Ken Kurson, Author at California Globe

Reed Hastings Gave Over $4 million to Calif Politics in First Quarter

April 1, 2020 12:00 pmMarch 17, 2022 7:31 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. With the world’s population locked in its homes and can’t-look-away productions like Tiger King (and my personal favorite The Valhalla Murders), Netflix is on something of a...

Was Tom Steyer’s Campaign the Worst in Presidential History?

February 29, 2020 8:01 pmMarch 17, 2022 7:30 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. With the results in from South Carolina, a strong case can be made that Tom Steyer has just concluded the worst campaign in the history of presidential...

EXCLUSIVE: LA Times Editor and Publisher Show Up for Bloomberg

February 11, 2020 8:52 amMarch 16, 2022 2:11 pm

Diana Taylor, the longtime companion of Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg was the special guest at a series of four Bloomberg for President events yesterday in California. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

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HUD: Homeless population in California jumps by double digits

December 21, 2019 3:30 pmDecember 23, 2019 8:09 am

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has just released data from its 2019 Annual Homelessness Report to Congress and the picture is encouraging for much of the country and catastrophic for California. More than half the country –...

Author’s Stolen Photo Creates False Cancer Impression

December 10, 2019 3:13 pmMarch 16, 2022 1:12 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. As a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and winner of that genre’s prestigious Hugo Award, John Scalzi is one of the best-known...

As Housing Bills Collapse, Talk of Ballot Initiative Grows Louder

November 21, 2019 2:15 amNovember 21, 2019 1:48 pm

Governor Newsom has deemed California’s housing shortage to be a top priority. Last week, he convened the heads of more than a dozen top California-based companies to bring the private sector to the table in search of solutions to a...

CBS Sends Christoph Waltz and Liam Hemsworth to School

September 18, 2019 2:20 pmMarch 16, 2022 12:29 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Two years after the Harvey Weinstein scandal fundamentally shifted the balance of power in Hollywood, studios are taking steps to decrease their vulnerability to costly lawsuits filed...