
After the Orange County Register filed an emergency bankruptcy at 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, Tribune Publishing, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, surprised a federal court hearing with $3 million zero rate interest loan to keep the Register and Riverside’s Press-Enterprise operating in what appears to be a move to gain monopoly control of SoCal newspaper publishing.
by Chriss W. Street7 Nov 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Times, reporting that Houston voters rejected a city ordinance Tuesday that would have expanded transgender access to public restrooms, said that the fight had been between between gay rights advocates and those “who believed they were defending religious liberty” (emphasis added).
by William Bigelow4 Nov 2015, 8:17 AM PST0

The L.A. Times is still bleeding employees this week with the announcement of a third high-placed staffer leaving the paper.
by Warner Todd Huston10 Sep 2015, 7:13 PM PST0

San Diego Union-Tribune employees are suffering 178 layoffs this week resulting from May’s announced sale of the newspaper from Doug Manchester to multi-news outlet owner of the Los Angeles Times, Tribune Publishing.
by Michelle Moons28 May 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Publishing announced Thursday that it has agreed to purchase one of the most well established papers in Southern California, the San Diego Union-Tribune, for $85 million.
by Michelle Moons7 May 2015, 8:39 PM PST0

The Los Angeles Times published an editorial on Tuesday defending President Barack Obama’s policy of confronting ISIS (Islamic State) through “strategic patience” and rallied behind his long-held opposition to sending U.S. troops to the Middle East. However, most of America doesn’t agree.
by Adelle Nazarian18 Feb 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

It’s been more than a week since news broke that Sony Pictures Entertainment had fallen victim to a vicious cyber attack; now, the scandal has taken another turn. The group allegedly behind the hack, the Guardians of Peace, sent emails to a
by Breitbart News6 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Many Latinos are not enrolling in ObamaCare because they fear that the information they give to the government may expose relatives who are illegal immigrants and trigger their deportation, according to the Los Angeles Times. In California, about 600,000 Latinos
by William Bigelow10 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Times ran a story on Wednesday reporting that California State Senator Steven Knight (R-Palmdale) had told fellow Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly “not to participate” in walking “precincts for him in Santa Clarita this weekend.” Donnelly is, in fact,
by Adelle Nazarian19 Sep 2014, 5:31 AM PST0

Early Wednesday morning, approximately 1,000 law enforcement officials raided Los Angeles businesses throughout the city’s Fashion District, resulting in nine arrests and what has now been determined to be over $100 million in cash seizures, according to Thom Mrozek, a
by Michelle Moons12 Sep 2014, 8:56 AM PST0

SAN DIEGO, California — Ousted former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner held the 51st Congressional seat until 2012 when he left to run for mayor, and Democrat Juan Vargas took up the vacancy. Two years later, Vargas’s November contender is
by Michelle Moons3 Sep 2014, 11:36 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Times leads Thursday with a story entitled: “Gaza’s dilemma: Deadly war or suffocating Israeli embargo.” According to the story, Palestinians in Gaza are left with no choice but to wage war, because if they do not fire rockets
by Joel B. Pollak24 Jul 2014, 5:37 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Times reports that despite California Governor Jerry Brown crowing in early 2013, “The prison emergency is over in California,” prison costs have skyrocketed, the prisons are overflowing with criminals, and the overflow has prompted the state to
by William Bigelow22 Jun 2014, 2:45 PM PST0

The United States Navy Loves Michael Bay’s ‘Last Ship’ Judging from this Los Angeles Times article, director Michael Bay’s longstanding and positive relationship with the American military is paying off in a large way for his new TNT series “The
by John Nolte20 Jun 2014, 5:29 PM PST0

Is “The Americans” Anti-American? In an earlier Playbook, one of the commenters asked if I thought the FX series “The Americans” was critical of America or an attempt to make the old Soviet Union look good in some way. First
by John Nolte3 Jun 2014, 12:02 PM PST0

Bieber Caught Using N-Word On Video; No, Celebs Don’t Have It Worse Today Over the weekend a five year-old video surfaced of a 15 year-old Justin Bieber telling a racist “Why don’t black people…” joke that contained the N-word. Bieber
by John Nolte2 Jun 2014, 8:59 AM PST0

Despite evidence that big government policies have resulted in “internal devaluation,” California’s State Senate has approved a minimum wage hike that would cost California taxpayers an estimated $80 million plus over the next four years, and that’s just the start.
by Michelle Moons1 Jun 2014, 5:00 AM PST0

Launching a reading list for the summer season, Amazon has released its ranking of America’s most well read cities. Topping the list of most well-read cities over one million residents is San Diego, California. Print and Kindle sales of books,
by Michelle Moons22 May 2014, 12:28 PM PST0

Back from the brink of death, the San Diego Opera has announced a 2015 season after reversal of a decision by the opera’s board to shut down the company just two months ago. Productions announced include La Boheme, as well
by Michelle Moons20 May 2014, 12:14 PM PST0

A local landscaper allegedly witnessed the start of the Carlsbad fire and saw someone in a golf cart fleeing the scene, stopping to watch the flames for a brief time. Three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of arson in
by Michelle Moons17 May 2014, 6:11 PM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak1 May 2014, 11:58 AM PST0

As I drove back from Mass at my community’s Roman Catholic Church on Easter Sunday, I felt uplifted by my Pastor’s message that it is a day for Catholics and other Christians to be grateful and to renew one’s faith.
by Robert Wilde21 Apr 2014, 9:20 AM PST0

Detroit is, quite literally, bankrupt. In fact, they are still in bankruptcy proceedings. Yet in spite of this, they appear to have learned nothing. Hopefully Texans are taking note, so that the Lone Star State does not experience similar problems
by Jess Fields17 Apr 2014, 10:22 AM PST0

Representative Henry Waxman is insisting that the owners of the L.A. Times cancel current plans to spin-off its publishing division into a stand-alone company. Waxman thinks that the announced structure is detrimental to the newspapers he wants protected. Tribune Co.,
by Warner Todd Huston14 Apr 2014, 4:12 AM PST0

Even though Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) is retiring after twenty terms in office, he is still exerting his influence by pressuring the Tribune Co. not to spin off the Los Angeles Times into a separate company. According to Southern California
by Robert Wilde13 Apr 2014, 6:31 AM PST0