California
Laurene Powell Jobs, billionaire businesswoman and widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, just paid $94 million for an oceanfront spread in Malibu’s Paradise Cove.
Awards
The director took the best picture Oscar for his 2013 drama ’12 Years a Slave.’ Can he do it again?
LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie, who oversaw the West Bureau by the UCLA campus, will take over UCLA’s Office of Campus Safety in February.
Mayor Karen Bass selected developer and civic leader Steve Soboroff to lead Los Angeles’ recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Palisades fire.
Business
Steve Davis is helping recruit staff at DOGE, Elon Musk’s effort to reduce government waste, in addition to his day job as president of Musk’s tunneling startup, the Boring Company.
Sports
Steve Kerr, coach of the Warriors and the U.S. Olympic basketball team, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz.
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Television
Jimmy Kimmel praised the Watch Duty app, Steve Guttenberg and first responders in his first opening monologue since the start of the ‘very scary’ L.A. fires.
Tom Brady calls NFL games on Fox, but as part owner of the Raiders, he can’t criticize other teams or game officials, or attend broadcast production meetings to prepare for games.
Steve McQueen set out to bring the ‘ghosts’ of wartime London to light in ‘Blitz,’ a movie centered on the love between a single mother and her son.