people
Daren Bakst
Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
Belisa Balaban
Producer of Bollywood Hero , a three-part miniseries on IFC about a struggling American actor trying to restart his career as a lead in a Bollywood movie
Ted Balaker
Policy analyst for the Reason Foundation and co-author of The Road More Traveled : Why the Congestion Crisis Matters More than You Think, and What We Can Do about It
Carmen Balber
Consumer advocate with the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
Ken Balcomb
Executive Director and Research Biologist for the Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbor, Washington
Mark Baldassare
President of the Public Policy Institute of California
Scott Baldauf
Africa Bureau Chief for the Christian Science Monitor , based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Francisco Balderrama
Professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State LA, and co-author of “A Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s”
Tom Baldino
Professor of Political Science at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Suliman Baldo
Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York
Siggi Baldursson
Icelandic drummer and singer
Alec Baldwin
American film, stage and television actor
Howard Baldwin
SiliconValley-based technology writer
Hunt Baldwin
Creator of Trust Me , the new TNT drama set in the ad world, he worked in advertising in Chicago, came to Los Angeles to make it as writers and succeeded, despite his ignorance about how television shows are normally staffed
David Balen
Resident of Porter Ranch
Andy Bales
Chief Executive Officer of the Union Rescue Mission, which provides emergency shelter and a range of other services to homeless people in Los Angeles
Kevin Bales
President and co-founder of Free the Slaves , a nonprofit organization, based in Washington, DC; author of The Slave Next Door : Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today
Todd Balf
Contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine
Lisa Balfus
Mother of a senior (son) at Santa Monica High School and a daughter in 8th grade at John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica
Asli Bali
Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in international law, laws of war and human rights
Sheila Balkan
Criminologist and court consultant who helps clients avoid or minimize jail time and creates programs for their rehabilitation
Jack Balkin
Professor of Constitutional Law at Yale Law School, he runs the legal blog Balkinization
Radley Balko
Blogger for the Washington Post, author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
Alan Ball
Writer, producer and director
Benjamin Ball
Co-principal of Ball-Nogues , a multidisciplinary design studio in Los Angeles, California
Chris Ball
Founder and CEO of Ball Family Farms, an Los Angeles-based social equity licensed cannabis company
David Ball
Chairs the Public Safety Working Group of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy. He also teaches marijuana policy at Santa Clara University Law School.
Dr. Eric Ball
Pediatrician in Orange County.
Jeffrey Ball
A writer on energy and the environment, scholar-in-residence at Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, and a lecturer at Stanford Law School. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Former environment editor for the Wall Street Journal, he also writes its Power Shift column on energy and the environment
Jesse Ball
American poet and novelist
Molly Ball
National political correspondent for Time Magazine; political reporter for the Atlantic
Thomas Ball
Ventura resident
Michael Ballaban
Features editor at Jalopnik.com
Charles Ballard
Professor of Economics at Michigan State University
Bill Ballenger
Editor of the political newsletter Inside Michigan Politics
Randall Balmer
Professor of American Religious History at Dartmouth College and a prolific author on religion in America, including God in the White House : How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
Cecil Balmond
designer, artist, and writer. Founder of Balmond Studio
Diane Balser
Jewish leader and activist on the issues of Israeli-Palestinian peace and women's rights; Executive Director of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
David Baltimore
President Emeritus and Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology and 1975 Nobel Prize-winner in Physiology or Medicine for his genetic research
Bruce Baltin
Senior Vice President with PKF Consulting, a hospitality consulting firm
Dan Balz
National Political Correspondent for the Washington Post and and author of Collision 2012 : Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
The Bamboos
Soul/funk band from Australia
James Bamford
Journalist who has written several books about the National Security Agency, including The Shadow Factory : The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
Maria Bamford
Stand-up comic, actress and writer. She's the star of 'Lady Dynamite' and has appeared in Target's holiday ad campaign, as well as in TV shows like the PBS series Word Girl and Nickelodeon's Kung Fu Panda.
George Ban-Weiss
Professor of environmental engineering at USC
Sara Banaszak
Senior Economist for the American Petroleum Institute
Anthony Banbury
Regional Director for the United Nations World Food Program in Asia
Band of Horses
American rock band from Seattle, Washington
Band of Skulls
British alternative rock trio
Roja Bandari
Graduate student in Engineering at UCLA and a woman’s rights activist with the One Million Signatures campaign; Iranian born and reared, she came to the US in 2000
Paolo Bandini
Sports reporter for the Guardian
Mike Bandrowski
Manager of the Indoor Air and Radiation Program at the West Coast Office of the Environmental Protection Agency
Lee Bandy
Political Columnist for The State in Colombia, South Carolina, he's covered state politics for over 40 years
Neela Banerjee
Energy and climate reporter with Insight Climate News; former energy and environmental policy reporter for the Los Angeles Times
Subhankar Banerjee
Environmental writer and activist
Ishani Banerji
Research director at the Georgetown Institute for Consumer Research
Tammy Bang Luu
Organizer with the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union
Joon Bang
Director of the Korean-American Coalition
Scott Banister
'Angel investor' in about 50 technology companies (including Uber, Paypal, and Facebook); former entrepreneur who cofounded IronPort
Banks
American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
Elizabeth Banks
Producer, director, actress
Jim Banks
Indiana State Senator (R-Columbia City); former National Field Director with Focus on the Family , a Christian ministry and advocacy group
Leo Banks
Reporter covering the US-Mexico-border with the Tucson Weekly
Miranda Banks
assistant professor at Emerson College and author of “The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild.”
Pamela Banks
Senior Policy Counsel for Consumers Union, the policy arm of Consumer Reports
Ralph Richard Banks
Professor of Law at Stanford University and author of Is Marriage for White People? : How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone; brother of Los Angeles Times columnist Sandy Banks
Russell Banks
American novelist and poet
Sandy Banks
Columnist for the Los Angeles Times; sister of Stanford Law Professor Ralph Richard Banks
William Banks
Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University and an expert on constitutional and national-security law and counterterrorism
Lesley Bannatyne
Author of books about Halloween
Jyoti Bansal
Founder and CEO of AppDynamics , an app management company based in San Francisco
John Banville
Irish novelist who also writes crime-fiction under the pseudonym, Benjamin Black ; winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Sea
Manish Bapna
Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the World Resources Institute
Amir Bar-Lev
Filmmaker of The Tillman Story , a documentary about US soldier and former NFL player Pat Tillman, who was killed by "friendly fire" in Afghanistan
Yuval Bar-Zemer
Partner with Linear City, a real estate development partnership
Mark Barabak
Politics writer for the Los Angeles Times
Jill Barad
President of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council ; founder and chair of Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils and an opponent of the Van Nuys name change
Amiri Baraka
Poet, playwright and longtime community activist , formerly known as LeRoi Jones; author of many books, including his latest, Tales of the Out & the Gone
Amani Barakat
Chair of the Palestine Right to Return Coalition