Peter SchorschFebruary 7, 2019
6min568
Puente is a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.
Tag: Los Angeles Times
Peter SchorschFebruary 7, 2019
Associated PressNovember 1, 2016
4min194
USA Today publisher Gannett walked away Tuesday from its attempted takeover of Tronc, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies. Gannett’s target was elusive from the beginning, with a publicly contentious back-and-forth between the two companies. Tronc, formerly known as Tribune Publishing, rejected at least two bids from Gannett […]
Phil AmmannApril 27, 2015
2min173
Tampa Bay Times staff writer Ivan Penn is leaving St. Petersburg for California, to take a position as energy reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Penn said he would make the move this summer. The Washington, D.C., native has reported on utilities and energy issues at the Times since July 2006. Prior to that, he […]
Bob SparksJuly 7, 20147min170
One week has now passed since the United States Supreme Court decided the case officially known as Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (Hobby Lobby). A long explanation is unnecessary because if any reader is unfamiliar with this case, that reader will look no further anyway. The court created quite a dust-up. Most of the […]
Julie DelegalJune 12, 20147min235
California Superior Judge Rolf Treu has swallowed the corporate-reform narrative on education –hook, line and sinker. According to the Los Angeles Times, the judge agreed with attorneys representing nine student plaintiffs who contend that it’s teacher tenure law — not student poverty, not state underfunding, not bureaucratic largesse, not any other factor — that disproportionately […]
Bob SparksMay 26, 20147min205
Two weeks ago, Sen. Marco Rubio appeared on ABC’s “This Week.” He said a number of things, but this is what perked up the ears of America’s newshounds: “I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it.” The reaction was swift. Among […]
Guest AuthorOctober 17, 20135min220
Facebook is a minefield for me these days. Most of the time I just scroll along peaceably through updates from family and friends and others whom I really don’t know but I’m afraid to delete because they might be people I should know but forgot. Every now and then, though, BAM! I read something that […]