Jane Goodall has died(latimes.com)

1188 points by jaredwiener 1 year ago | 161 comments

Los Angeles Times obituary reporting that primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her chimpanzee research, has died at 91.

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades(latimes.com)

654 points by ValentineC 9 months ago | 499 comments

Los Angeles Times business article reporting Warren Buffett stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades.

L.A. pilot guaranteeing families $1k/month shows 'transformative' results: study(latimes.com)

37 points by toomanyrichies 2 years ago | 36 comments

Caltrans exec who protested a freeway expansion gets demoted(latimes.com)

84 points by oftenwrong 3 years ago | 39 comments

Gavin Newsom wants to take smartphones out of schools(politico.com)

62 points by koolba 2 years ago | 74 comments

Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation(latimes.com)

343 points by ohjeez 3 years ago | 166 comments

Los Angeles Times article on how California's free prison phone calls are helping inmates repair family relationships and supporting rehabilitation.

California bans legacy admissions at private universities(nytimes.com)

535 points by JumpCrisscross 2 years ago | 563 comments

New York Times article reporting that California has banned legacy admissions preferences at private universities such as Stanford and USC.

All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free(themessenger.com)

661 points by pessimizer 3 years ago | 507 comments

News article reporting that California's budget under Gov. Newsom covers tuition, room and board for foster youth at any state university or community college.

California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got data to study education(edsource.org)

356 points by nradov 3 years ago | 212 comments

EdSource article on California's effort to bar Stanford researchers who received state education data from giving legal testimony, which the ACLU says violates the First Amendment.

California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.

Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal(nytimes.com)

557 points by jbegley 1 month ago | 409 comments

New York Times article on a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal; the capture shows a captcha page.

US High school students' scores fall in reading and math(apnews.com)

496 points by bikenaga 1 year ago | 964 comments

AP News article reporting that US 12th-grade students' NAEP math and reading scores declined, continuing a yearslong downward trend.