In the midst of filming, Erika filed for divorce from husband Tom Girardi, just as the powerful attorney and Democratic political donor was accused of stealing millions from his clients. latimes.com/california/sto…
So what did the season leave out?
"The widows and orphans and other alleged victims of Girardi mostly remain out of the picture, and if they’re discussed, it’s in a vague or remote way, or as rhetorical bludgeons," says @MattHjournolatimes.com/california/sto…
The Times' reporting became a central plot element this season, which appeared on screen and dissected at length by Erika’s cast mates. latimes.com/entertainment-…
"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast members Sutton Stracke, Garcelle Beauvais and Crystal Kung Minkoff share their own thoughts on the Erika situation. latimes.com/entertainment-…
So where do things stand at present in the case against Tom Girardi?
"The trustees are in the process of identifying all assets for Girardi’s estate and his law firm. They are getting all of Erika’s financial records," says @latimesharrietlatimes.com/california/sto…
The global supply chain works like a giant conveyor belt that shuttles containers packed with goods to manufacturers and retailers around the globe, then back to be refilled.
To show what’s gone wrong, we illustrated the journey of one container filled with a popular holiday gift — board games — from its manufacturer in China to its destination in the Midwest.
The immense fundraising challenges for LACMA’s $750 million new building crystallized this week: the campaign stands at $679 million — a mere $24-million jump from where it stood more than a year ago. latimes.com/entertainment-…
LACMA is racing to complete its controversial new building, designed by Pritzker-winning Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Construction of the building, which LACMA aims to complete in 2024, has slowed this year due to on-site fossil finds. Construction costs, considering supply chain issues, labor shortages and inflation, could easily be ballooning. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The agency’s Domestic Highway Enforcement Team, which pulled over motorists on the 5 Freeway in search of drugs, was suspended in 2018 after a Times investigation found Latinos were disproportionately targeted. latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
The county’s inspector general later found the team “had a constitutionally troubling impact on Latino drivers.”latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
Stops were conducted most frequently in places such as South El Monte, Commerce, Maywood and Willowbrook, where the populations are heavily Latino, and least frequently in wealthier, whiter areas. latimes.com/projects/la-co…
Since 2017 more than 1,300 bike riders were stopped in South El Monte, a working-class city where more than 82% of residents are Latino.
The city’s stop rate is 10 times higher than that of Malibu, a mostly white city where only 80 cyclists were stopped. latimes.com/california/sto…
Deputies stopped fewer than 10 riders in upscale neighborhoods such as Agoura Hills and Westlake Village.
In the affluent South Bay enclave of Rolling Hills Estates, deputies stopped just six riders. latimes.com/projects/la-co…
“As a lifelong fan and partial owner of the Green Bay Packers, I was devastated Wednesday morning to hear Aaron Rodgers tested positive for the coronavirus and that he is also unvaccinated,” reads a guest essay for @latimesopinion. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
“I remember listening to a press conference Rodgers gave in August, before the season began. He said he was ‘immunized,’ a strange word to use, I thought, instead of ‘vaccinated,’ but he quickly followed it by saying he would not ‘judge’ unvaccinated players.”
“ESPN reported Wednesday morning that before training camp, Rodgers asked the NFL if he could have an alternate treatment count as vaccination.”
“I’d rather go slow on the sidewalk than risking my life,” said Sirilo Villalpando, a Latino rider stopped in East L.A. in April for riding on the sidewalk.
Surveys conducted by the nonprofit L.A. County Bicycle Coalition found riders are twice as likely to ride on the sidewalk on streets with no bike lanes than those with them.