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Should LA Airbnb hosts pay hotel taxes?
LA city officials will send notification about collecting and paying city hotel taxes to people advertising rentals on Airbnb and similar sites. Other cities, including San Francisco, have begun to...
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Why millennials are terrified of credit cards
A window sticker advertising Visa and MasterCard credit cards hangs in a window in San Francisco, California.; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe conventional methods of building credit are being...
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Can NFL's Roger Goodell repair the tarnished shield?
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell looks on prior to the start of the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on May 8, 2014 in New York City. ; Credit: Elsa/Getty ImagesAccording to an...
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LAPD union, city declare impasse in salary negotiations
Los Angeles Police Department officers are deployed around the police headquarters on February 7, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.; Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesIn a self-declared “highly...
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Drawing lessons from SF and NY in dealing with Airbnb-type short-term rentals
The Airbnb website is displayed on a laptop on April 21, 2014 in San Anselmo, California. ; Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesServices like Airbnb and VRBO have proven to be a boon for travelers who...
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Quiz: LA’s best burritos and the bracket that should have been
Journalist Anna Maria Barry-Jester, FiveThirtyEight's "burrito correspondent," has determined America's best burrito.; Credit: FiveThirtyEightQUIZ | MAPNate Silver’s burrito bracket collected 64 great...
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Filmweek: “Dolphin Tale 2,” “The Drop,” “The Skeleton Twins” and more
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig star in "The Skeleton Twins."Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major, Lael Loewenstein and Charles Solomon review this week’s releases, including “Dolphin Tale 2,”...
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Classic filmmaker’s ‘showmanship’ honored in new book
“Showmanship: The Cinema of William Castle” by Joe JordanThe mastermind behind 56 feature films, including House on Haunted Hill, Strait-Jacket and The Tingler is now the central figure in Joe Jordan’s...
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Bike talk: how to navigate the new bike buffer zone
People ride along a controversial bike lane on Prospect Park West on August 17, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.; Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesA new California law will require...
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California sushi lovers may share tainted rice nightmare
Sushi rice. ; Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioA class action lawsuit filed against Sacramento-based Farmer’s Rice Cooperative is accusing the company of selling tainted rice to thousands of...
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Mayor Garcetti asks neighboring cities to raise minimum wage
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Councilman Eric Garcetti holds a union sponsored campaign flier, which is being distrubuted in the poor Latino neighborhoods of Los Angeles telling voters that...
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Police procedure at issue in LAPD detaining 'Django Unchained' actress
Actress Danielle Watts arrives at a screening of Tribeca Film's "Struck By Lightning" at the Chinese Cinema 6 Theaters on January 6, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. ; Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty...
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Peterson case raises corporal punishment debate
Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings takes the field against Chicago Bears on December 1, 2013 at Mall of America Field at the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ; Credit:...
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Polls show Scots torn over vote for independence from U.K
Duncan Thomson, Brian McCutcheon, John Patterson and Arthur Murdoch, from King of Scots Robert the Bruce Society, hold the Scottish flags as they prepare to vote in the Scottish independence referendum...
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Why L.A.’s rush hour construction ban is costing you money
A Los Angeles traffic officer assists a driver at the road closure where construction crews are demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge that spans the 405 Freeway September 29, 2012.;...
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Is entrepreneurship dead in the US?
Andrew Kaplan, right, a product marketing manager at Linkedin, leads a session of The Last Mile at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. ; Credit: Eric Risberg/APEntrepreneurship has long...
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Inside this week’s bipartisan Benghazi committee hearings and Congress's...
Gregory Hicks testifies May 8, 2013 about the Benghazi attack before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, while Mark Thompson, left, and Eric Nordstrom, listen.; Credit: Brendan...
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Reverse mortgage applicants expected to face tougher scrutiny
The reflection of blue skies and palm trees are seen in the window of a Countrywide banking and home loans location offering "reverse mortgages" in Sun City, Arizona, 27 October 2007. ; Credit:...
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If our power grid is giving out now, how are we preparing for the future?
A view of the power lines as evening settles December 11, 2000 in Pico Rivera.; Credit: David McNew/Getty ImagesSouthern California residents have tried to keep cool since last week, when temperatures...
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New campaign looks to boost tips for hotel workers
Housekeeper Tarasita Cain changes the sheets at hotel in downtown Los Angeles.; Credit: KPCC / Sanden TottenFor many consumers, hotel tipping is an imperfect science. Now, Marriott brand hotels have...
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