A former Tesla engineer who sued the company for defamation after she raised alarms about safety concerns and business practices won’t be able to make her case in open court after a ruling yesterday.
The engineer, Cristina Balan, said she’s likely to pursue her claims in arbitration.
A company “can come after you again and again and again for as long as they feel like it,” while avoiding the scrutiny of a public trial, she said. latimes.com/business/story…
Balan said she hopes her case, and the latest decision, will help drive support for arbitration reform bills wending their way through legislatures and Congress. latimes.com/business/story…
.@russ1mitchell covered Balan's fight against Tesla in depth last year.
To help local emergency officials prepare, the #California Geological Survey has released new maps that show the extent of flooding the worst tsunamis could produce in #LosAngelesCounty.
In a worst-case scenario -- an M9.3 underwater earthquake in Aleutian Trench off the Alaskan coastline -- a tsunami could hit SoCal hours later and flood parts of Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Long Beach & the nation’s two busiest ports.
Earthquakes along undersea faults near Catalina & Anacapa islands — plus submarine landslides off of the Palos Verdes Peninsula — could create tsunamis capable of flooding those same areas in just minutes.
Jay Leno has apologized for a number of jokes he made at the expense of the Korean and Chinese communities. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“I genuinely thought them to be harmless. I was making fun of our enemy North Korea, and like most jokes, there was a ring of truth to them,” he said, according to a Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) release. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“At the time, there was a prevailing attitude that some group is always complaining about something, so don’t worry about it,” he said.
Breaking: Gov. Newsom appointed Rob Bonta, Bay Area Democratic lawmaker as California attorney general. latimes.com/california/sto…
If confirmed by the state Legislature, Bonta, a resident of Alameda, will be the first Filipino American to serve as California attorney general. latimes.com/california/sto…
Newsom’s appointment fills a vacancy left by Xavier Becerra’s departure to become U.S. Health and Human Services secretary in the Biden administration after he was confirmed Thursday by the Senate. latimes.com/politics/story…
#Startwith8Hollywood began last year, as did a foundation launched by Los Angeles-based film editor Ri-Karlo Handy to help young people of color get their first jobs in the industry. latimes.com/entertainment-…
As the sun came up Wednesday morning, Echo Park residents, activists and homeless people rose up to protest a planned fencing and closure of Echo Park Lake. latimes.com/california/sto…
The Times' previously reported that the park would be fenced and closed by Thursday — a date that elected officials such as City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, who represents the area, refused to confirm. latimes.com/homeless-housi…
Since news of the park closure broke, O’Farrell’s office has been flooded with angry calls and emails.
In the park, encampment residents mingled with the community and decried the city’s response to homelessness writ large. latimes.com/homeless-housi…