Gavin Newsom Newsom seeks an explanation for California's high gas pricesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressGov. Gavin Newsom wants to know why California’s gasoline prices are higher than in the rest of the country, blaming potential “inappropriate industry practices” Tuesday rather than the state's higher
Rob Pelinka Lakers' coaching search is more proof Jeanie Buss' team is lost without a leaderLos Angeles Times - Bill PlaschkeIt should have been a sophisticated, exhaustive search for the basketball leader of the NBA’s most celebrated franchise. It has, instead, been just another Lakers pie fight. It’s messy, it’s farcical,
Inland Empire Review: ‘Tootsie’ gives Broadway its funniest musical since ‘Book of Mormon’Los Angeles Times - By Charles McNultyLet’s face it: There are more ways these days to get a musical version of “Tootsie” wrong than right. The world has changed since Dustin Hoffman donned a red tousled wig, talked in a smoky Southern drawl
Measles Measles’ next target in Los Angeles: Unvaccinated college studentsLos Angeles Times - Soumya KarlamanglaLos Angeles health officials warned this week that students and staff at UCLA and Cal State L.A. may be at risk of catching measles, an announcement that has raised questions about universities’ susceptibility
Sleep Deprivation Judge sides with female inmates who filed lawsuit over sleep deprivationLos Angeles Times - Colleen ShalbyThe Constitution protects against cruel and unusual punishment. But in late December, three female inmates filed a class-action lawsuit against Alameda County and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office for
Luke Walton Kelli Tennant says she waited to bring up sexual assault allegations for fear of losing jobLos Angeles Times - Richard WintonThe TV sports reporter suing former Lakers coach Luke Walton for an alleged sexual assault said she waited five years to come forward with the allegations because she was “scared” she might lose her job
Los Angeles City Council California housing bill could have 'far-reaching effects' in Los Angeles, report saysLos Angeles Times - Liam DillonMore than 40% of the developable land in Los Angeles could be eligible for homebuilding at a greater density under high-profile legislation working its way through the Capitol, according to a new city
Rehabilitation Dodgers' Rich Hill strikes out 16 in 6 innings of rehab startLos Angeles Times - Jorge CastilloRich Hill preferred not to have traveled from Milwaukee to Arizona to make a second rehab start. He thought he was ready to come off the injured list after his first outing. His left knee was healthy he
Chernobyl Jared Harris talks truth-telling in ‘Chernobyl’ and playing the guy who dies too soonLos Angeles Times - By Mary McNamaraIn the upcoming HBO miniseries "Chernobyl," Jared Harris plays Valery Legasov, the real-life scientist the Soviet government called when an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was reported. he
News In a shift, Trump targets foreign travelers who overstay their U.S. visasLos Angeles Times - Molly O'TooleThe White House says it plans to crack down on the hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors who overstay their U.S. visas, a vast challenge that has largely escaped notice as the Trump administration
Play buttonLifestyle Katie Lowes, Adam Shapiro, Darren Criss, Lea Michele take part in ‘A Grand Night’ galaLos Angeles Times - By Ellen OlivierFor Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro, appearing onstage together at Tuesday’s “A Grand Night” benefit for Center Theatre Group, was a labor of love for the couple. “We’re making our Ahmanson stage debut tonight
Movies The anti-‘Avengers’: In indie gem ‘Fast Color,’ a powerful new superhero story is bornLos Angeles Times - By Jen YamatoIn the age of Marvel and DC domination, “Fast Color” is a very different and long overdue kind of superhero movie. Just released in theaters ahead of the impending “Avengers: Endgame,” director Julia indie
UCLA Moses Brown is leaving UCLA after one season to enter the NBA draftLos Angeles Times - Ben BolchUCLA freshman center Moses Brown intends to make himself available for the NBA draft, according to a team spokesperson, becoming the third player to leave the Bruins since the end of last season. Brown
Business Drug executives are criminally charged in major opioid caseLos Angeles Times - BloombergFederal prosecutors Tuesday unveiled the first criminal charges against pharmaceutical executives that accuse them of illegally diverting opioids. The former chief executive and the head of compliance
Technology Snap bounces back as Snapchat user numbers growLos Angeles Times - Sam DeanSnap Inc.’s fortunes rise and fall on the size of Snapchat’s user base. When the user numbers started to decline in early 2018 because of a tumultuous redesign and flabby Android app, its stock price a
Avengers: Endgame Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ brings the Marvel saga to a thrilling, time-twisting conclusion — for nowLos Angeles Times - By Justin ChangAll good things must come to an end. I’m not entirely sure what that means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a remarkable collision of pop-cultural enthusiasms and commercial imperatives that has been
Politics ‘Not even a little’ worried? Trump’s anti-media tweet storm says otherwiseLos Angeles Times - Eli StokolsJust days after claiming exoneration by the redacted special counsel report into Russian intervention in the 2016 election, President Trump is back to playing the victim. For a second straight day, the
Delta Airlines Delta Air Lines is reducing how much seats will recline on some planesLos Angeles Times - By Hugo MartinNext time you board a Delta Air Lines flight and try to stretch out and relax, you may find your seat won’t recline as much as before. The Atlanta carrier is reducing the recline on all seats on its entire
Celebrity News Steve Golin, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Revenant,’ dies at 64Los Angeles Times - Josh RottenbergProducer Steve Golin, who won an Oscar for the 2015 frontier drama “The Revenant” and whose keen eye for talent helped launch the filmmaking careers of directors like David Fincher, Spike Jonze and Michael
Tyronn Lue Lakers meet with Jason Kidd and set a second interview with Tyronn Lue on WednesdayLos Angeles Times - Broderick TurnerThe Lakers have scheduled a second interview with Tyronn Lue on Wednesday in Los Angeles for their head-coaching vacancy, according to people not authorized to speak publicly on the search. This time,
Movies Review: Animated Japanese ghost story ‘Okko’s Inn’ offers upliftLos Angeles Times - Charles SolomonThe touching animated feature “Okko’s Inn” offers an unusual ghost story that follows Japanese traditions, and feels very different from its American counterparts. Based on a popular series of children’s
Newport Beach She offered him a ride, then they died together. A double homicide mystery in O.C.Los Angeles Times - Hannah Fry, Julia SclafaniDetectives are trying to determine when two people whose bodies were discovered late Sunday inside a locked Newport Beach condominium were killed as the investigation into the mysterious double homicide
Cape Town Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes off coast of Capetown, Calif.Los Angeles Times - QuakebotA shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning 139 miles off the coast of Capetown, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:53 a.m. Pacific Time at
Movies Review: ‘Sprinter’ puts Jamaican spin on inspiring sports genreLos Angeles Times - Kimber MyersExecutive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, “Sprinter” tells a standard sports story with all the genre elements we’ve seen before. However, its unique perspective on the Jamaican experience
Maisie Williams ‘Game of Thrones’ star Maisie Williams addresses fans’ discomfort over her sex sceneLos Angeles Times - By Nardine SaadMaisie Williams knows some people might be uncomfortable with Arya Stark’s sex scene in the latest episode of “Game of Thrones,” but she’s keen to remind them that their discomfort can’t be any worse her
Business S&P 500 hits record high as company earnings roll inLos Angeles Times - Associated PressThe Standard & Poor’s 500 hit an all-time high Tuesday, marking the stock market’s complete recovery from its nosedive at the end of last year. The benchmark index set its previous record high in September,
Wells Fargo Wells Fargo’s interim CEO is interrupted by hecklers at annual meetingLos Angeles Times - BloombergC. Allen Parker was interrupted more than a dozen times during Wells Fargo & Co.’s annual meeting by activists who called executives “frauds” and “criminals” and demanded the interim chief executive turn
Play buttonCountry Music Meet Luke Combs, the country superstar you probably haven’t heard ofLos Angeles Times - Randy LewisIf Nashville music business insider Nicole Hocking ever needs a reminder of just how much her fiancé loves her, she can flip on pretty much any country radio station and hear it. These days it wouldn’t
Alzheimer's Disease ‘Deadwood’ scribe David Milch shares ‘discouraging’ Alzheimer’s diagnosisLos Angeles Times - Nardine Saad“Deadwood” scribe and “NYPD Blue” co-creator David Milch says he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The Emmy-winning screenwriter was diagnosed with the memory-sapping illness about a year ago
Aviation Google offshoot’s drone delivery business is cleared for takeoff by FAALos Angeles Times - BloombergAn offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to
