Hi, it’s Friday, November 4th and first of all, we’d like to highlight the amazing paintings on the Los Angeles Times Short Docs platform. Nani Walker of The Times told us that over the past year, she and Leslie Lindsey of L. A. Times Studios had the privilege of supporting and elevating the paintings of a talented and varied organization of emerging filmmakers.
“As a programmer and executive producer,” Nani said, “I’m proud to say that five of our films qualified for the Oscars and two of our films were decided by the industry. “”ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (what they learned)” in the list of IDA finalists. »
The rated films are “After Skid Row,” “Nice to Meet You All” and “We Are Like Waves. “You can watch all the documentaries of the series here.
Tom Girardi faced more than court cases before the state bar association intervened.
In reaction to a lawsuit filed through the Times, the California State Bar revealed that the firm had won dozens of court cases against legal legend Girardi alleging he embezzled settlement money, abandoned clients and committed other serious moral violations in his four-decade career. .
There were 205 court cases and 155 came before the bar association took action against Girardi’s lawyer license in March 2021. As his stature as attorney general and political intermediary grew, officials closed court cases opposing Girardi without investigating them and dismissed dozens more for “insufficient evidence,” the files show.
Los Angeles mayoral race is for nail biting
The Los Angeles mayoral race was tightening as it entered its final week, with Rick Caruso taking a big lead over Rep. Karen Bass, putting him within striking distance of the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city.
Bass continues to have merit, with 45 percent to 41 percent among the most likely voters, and 13 percent saying he remains undecided, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies poll, co-sponsored by the Times. But Bass’s merit is within the poll’s margin of error and strangely smaller than the 15-point margin he had a month ago.
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The left now regulates Latin America to the maximum. Will it be worth keeping his promises?
Over the past four years, leftist candidates have won presidential elections in Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Colombia. Now, Brazil has cemented the trend. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s narrow victory on Sunday means the left will soon conquer six of the region’s seven largest economies.
But some have called the region’s new shift to the left a “new pink tide,” comparing it to a replacement in the 2000s, when leaders like Lula, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia pumped money into social systems and lifted millions out of poverty. , The situations are now radically different.
Today, the economic picture is much bleaker, as inflation pushes up food and fuel and looms the risk of a global recession.
Are the unvaccinated still a danger to others?It’s complicated.
For about two years, COVID-19 vaccine resistors have been the subject of advocacy campaigns and serious facts. Some have missed weddings, birthday parties and recitals, and have even missed high-stakes sports competitions. Until last month, they were banned from enteringthe United States and more than a hundred other countries.
Now, the unvaccinated mix freely in places they once drifted away from for fear of planting widespread events. It’s as if they’re no longer harmful to the rest of us. Where are they?
“Obviously, the unvaccinated are a risk to themselves,” said one infectious disease specialist. But “the danger to the rest of us is a bigger problem. “
Stay updated on variant developments, case counts, and vaccines with Coronavirus Today.
As layoffs on Twitter about to begin, workers worry about getting their severance pay
In recent years, large tech corporations have offered increasingly generous benefits to attract engineers to a vendor’s skills market. Layoffs, a rarity in Silicon Valley over the past decade, regularly come with the convenience of generous severance packages that come with months of pay. and medical coverage.
Now, that expectation is collapsing, and nowhere faster than on Twitter, where thousands of workers face the prospect of unemployment. Under new owner Elon Musk, the social media platform is preparing to lay off much of its workforce, nearly a portion of its 7,500 workers.
A catalytic converter theft ring brought in piles of millions of dollars before being dismantled. The operation is the first national dismantling through the Justice Department of a catalytic converter theft network, which distributed stolen car parts across the country. Authorities have made arrests, raids and seizures in California, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina and Virginia.
Paul Pelosi is released from the hospital. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband left the hospital six days after an intruder severely beat him at the couple’s San Francisco home. of recovery and recovery. “
The mountains of Southern California saw the first snowfall of the season, with a typhoon forecast for next week. San Diego’s mountainous regions of L. A. au County saw up to 2 inches of snow, accompanied by winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to forty-five mph. A new formula is expected early next week, bringing a smart chance of rain as well as more winds and cooler temperatures.
A former Santa Clara County sheriff was convicted on all counts in a civil bribery trial. Laurie Smith was convicted of six counts of willful or corrupt misconduct in the performance of her duties, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office confirmed. The unusual trial was a civil proceeding aimed solely at removing Smith from office. Although Smith tried to preempt the verdict by resigning from his post on Monday and asking for the case to be dismissed, a court ruling ordered it to continue.
U. S. Embassy Officials U. S. citizens visited Brittney Griner in a Russian prison. U. S. Embassy Officials U. S. officials in Moscow visited the jailed WNBA star as U. S. officials called for her to be released from a nine-year sentence for drug possession. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Griner “does as well as you would expect under the circumstances. “
The world wants chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next? The country is believed to sit on mineral deposits for construction batteries, with a source so vast that the Taliban provide them as a panacea for Afghanistan’s economic ills. This potential underground wealth has sent foreign powers like China, Russia and Iran to compete for one component, but not the United States.
Former Pakistani leader Imran Khan was shot dead in an attack. A gunman opened fire on a crusade truck carrying Pakistan’s former prime minister, wounding him in the leg and killing one of his supporters, his party and police said. Nine others were injured.
Phil Spector killed her. The press beat her. His mother needs to “set the record straight. “Donna Clarkson spoke to The Times about her daughter Lana, who in the docuseries “Spector” is finally portrayed as a complete human being, a dynamic artistic mind, a caring friend and a resilient co-worker, than just another Hollywood blonde she met with an untimely death.
How do you make a presentation on “Blockbuster” for the streamer who helped kill him?”Call Netflix. ” Vanessa Ramos, the author and host of Netflix’s comedy ode to the movie rental franchise, spoke to The Times about her new series, an office comedy that follows the lives of workers working at the franchise’s last operating shop that once flourished in Bend, Oregon.
The trolls approached rising star Xochitl Gomez. Then he took the issues into his own hands. Earlier this year, she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe with her debut as queer superhero Latin America Chavez. But while his career hasn’t been long, he understands the strength of representation and the backlash it can cause.
Quentin Tarantino will never make a Marvel movie. The director spoke with columnist Glenn Whipp about the final phase of his career and his new book, “Cinema Speculation. “It’s his first nonfiction title, ranging from just appreciating his favorites to researching films that have fostered a “point of view worth talking about. “
CBS and an LAPD captain conducted a cover-up of a sexual assault report against Les Moonves, New York’s attorney general said. allegations of sexual harassment through former boss Moonves.
The investigation into the poker scandal may not satisfy anyone. It’s been more than a month since an explosive rate of cheating at “Hustler Casino Live” rocked the poker world. But it turns out that there are transparent answers about what did or didn’t happen. on September 29, when the most sensible high-stakes for money, Garrett Adelstein, accused newcomer Robbi Jade Lew of cheating on a $269,000 hand he lost. As the investigation continues, the No. 1 game poker stream continues to stream on YouTube, with a daily audience of 35% since September 29.
“We didn’t get rid of any exhibits that would help us. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav addressed the company’s significant cuts over the past six months, framing them as part of a basic ‘rethink and reinvention’ of the media giant’s operations as the entertainment industry is going through an era of dramatic transformation.
Worker productivity has plummeted and experts are baffled. I am an Array According to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the U. S. , productivity fell in the early part of 2022. more a riddle than an answer,” writes Times columnist and cultural critic Mary McNamara.
A “dazzling” new investigation into Americans’ acceptance of political violence will be a wake-up call for leaders. According to a new UC Davis study, some five million Americans would be willing to kill someone to achieve a political goal. most of us grew up proudly believing that the wonderful thing about America was that we resolved our political differences through the ballot box, not with bombs, guns, or a hammer, writes Times Capitol Journal columnist George Skelton.
Chronicle: Seven games into his head coaching career, the Lakers’ Darvin Ham wisely trusts his instincts. Ham regularly carries a card listing his characteristics for plays he can call up after a timeout or when he wants a three-point shot. He has it when the Lakers faced New Orleans on Wednesday, but he had something better: a depression about how to take care of the final seconds and a sense of bravery that can be one of his most productive assets, writes Helene Elliott. Plus: within the Lakers’ biggest hit of the season: how Matt Ryan hit a three-pointer.
Bob Baffert returns to Kentucky for the first time since last year’s Derthrough. The coach is embroiled in a bitter war with Churchill Downs Inc. , which banned him after then-Kentucky Derthrough winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a drug that is legal on race day. . Now, Baffert is at Keeneland, one of Kentucky’s two main tracks owned by CDI, along with Cave Rock, today’s teen favorite for 2-year-olds.
If you’re wondering what life is like for a child, take a guided tour of the ADU. In Angeles, where housing costs and rents are skyrocketing, secondary suites have become a difficult tool that allows homeowners to make the most of their properties. . But maybe you’re not sure about going into construction, or you just need to take a look at how others live. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence program is hosting a free, self-guided tour of 11-year secondary suites. M. A 3 p. m. on Saturday. Admission to all houses is free.
Buy apples and get ready. Our colleague Julie Giuffrida, coordinator of The Times Test Kitchen, analyzes which apples to use (crunchy, sour, juicy, sweet or sour) to flavor it in five recipes: oatmeal, salad and desserts. Cooked overnight in a very slow oven, it is a cross between noodle kugel and bread pudding.
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Don’t take this huge hospital bill at face value. That’s the recommendation of a couple who billed more than $10,000 through a Wisconsin hospital after one of them broke his arm while skiing. The patient, a doctor, and his wife, oversee billing for her husband’s doctor’s office. . It turns out the bill included a $7,000 procedure that was never completed. It took a year to reach a dead end; They even asked their attorney general for help. They have recommendations for others who dispute medical bills. NBC News
Would you sell your vacation days for money? In recent years, startups have partnered with employers to make up for workers’ unused vacation days. For corporations that don’t offer unlimited vacations, this can save them money; If a worker leaves later and wants to pay for vacation days, they may earn a higher salary at that time. Paid vacation balances have triggered the pandemic, helping systems spread. “The hard truth is that Americans are not spending all their free time. , a phenomenon that long preceded the pandemic. “Wired
This week, one hundred and nine years ago, on November 5, 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct was inaugurated. Forty thousand more people gathered in Sylmar to watch the water of the Owens Valley arrive. The Times wrote of the inauguration of its centenary: ” At 1:15 p. m. m. de that day, William Mulholland, the city’s leading water engineer, gave a signal and crews turned two metal wheels, opening doors that sent the first sparkling water to the San Fernando reservoir he was waiting for.
Mulholland the crowd cheering, “Here it is – take it. “
Deception and stealth were used to obtain land and water rights, and the structure brought its own drama when immigrants earning $2. 25 a day (minus 25 cents consistent with food) risked landslides, landslides, falling debris, and danger; At least 43 died. 280 miles of pipeline were installed and 142 tunnels (with 6 million pounds of dynamite) were built in five years. More information here.
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