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LA Pays $1.8 Million to Garcetti Aide Victim

November 9, 2023 2:56 amNovember 9, 2023 2:57 am

Wednesday, the Los Angeles City council approved a $1.8 million settlement payment to the LAPD officer former Mayor Garcetti’s political fixer Rick Jacobs sexually harassed while the mayor sat by and did nothing. Jacobs repeatedly and explicitly harassed Mathew Garza...

Gov. Newsom Announces $156.4 Million Project Homekey Expansion

November 9, 2023 2:30 amNovember 9, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that Project Homekey will be expanding once again, sending a total of $156.4 million in grants to six counties across California. According to Newsom and a parallel announcement by the California Department of Housing...

WeWork Announces Closures Of 14 Office Sites In California

November 8, 2023 11:58 amNovember 8, 2023 11:58 am

Following their bankruptcy announcement earlier this week, co-working space company WeWork announced a mass closure of almost 70 prominent offices across the United States on Tuesday, with California to have 14 locations to close soon mostly in the Bay Area...

Call for DA Gascon Recusal

November 8, 2023 2:45 amNovember 8, 2023 6:26 am

Imagine you are a District Attorney and you are listening to a purportedly illegally obtained audio tape on which a fellow elected official says “F**k that guy – He’s with the Blacks.” Then imagine you are a District Attorney who...

Rick Caruso Switching Sides… Again?

November 7, 2023 3:15 amNovember 7, 2023 3:16 am

Billionaire Developer Rick Caruso, who spent $104 million last year in his failed campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, appears to be politically reinventing himself once again: the former Republican donor and Trump appointee is now rebranding himself as...

SAG-AFTRA Refuses Studios Last Offer

November 7, 2023 2:30 amNovember 7, 2023 2:31 am

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) turned down the “last, best and final” offer from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on Monday after taking the weekend to craft a response, extending the actors strike...

About Last Week…

November 5, 2023 7:11 amNovember 5, 2023 7:36 am

If you’ve been reading the Globe lately, you may have noticed a series of articles about eight of the ten current candidates for Los Angeles County District Attorney. And eight of the ten will almost assuredly will be the final...