L.A. city attorney likely to be first incumbent ousted in primary in nearly 100 years ^41.1%

Los Angeles Times - By Sonja Sharp, James Queally - 6/5/2026, 10:00 AM

Negativity Bias 24.7% - Appeal to Emotion 21.7% - Hasty Generalization 20.8%

The last time Angelenos sacked an incumbent city attorney in the primaries, almost 30% of them were unemployed. That was May 2, 1933, the nadir of the Great Depression, when sprawling encampments blanketed downtown, King Kong ruled movie theaters and violent crime reached a fever pitch not seen again for almost half a century. Incumbent... more

Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids ^0%

Los Angeles Times - By Sonja Sharp - 3/25/2026, 5:31 PM

After a grueling seven weeks of court proceedings and more than 40 hours of tense deliberations across nine days in one of the country’s most closely watched civil trials, jurors handed down a landmark decision in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, finding Instagram and YouTube responsible for the suffering of a Chico woman who... more