GUEST COLUMNS
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday that hackers had stolen some $6 billion in digital coins in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history.
"Affordability" is the gap between what things cost and what you can afford to spend, yes, but it's more than that.
Friday, October 23, 2026
Dealmakers have historically spent very little time thinking about state attorneys general. But during the second Trump administration, the threat of state interference has become a major part of every merger conversation.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Terence Tao is typically described as one of the world's greatest living mathematicians, but right now he is doing very little math.
CARE Court changes judges' role. It requires judges to inspire trust and exercise empathy and relationship-building.
Monday, October 19, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass, who's fallen behind in recent polls, went on the offensive against City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a supporter-turned-challenger.
Until Proposition 13, California voters let elected officials decide taxes and spending options. Now, 48 years later, money matters dominate the ballot box.
Monday, October 12, 2026
A lot line adjustment is ordinarily exempt from CEQA as a ministerial approval. But as a recent appellate decision illustrates, a separate discretionary action can subject the entire project to CEQA review.
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will require extensive planning, coordination, detection systems and expanded counter-drone authority to address evolving security threats from drones and protect critical infrastructure.
Friday, October 9, 2026
California's new laws governing AI-driven employment decisions and layoffs require employers to rethink human oversight, transparency and workforce planning to mitigate potential liability.
California pesticide enforcement rule would limit local discretion, expand mandatory referrals
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Practicing law requires intelligent use of artificial assistance. SB 574, now the law, provides guidelines and guardrails.
SB 342 changes California contractor licensing law by replacing total forfeiture for certain temporary licensing lapses with a proportional remedy based on the period a contractor or subcontractor was properly licensed.
Atria Newport Beach. Courtesy photo
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General News
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| A new California law will require colleges and universities to clearly inform students how to request additional financial aid if they believe their awarded amount is not enough. Institutions must also publish how they calculate their costs of attendance, which is used to determine how much financial aid students receive. | |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| Microsoft is spending more than ever on artificial intelligence, even as it offers buyouts to a quarter of its workforce. On Wednesday, the company showed how the gamble was paying off. | |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| When Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011 in Bentonville, Arkansas, some wondered what impact the giant institution funded by Walmart heir Alice Walton would have on the sleepy Ozark town known primarily as the home of the Walton family's mega-business. | |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| Dolores Huerta was an inspirational role model, a militant who named and shaped the world, writes a UC Berkeley professor reflecting on the labor icon's legacy. | |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| A federal judge on Thursday told the Trump administration that it could not move forward with a plan that would make it harder for seriously ill Americans to obtain or stay on Medicaid after work requirements take effect in January. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation in its intensifying campaign to prove thousands of noncitizens are on California's voter rolls and issued federal grand jury subpoenas to local election officials, according to people with knowledge of the matter and copies of subpoenas obtained by The New York Times. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| Ian Choudri, who has led the train agency since 2024, leaves a troublesome legacy marked by budget woes, project delays and various scandals, including questionable taxpayer-funded trips by consultants. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| DoorDash said Thursday that it had agreed to buy Instacart for $17 billion, in a deal that would fold the nation's dominant grocery delivery app into the company that already controls most of America's restaurant takeout orders. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| New laws expanding bachelor's degrees community colleges can offer contain so many conditions, they added to the conflict among the schools. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| The L.A. mayoral race has not been marked by racial divisions or differences over immigration, assimilation or cultural hegemony. That represents a break from recent political history. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| Nestled in the cornfields of eastern South Dakota, a new type of battery is running, and some companies are betting the idea could transform the global energy system. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| The rush to integrate artificial intelligence into major social media platforms has placed a slew of potential pitfalls between voters and reliable information about elections -- dangers that tech companies are addressing inconsistently, if at all. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| California's congressional Republicans haven't signed a pledge agreeing to abide by the midterm elections results. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| Election seasons often spark questions about what might come next for the economy and the markets. As the 2026 midterms draw closer, some investors are wondering whether they should make changes to their portfolios or simply stay the course. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| On Oct. 21, Fouad Matin, who leads OpenAI's cyber-preparedness and safety efforts, had planned to spend the evening with friends to celebrate his birthday. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| A federal judge is unlikely to issue a final ruling on the Trump administration's claim that noncitizens are registered to vote in California until after Election Day. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| Long-term disaster recovery for the Los Angeles fires depends on federal funding. FEMA has indicated less support for states, but California lawmakers think Democratic wins in November could change things. | |
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Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| Dolores Huerta, who with Cesar Chavez founded what became the United Farm Workers and led strikes and boycotts in the 1960s and '70s that unionized many California table-grape growers, changing laws and the lives of thousands of migrant laborers, died Wednesday at her home in Bakersfield, California. She was 96. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| When Raphael Metzger, a lawyer in Long Beach, California, remodeled his kitchen in 2020, he selected a quartz countertop, tan and white, flecked with gold. He didn't want anything entirely white or hard to clean. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| Proposition 45 is intended to make it easier to build. But some pro-housing groups worry it will only lead to more sprawl. | |
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| When Jillian and Dan Massetti discovered last year that the slate roof on their 140-year-old house was leaking, they considered replacing it with a composite material resembling slate that would have cost them $45,000. But because the house is in a historic district in Saratoga Springs, New York, the couple needed the approval of the city's Design Review Board. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| Tesla on Wednesday reported a second consecutive quarterly decline in profit as the company poured resources into self-driving cars, humanoid robots and other new technologies. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| In a concrete building known as "the bunker," researchers at PPG, a $24 billion company that makes paints, aimed torches at steel panels that were covered in a gray coating. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| Surveys show an age gap across the top issues on California's ballot, including taxing billionaires and requiring IDs to vote. But while Gen Z makes up 30% of the state's eligible voters, they are far less likely to vote than their counterparts age 55 and older. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| An experimental vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna could become the first vaccine of its kind used to treat cancer. Scientists hope it won't be the last. | |
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General News
Monday, October 26, 2026 |
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| Proposition 40 has a gauntlet to run to succeed, including surviving two poison-pill propositions. If it passes, it will probably be challenged in court. | |
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General News
Monday, October 26, 2026 |
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| The largest union in California state government held a one-day strike, drawing thousands of workers off the job. It's pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom for raises and more flexibility to work from home. | |
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General News
Monday, October 26, 2026 |
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| Next July, new Medi-Cal rules prohibit seniors and people with disabilities from saving more than $21,000. State leaders say they needed to make cuts to deliver a balanced budget. Senior and disability rights advocates argue the cuts unfairly target vulnerable groups. | |
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General News
Monday, October 26, 2026 |
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| Despite seven new statewide laws regulating data centers, at least 26 resolutions, moratoriums, or bans on data centers have been passed or proposed in California since June. | |
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General News
Friday, October 23, 2026 |
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| California state workers say they're tired of governors balancing the budget "on their backs" and began a statewide state strike Wednesday. | |
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General News
Friday, October 23, 2026 |
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| Voters first passed the tax in 2012, then renewed it in 2016. Now, its supporters are asking voters to make it permanent before it expires in 2031. | |
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General News
Friday, October 23, 2026 |
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| The worst of the heat was just beginning to lift when Genia Weitz, 58, walked into the stubborn Oklahoma sun last month and found the next emergency waiting in her mailbox. | |
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General News
Friday, October 23, 2026 |
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| One research institute will receive $4.2 billion in bond money if voters approve Proposition 38 in November. Currently only one institute in the state meets the criteria to qualify for the money. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| Gorda is the sort of place that one stumbles onto while headed elsewhere. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| In just a few decades, summers in California will not only be much hotter but will also stretch for months longer. Floods will become more widespread and extreme. Exposure to wildfire smoke will kill thousands more people every year. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| Justice Department officials said on Monday that they had charged more than two dozen residents in California with violating federal voting laws, part of the Trump administration's escalating effort to assert more control over the midterm elections. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| California says closure would endanger tribal records, including boarding school files. Tribes say they weren't consulted. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| Voters in these nine legislative districts are weighing in on particularly competitive races, made even more competitive by the flood of outside money pouring in to sway public opinion. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| The Trump administration on Thursday sued the state of California and a Los Angeles County official, seeking to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots submitted by voters it suspects are noncitizens. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| Prop. 4 would lift a ban that prohibits state and most local candidates from using public funding for their political campaigns. Proponents argue the mechanism helps more candidates run for office, but opponents are skeptical. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| Gavin Newsom is preparing to leave office as one of the Democrats' most prolific communicators. He's transformed the governor's press shop into a content-generating media operation. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| In late February, would-be homebuyers and sellers rejoiced. For the first time in more than three years, the average interest on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage had dropped below 6%. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| In the foothills above Los Angeles sits a yellow field with a cement plant in the distance. It looks like the middle of nowhere but lies at the center of a debate about the cause of California's housing crisis and whether more suburbs can help solve it. | |
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General News
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
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| JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale and financing of Atria Newport Beach, a 168-unit senior housing community in Newport Beach, the firm announced Nov. 4. | |
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General News
Monday, November 2, 2026 |
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| The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution Oct. 20 supporting the San Bernardino Community College District's Legacy Village housing project and conditionally committed $28 million from the Foster Youth Campus Reserve toward its development. | |
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General News
Friday, October 30, 2026 |
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| Two Kidder Mathews brokers have taken leadership roles with the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Greater Los Angeles Chapter. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
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| The six-story, 98-unit project will provide apartments and supportive services for low-income seniors, including those transitioning out of homelessness. | |
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General News
Monday, October 26, 2026 |
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| Broe Real Estate Group purchased the 204-unit property, which opened in August 2022 and was named CoStar's multifamily project of the year in 2023. | |
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General News
Friday, October 23, 2026 |
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| California agencies are staging emergency supplies, inspecting levees and working with local communities ahead of potentially dangerous El Niño storms, as Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the Trump administration's retreat from federal disaster support. | |
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General News
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
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| Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a series of relief measures this week for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers facing higher utility bills after months of extreme heat. | |
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General News
Monday, October 19, 2026 |
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| Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe program moved 35 people experiencing homelessness into housing during an operation near downtown Los Angeles, according to a statement from the mayor's office. | |