John Gittelsohn

There’s a flurry of construction in Pacific Palisades, more than a year and a half after a wildfire ravaged the Los Angeles enclave in the most destructive blazes in Southern California history. There’s also a lot of frustration.

More than a year after wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, a nonprofit is advancing a plan to tap the public debt market to create housing in the slow-to-recover Los Angeles wealthy enclave.

Los Angeles County sued State Farm, California's largest home insurer, for alleged delays, denials and underpayments of property damage claims filed by victims of the massive January 2025 wildfires.

The Democratic Socialists of America’s Los Angeles chapter endorsed City Councilmember Nithya Raman for LA mayor, casting aside some members’ earlier reservations and bringing its organizing heft to her effort to unseat Karen Bass.

With interest rates staying high and billions in loans coming due, US cities and building owners are finally having to contend with the crisis.

Nithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles city councilor who’s running to unseat Mayor Karen Bass, vowed to do more to reverse a slump in Hollywood.

Fortastra, a Southern California-based startup led by a former SpaceX engineer, has closed a $30 million fundraising round to provide “bodyguards in space” that can help protect civilian and defense satellites.

Guggenheim Partners investors pulled $2.4 billion from its four largest mutual funds in September after reports that federal authorities are probing Chief Executive Officer Mark Walter’s business dealings.

Billionaire Gary Michelson has pledged $120 million to help establish a medical research institute in Los Angeles.

Rick Caruso, the billionaire Los Angeles mall developer, said he is voting for his former rival Karen Bass for mayor as she fights for reelection against Nithya Raman, a city council member and democratic socialist who is leading in the polls.