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Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs

July 30, 2024 2:35 amJuly 30, 2024 2:36 am

Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...

Facing 11 Felonies Gascon ‘Ethics Chief’ Pleads Not Guilty

July 28, 2024 2:45 amJuly 28, 2024 2:46 am

Assistant Los Angeles County District Attorney Diana Teran pleaded not guilty Friday to eleven felony charges brought against her by state Attorney General Rob Bonta. In April, Teran was charged by – now clearly former Los Angeles DA Gascon ally...

Man Who Broke Into L.A. Mayor’s Home to Receive Probation, Mandatory Drug Treatment

July 25, 2024 2:40 pmJuly 25, 2024 2:40 pm

Ephraim Hunter, the man who broke into the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in April, avoided jail time in his his plea deal on Wednesday, instead receiving two years of probation, three months of drug abuse and mental...

Malibu Should Make it Easier for Residents to Build More Housing on Their Property

July 23, 2024 2:12 pmJuly 23, 2024 2:12 pm

It shouldn’t take four years of headaches, legal briefs, and hard-fought battles just to get a permit to build a small addition on your property. But that’s exactly what happened to my family when we applied to build a modest...

Former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Announces Another Run for California Governor

July 23, 2024 12:55 pmJuly 23, 2024 12:55 pm

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced on Tuesday that he would be officially running for Governor in 2026. A graduate of UCLA and the People’s College of Law, Villaraigosa was early on a leader of MEChA, a Chicano political...

Gascon aide Diana Teran: Who’s Paying Who and For What?

July 20, 2024 10:47 amJuly 20, 2024 10:47 am

Questions are swirling around the current status of alleged felon and top Los Angeles County District George Gascon aide Diana Teran, including whether or not her legal defense is being paid for by the taxpayer. In the past month, the...

Elon Musk Announces X/Twitter and Space X Headquarters Are Moving To Texas over Dangerous Parent Secrecy Bill

July 17, 2024 12:09 pmJuly 17, 2024 12:09 pm

X Owner and Space X CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that both X and Space X are to leave their San Francisco and Hawthorne Headquarters in California respectively. Both companies will be moving to Texas following California Governor Gavin...