Tag: Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles fire officials were reportedly distracted by special requests from politicians and high-profile residents during the first crucial hours of the Woolsey Fire last November, an after-action report of the wildfire said this week. The requests were mostly to ensure the safety of specific homes as the fire spread rapidly through the county, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The review did not say which politicians and VIPs were involved or how the requests affected the firefight. “We have to understand we probably have some of the wealthiest communities in America, and with that comes a certain amount of political power,” Los Angeles Fire Assistant Chief Tim Ernst said in the interview Friday, the Times reported. He said that any requests should go through the proper channels to make sure they don’t become a distraction. Ernst added that requests from politicians are common during most large-scale wildfires. Four people died in the fire that started Nov. 8 and burned 96,949 acres; it was the most destructive wildfire in modern California history with more than 1,600 structures were destroyed. The Ventura County Fire Department used up most of its resources on the Hill Fire which started just before the Woolsey Fire but burned fewer than 5,000 acres, leaving the LAFD and L.A. County Fire Department to deal with the Woolsey Fire themselves, the L.A. Times reported. During the initial hours of the fire, firefighters reportedly said there wasn’t enough water, direction and communication from fire incident leaders.

JP Morgan Chase Los Angeles Times Mastercard New York Times Sinovation Ventures Standard Chartered Thrive Uber Viacom World Bank It was hailed as the start of Saudi Arabia's revamping of its oil-based economy, but a week before its opening the second edition of the kingdom's prestigious economic Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference has turned into a PR disaster for the country. More than 10 of the largest and most prominent attendees have said they will no longer go to the summit following the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The Financial Times will not be partnering with the FII conference in Riyadh while the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains unexplained. — Finola McDonnell (@FinolaMcD) October 12, 2018 CNN has withdrawn its participation in the Saudi Future Investment Initiative Conference. US Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin has said he will attend but will be monitoring the situation. "But his attendance, on the other hand, would signify that President Trump's interest in the bottom line - in the form of the oft-repeated billion-dollar arms deal between the US and Saudi - is winning out over the US leading on global human rights." "I hope that having more and more companies pulling out [of the event] will show that this [case] is something that cannot be disregarded and that international organisations and governments should make more serious statements on it," Zaccara said. According to Zaccara, it is especially important to see what these companies do once the dust from the Khashoggi disappearance has settled. "After the summit [Saudi Arabia's] position will be, 'Now what are you going to do? When that happens, the bottom line might become the most important aspect, putting human rights abuses on the backburner again.

He worked for 17 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer, only to leave for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. That news organization is the Atlantic, which has announced that the 62-year-old Loeb will take over in July as politics editor. “Yeah, we want to beat everybody all the time,” says Goldberg, while acknowledging that the Atlantic isn’t going to match the firepower of the Times and The Post. Under Loeb’s management, the Houston Chronicle was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. There was no other story in town. “Nobody covers hurricanes at this paper full-time, and now everyone is covering hurricanes at this paper full-time,” said Loeb at the time. The magazine turned a profit in 2010 for the first time in a long time, thanks to aggressive digital maneuvers. Now 65, Bradley has sold a majority stake in Atlantic Media to Emerson Collective, the good-deed outfit headed by Laurene Powell Jobs. “Laurene becoming partners with David Bradley means that we can grow even faster,” says Goldberg. “I said welcome to the Internet,” says Goldberg.

Few topics have been as incendiary in California as illegal immigration, with intense arguments about whether those who cross borders are a reminder of the American dream or a sign of its demise. For starters, neither effort sprang from measurable public anger. In late 1993, then-Gov. Pete Wilson said that "our state is facing a crisis in illegal immigration." In the spring of 2010, GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner warned of "the strain" the issue was causing. Both men ultimately built campaigns around an effort to deny government services based on citizenship. Fast forward to May 2016, just before the state's current debate, and a remarkably similar snapshot: Only 6% of likely voters in a PPIC poll saw illegal immigration as the biggest issue. Five times as many said it was jobs and the economy. "It is a crisis — that's the point we're at in California," Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) said at a White House meeting, with Trump sitting next to her and nodding in agreement. Statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection suggest otherwise.

Seth Meyers' monologue from Thursday, October 12. » Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth » Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ » Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Follow Late Night on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LateNightSeth…