California
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of housing bills that tweak a number of existing laws to boost the supply of housing, including income-restricted units.
Sept. 19, 2024
Updates
California courts were home to the most federal trade secrets litigation over the past three years, according to a report released by legal research company Lex Machina.
Business
One of Malibu’s two mobile home parks sells for nearly $200 million to one of the nation’s largest owners of manufactured housing communities.
Movies
Demi Moore is boldly exposed as an aging Oscar winner rejected by her producer in a hyperstylized satire that also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
UC police are asking for pepper balls, sponge rounds, launchers, drones and other weapons in their annual requests. UC says they are mostly for training.
Dubbed the 2024 PT5, the ‘mini-moon’ will orbit Earth for nearly two months. It comes in a season of lunar phenomena.
Hollywood Inc.
Amazon MGM Studios will join the MPA, which already represents Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.
World & Nation
Critical of the Biden administration’s position on the war in Gaza, the ‘Uncommitted’ movement drew thousands of votes in Democratic primaries this year.
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
Lifestyle
A Sunday at Circus Vargas in California begins with a Mass from Father Frank Cancro and ends with performer Daniel Eguino riding a motorcycle in the Globe of Death.