Trump, the 2028 Olympics and what it all means for L.A.
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith with all the news.During his last term, President…
8 Little Free Library walks around L.A., from Venice to Griffith Park
• There are 1,600 Little Free Libraries — those book-filled boxes that allow you to grab or donate something to read — in L.A. County.…
State watchdog agency is investigating donations to Kevin de León’s reelection campaign
The California Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating donations received by Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León’s reelection campaign. The investigation was prompted by…
Changing OpenAI’s nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMNPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated PressThalia BeatyPublished Oct 12, 2024 • 5 minute read You can save this article by registering for…
HUD gave $10 million grant to LA landlord repeatedly sued by tenants
For nine months, Nash Stabolito has tried to organize a tenant union with fellow residents of his Skid Row single-room occupancy hotel and nearby properties…
Trump vow to eliminate ‘deep state’ alarms good-government advocates
After one term as president in which his promise to remake the massive federal government mostly came up short, Donald Trump again is raining fury…
OpenAI, Microsoft sued by news nonprofit for copyright infringement | Media
Lawsuit by the Center for Investigative Reporting comes after similar claims by The New York Times and other newspapers. OpenAI and its main backer Microsoft…
Audit finds Minnesota agency’s lax oversight fostered theft of $250 million from federal food aid program
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to act on red…
Scandal shadows Andrew Do’s final year on the O.C Board of Supervisors
Andrew Do squeaked onto the Orange County Board of Supervisors by 43 votes in 2015, defeating a veteran politician to become the second Vietnamese American…
Income Gap Grew in 1980s, Study Says : Economics: The separation between the richest and poorest families increased in 43 states, a nonprofit group finds. California is among states registering greatest diversity.
WASHINGTON — The gap separating the most affluent Americans from the poor and middle class grew wider during the 1980s in all but a handful of…
Texas judge blocks state from accessing information on trans youth at LGBTQ nonprofit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing a temporary injunction, after a Travis County District Court judge blocked his office Monday from accessing information on…
Long Beach Post layoffs hit striking staffers
The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that at least 60% of the bargaining unit received layoff notices shortly after newsroom employees moved to unionize…
San Francisco Art Institute campus sold to nonprofit, including Diego Rivera mural
Roughly a year after declaring bankruptcy, the historic San Francisco Art Institute — home to a famed multimillion-dollar mural — has been sold to a…
Nonprofit leader and L.A. political fundraiser sentenced
The former head of a prominent nonprofit in Los Angeles who pleaded guilty to embezzlement was sentenced Tuesday to six months in federal prison and…
Local nonprofit wants to redevelop South L.A. drilling site
After a years-long neighborhood battle against an oil drilling site in South Los Angeles, a local nonprofit has purchased the now-demolished facility and plans to…
Soros’ foundation commits $50 million to women and youth groups
NEW YORK — Open Society Foundations, the major philanthropy group now led by Alex Soros, said Tuesday it will commit $50 million to increase civic engagement…
The nonprofit L.A. Mayor’s Fund is getting new ethics rules
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith at the helm, with a big assist from…
Pandemic ballot measure backed by Bankman-Fried faces trouble
When a group of wealthy Californians launched a ballot measure campaign in late 2021 aimed at improving pandemic preparedness after the deadly COVID-19 outbreak, they…
Leonard Leo’s firm got nearly $500K from conservative nonprofit, tax filing shows
Leo presides over a multi-billion-dollar network of tax-exempt nonprofit groups and has used it, in part, to organize campaigns over the past decade to install…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker launches nonprofit to promote abortion rights
1 of 2 | Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has launched a national nonprofit focusing on abortion rights and battling what he says is "extremism" in…