3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (161+ words) Several California newsrooms have been decimated in a brutal round of layoffs. McClatchy, the media giant behind The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, announced the severe cuts Thursday, with some newsrooms losing as much as 40% of their staff. More…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (415+ words) Another day, another Downtown Los Angeles business shuttered. The latest sad news for the long-struggling section of the city is the closure of Rossoblu — a celebrated Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian restaurant that toughed it out for nearly a decade in…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (542+ words) Metrolink may be hiking its prices — but to anyone paying for gas in Los Angeles, a ride on Southern California’s regional commuter rail network is still sounding like a big bargain. The agency has announced the first fare bump in…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (747+ words) A San Diego Starbucks supervisor is trying to boot the union from his store after claiming workers were shut out of key decisions — including an open-ended Christmas strike leaving employees scrambling for hours. Joe Emmenegger, 29, a shift supervisor, told the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (27+ words) 1. Time to H1B a better person By Mike Solana, editor-in-chief 2. Buck stops here by Riley Nork, writer 3. Starbase for Americans by Ryan Hassan, fellow...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (400+ words) State Farm delayed, and denied, and dragged its feet for far too long — and now wildfire victims will have their day in court. LA County sued the Illinois-based insurance giant this week, alleging that the company broke California’s laws and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (750+ words) Just two years ago, downtown San Francisco’s commercial real estate was in a grim position. Retailers fled and empty storefronts had turned Union Square — once the city’s crown jewel — into a state of disrepair, with open-air drug markets, homeless zombies…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) Billionaire venture capitalist Doug Leone once underwent a root canal without Novocaine — deliberately putting himself through the excruciating procedure to find out whether he was really a “badass.” The 69-year-old Sequoia Capital chairman said he had to get the dental…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) Americans are so much richer than most Europeans — and the proof is at McDonald’s. The average American worker can buy 10,215 Big Macs a year after taxes, according to a new report. That’s more than twice as many as French and…...