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Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 7:24 AM
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After reports of suicide attempts and food shortages, the aircraft carrier is expected to dock in San Diego this week following a record-breaking 250-plus days at sea A mother in San Diego is counting down the days until her son comes home. “I had a big sign made, welcoming him back,” she said. “I can’t wait to see him.” Continue reading...
Anna Betts · Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:00 AM
John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas is the least affordable city in the US for the middle class, a recent Brookings Institution analysis found Nestled between two mountain ranges at the crook of central California’s coastline sits a valley known as the “salad bowl of the world”. Farm workers stoop over neatly lined rows of crops off Highway 101 to harvest more than half of the nation’s supply of lettuce and nearly a third of its strawberries. The soil here is so rich that author John Steinbeck made the Salinas valley the promised land in his literary depictions of people chasing the American dream: immigrants, farm workers, westward-moving hopefuls, hungering for a better life. Continue reading...
Gaya Gupta in Salinas, California · Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:00 AM
University denies allegations, saying it is committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all laws The Department of Justice said on Thursday that the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions. The announcement follows a similar accusation against the university’s medical school and comes as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students. Continue reading...
Guardian staff and agency · Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:16 PM
Greg Lui allegedly used false paperwork to smuggle export-controlled gear from US to third countries and then China US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300m worth of computer servers to China, the Department of Justice announced. Greg Lui, 38, of California, also known as “Yiu Kong Lui”, allegedly used false paperwork and shipments through third countries to smuggle the export-controlled computer servers to China, the justice department said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...
Reuters · Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:46 AM
Economist N. Robert Branch hosts 100+ participants in Beverly Hills to discuss restoring market order amidst LA’s 5.5% unemployment and regulatory friction.
Clara Harter · Sun, Apr 5, 2026, 6:23 PM
Yale-trained economist N. Robert Branch returns to Beverly Hills after a coast-to-coast tour, pitching a March summit and a liberalized playbook for unemployment and empty storefronts.
Emzy Veazy · Sat, Mar 14, 2026, 6:00 PM
LA uses Jan Toporowski’s financialization framework for debt stress tests, liquidity buffers, and leaner pension risk before the next market freeze.
Clara Harter · Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 2:57 PM