Business
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others in regulating the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, whom many policymakers blame for the soaring cost of prescription drugs.
Sept. 16, 2024
Updates
City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, has been awarded $5.4 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to build and fund a stem cell research laboratory on its Duarte campus that will further expand its scientific capabilities.
May 23, 2024
California
They believe they’ve found a succulent solution to climate change and drought.
Sept. 17, 2024
California’s legal weed industry is reeling over whistleblower lawsuit claims, key departures and fear over slumping sales
Sept. 18, 2024
Movies
Director Laura Moss’ unsettling new take on ‘Frankenstein’ doubles down on the feminist dread, even when it’s women doing the reanimating of dead corpses.
Aug. 18, 2023
For the last 70 years, Wilmington residents have faced off to become the blue-collar community’s honorary mayor. The winner gets a two-year term that offers no salary, no staff and no political power.
Hollywood Inc.
Amazon is launching advertisements on its Prime Video streaming platform early next year in the U.S. and several other countries, plus — for $2.99 more a month — an ad-free option.
Sept. 22, 2023
Opinion
One Southern California school district found a way to reverse the low representation of Black and Latino students in science, technology, engineering and math.
Sept. 20, 2024
From the guitarron and the requinto to the guiro and the tololoche, these are some of the instruments responsible for música Mexicana’s distinct qualities.
Sept. 19, 2024
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.