California Lawmakers Divided Over Trans Pacific Partnership
With the Trans Pacific Partnership hanging on approval from federal lawmakers, Obama administration officials are busy praising the trade deal's benefits to the United States, and California. The Golden State has a lot riding on the vote.
Los Angeles Billionaire Eli Broad Eyes Buying the L.A. Times, Again
Ever since the Chicago-based Tribune Company bought Times-Mirror 15 years ago, some Los Angeles civic leaders have called for the L.A. Times to return to local control. After the paper fired a popular publisher and with more newsroom cuts this fall, those calls have grown louder. There's one buyer's name that keeps popping up again and again: Eli Broad. But there are mixed feelings about the 82-year-old billionaire philanthropist taking over the paper.