Hiltzik: Explaining the newest Wall Street craze — the ‘TACO’ trade
Stock market investors don’t have much to cheer about in the second Trump term, except perhaps for a new and almost flawless trading strategy — the TACO trade. The acronym,...
L.A.’s mayor declared a homelessness emergency. Now, some at City Hall want to move past it
It was the first and possibly the most dramatic act by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after she took office: declaring a city emergency on homelessness. That move, backed by...
Shaikin: ‘Another log on the fire.’ Yankees eager to avenge World Series meltdown against Dodgers
For Dodgers fans, the must-have souvenir from last year’s World Series was not a cap or T-shirt commemorating the team’s championship. It was one of the stickers that popped up...
Nicolle Wallace launches ‘The Best People’ podcast for MSNBC as spinoff looms
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace has delivered some sharp criticism of President Trump since she became a host on the progressive-leaning cable news network in 2017. So it’s surprising that her new...
4-year-old girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care
Deysi Vargas’ daughter was nearly 2½ when she took her first steps. The girl was a year delayed because she had spent most of her short life in a hospital...
California dad opens fire as high school boys flee after egging his home, prosecutors say
A San Mateo man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly opened fire at an SUV carrying three high school boys who had poured oil over his porch and...
How a pair of Palos Verdes altar boys grew up to be Soviet spies
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. By the mid-1970s, Boyce was angry...
Walton Goggins’ ‘White Lotus’ Emmy chances, by the numbers
With Prime Video’s “Fallout,” HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” and now Season 3 of “The White Lotus” (also HBO), Walton Goggins’ fame has exploded. With his buzzy portrayal of Rick, a...
Malibu to spend $260,000 a month for private security to protect scorched neighborhoods
With Pacific Coast Highway reopened to the public and the National Guard leaving Malibu’s fire-damaged neighborhoods, the city has approved a contract with a private security firm to provide extra...
Did insurers collude to force homeowners onto state insurance plan? What to know from two blockbuster lawsuits
The firestorms that swept through Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other communities Jan. 7 not only devastated thousands of homeowners but highlighted a giant problem: the growth of the state’s insurer...
