David Holbert

Santa Monica has a reputation as a paradise for lefties. But the city isn’t exactly welcoming to Latinos.

Some of the world’s largest corporations like Amazon, Walmart, Google, and UPS are all looking into using drones to deliver small packages.

In Hollywood, merger mania continues, this time with a tech twist. Amazon is buying the storied MGM Studios, and the library of 4,000 movies and TV shows that comes with it.

With the state’s color-coded reopening tiers riding off into the sunset, there’s no more social distancing, and masks in almost every indoor situation are being retired.

Political fallout is mounting as LA grapples with how to house its many residents living on the streets.

Joe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.

Community activists, entrepreneurs, and local politicians are keeping tabs on President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure spending plan that’s currently being debated on Capitol Hill.

Josh Barro and Ken White talk about the Department of Justice continuing to represent Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s suit, Rudy on tape, special mastering and more.

California will roll out a statewide electronic vaccine verification program, which Gov. Gavin Newsom does not call a passport.