Karen Bass

President Biden visited Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday, attending a fundraiser in Beverly Hills and speaking about student loan forgiveness in Culver City. Biden attended a fundraiser Tuesday night at the home of Israeli-American businessman Haim Saban. However, Saban and his co-host, Casey Wasserman, were unable to attend the event as they both reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Biden wished them “the quickest recovery” during his remarks to the crowd.   In his speech to supporters,…

It’s the 30-story elephant on the Los Angeles skyline — and seemingly no one, including Mayor Karen Bass, has decided what to do about it. The Oceanwide Plaza luxury development has stood next to Crypto.com Arena vacant and half-finished since 2019, when its Chinese developer, having already spent $1.1 billion on it, ran out of money.   In December, three L.A. taggers — Akua, Sour and Castle — broke into the highest of Oceanwide’s three towers and spray-painted their names across its floor-to-ceiling…

Actor and former California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, went viral this week after tweeting a video of him filling in a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood that he said had bothered motorists and cyclists. The enormous pothole had apparently been there for weeks and after residents made numerous complaints asking the city to fill it, Schwarzenegger picked up a shovel and went to work. DJ Right Winger Booted, Facebook Bites Twitter, and Four Day Work Weeks Work | Editor Picks“Today, after the whole neighborhood…

Container ships in a port in Hamburg, Germany.Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/picture-alliance/dpa (AP)It may be tempting to load up on online shopping deals this Black Friday—but before you order a whole new wardrobe or electronics setup, take a moment to think about the trip all those packages may take. International shipping to bring all that stuff to your door is responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. And as the world’s online shopping addiction grows bigger and bigger, the problem only gets worse:…