A Los Angeles County judge found that charter cities aren’t subject to Senate Bill 9, the 2021 “duplex” law that allows up to four homes to be built on a lot in single-family neighborhoods. The law fails to accomplish its stated purpose of creating more affordable housing, and therefore, doesn’t meet the high bar of … Read more
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic, left, drives to the basket as Clippers center Ivica Zubac defends and teammate Daniel Gafford, right, looks on during the first half of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Clippers star Paul George handles the ball as … Read more
Southern California’s bosses added 27,800 workers in March — a hiring pace 37% above the region’s pre-pandemic job growth for the month. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures released Friday, April 19, found 7.95 million at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties in March – up 27,800 in a month … Read more
SERIES SCHEDULE (best-of-seven, all times PT) Game 1: Sunday, at Clippers, 12:30 p.m. (ABC/Ch.7) Game 2: Tuesday, at Clippers, 7 p.m. (TNT) Game 3: Friday, at Mavericks, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Game 4: April 28, at Mavericks, 12:30 p.m. (ABC, Ch. 7) Game 5: May 1, at Clippers (TBD)* Game 6: May 3, at Mavericks (TBD)* … Read more
SERIES SCHEDULE (Best-of-seven, all times PT) Game 1: Saturday at Denver, 5:30 p.m. (Ch. 7) Game 2: Monday at Denver, 7 p.m. (TNT) Game 3: Thursday at L.A., 7 p.m. (TNT) Game 4: April 27 at L.A., 5:30 p.m. (Ch. 7) *Game 5: April 29 at Denver, time TBD (TV TBD) *Game 6: May 2 … Read more
Could California lose its bragging rights as the world’s fifth-largest economy? My trusty spreadsheet found that the Golden State could fall one notch in 2024 to fast-growing India in this theoretical ranking of economic heft, as measured by Gross Domestic Product – a broad measure of business output. Let’s start by noting that California businesses … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service signaled plans Tuesday for a rate increase that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents, part of an overall 7.8% increase to take effect this summer. The request was made to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which must approve the proposed increase that … Read more
LOS ANGELES — The task the Lakers were handed Sunday – being without one of their best players against one of the top teams in the Western Conference on the second night of a back-to-back – was already going to be challenging. But once they lost their other best player, the challenge became too difficult … Read more
By PAUL WISEMAN | AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates. Last month’s job growth was up from a … Read more
“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: The number of million-dollar cities in five pricey California regions rose by 76% since the pandemic upended the economy. The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Zillow tabulations of cities with median home values in excess of $1 million as of February compared to a … Read more
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