Tag: Los Angeles

Despite offering the third-most in incentives, the best Georgia brings in is 4 percent of film production employment. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Stop subsidizing the silver screen: Taxpayers give Hollywood billions in tax incentives

Philip Wegmann · November 20, 2017 9:04 pm

The announcement came as the Los Angeles Times was preparing to publish a story accusing Bocanegra of sexually harassing six women. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Democratic California assemblyman announces resignation amid sexual harassment allegations

Mandy Mayfield · November 20, 2017 6:49 pm

In a 1994 study on the motives for false rape reports, Purdue sociologist Eugene Kanin found a false-report rate for sexual assault of 40 percent in the community he was studying. #MeToo Marchers in Los Angeles will be parading through the streets to rally against a probability, not an injustice. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

#MeToo on the march: The groupthink and hysteria begin

alexander-grass · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

UCLA basketball players Cody Riley, Jalen Hill, and LiAngelo Ball left the Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday after the three were detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Red Alert Politics

Trump’s millennial win: Saving college students from Chinese prison

Neil Dwyer · November 18, 2017 5:01 am

The Diversity Visa program, which awards green cards to 50,000 prospective immigrants each year, fell under intense scrutiny earlier this month when law enforcement officials confirmed that Sayfullo Saipov, the Uzbek national who is suspected of killing eight individuals during a Nov. 1 terror attack in New York City, entered the country on a permanent residence visa he won through the lottery. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

White House: US awarded diversity visas to five accused terrorists

Gabby Morrongiello · November 14, 2017 10:12 pm

A study by consultants Quanta Technology and funded by coal giant Peabody supports keeping the Navajo Generating Station open or risk significant dangers from brownouts and blackouts in the region. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Energy and Environment

Blackouts from Phoenix to Los Angeles if coal plant shuts down, study from coal company says

John Siciliano · November 9, 2017 8:31 pm

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who was also CEO of DNAinfo and had bought Gothamist earlier this year, decided to shut his media companies amid financial hardships and a successful union vote. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Billionaire CEO Joe Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo, Gothamist after union vote

Katie Leach · November 2, 2017 10:58 pm

Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif. (pictured above center), said on Saturday afternoon that Houston Astros first basement Yuli Gurriel should have a suitably harsh penalty for a racist gesture made during the World Series. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

California Rep. Brad Sherman calls for harsh penalty for player caught making racist gesture in World Series

Kyle Feldscher · October 28, 2017 7:19 pm

Speech-Free Zones

The Scrapbook · October 27, 2017 5:00 am

Royce was in transit on a flight to California when the vehicle approached the crowd. (iStock)

Car plows into crowd of protesters outside Rep. Ed Royce’s district office

Diana Stancy Correll · October 27, 2017 4:05 am

World Series: The Dodgers and Astros Are Why You Stay Up at Night

Chris Deaton · October 26, 2017 10:15 am

More than 2,200 people have already indicated their interest in attending the New York City rally, according to the "Scream helplessly at the sky on the anniversary of the election" Facebook page. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg)

Thousands to ‘scream helplessly at the sky’ to mark anniversary of Trump presidency

Naomi Lim · October 25, 2017 8:49 pm