in the news. The FBI just raided a Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who faces sexual misconduct allegations and scrutiny over ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, the Los Angeles Times...

Netflix’s C-Suite Bloodletting: A Small Win Amid the Usual Corporate Bloodbath

October 27, 2026 6:00 amOctober 27, 2026 6:01 am

Netflix is handing out another round of pink slips this time to roughly 1,000 people, which is about 6 percent of its workforce and its largest round of cuts since 2022. Most of the rank-and-file casualties appear concentrated in product,...

DOJ Charges 15 in Massive $2 Billion LA Medical Fraud Case

October 22, 2026 2:38 pmOctober 23, 2026 10:42 am

Federal agents raided a Tarzana mansion and arrested multiple suspects Thursday in a sweeping takedown of Los Angeles-area health care fraud schemes that allegedly bilked government and private programs of nearly $2 billion, according to the Department of Justice and...

LA County Registrar Confirms California Doesn’t Verify Citizenship of Registered Voters — and Most States Don’t Either

October 21, 2026 6:01 amOctober 21, 2026 9:08 am

In a court filing that should surprise absolutely no one who has been paying attention, Los Angeles County election officials just confirmed they run their voter rolls on the honor system. They have no independent way to check whether someone...

Netflix’s ‘14th’ Filmmakers Urge Americans to ‘Fight’ While Lecturing on Autocracy

October 19, 2026 6:30 amOctober 19, 2026 6:35 am

Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix documentary 14th, which premiered as the closing-night selection of the 2026 New York Film Festival, examines the 14th Amendment and its history from Reconstruction onward. The film, scheduled for a limited theatrical run starting November 27...

Private Initiative Steps Up While Sacramento and City Hall Stall: Caruso, Skydance, and the Bay Theater’s Return to the Palisades

October 15, 2026 4:12 pmOctober 15, 2026 4:12 pm

Developer Rick Caruso and Skydance-owned Paramount Pictures announced this week that they will reopen the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades Village later this year under a long-term lease. The venue, previously leased to Netflix, has sat dark since the January...