Whenever his health insurance company faced a PR crisis, it was Wendell Potter's job to minimize the damage. Now Potter is speaking out against the practices he once defended.
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Commentator Patt Morrison recently had surgery. She has the scars to prove it. Not just from the scalpel—from having to deal with her health care insurance provider.
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It's the newest home to an annual event that has the eyes of the world focused on Los Angeles. Can you Name That Spot?
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A look at this seemingly normal American family. Normal except for the fact that Dad is dying from cancer.
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Less than one out of ten Hollywood movies is directed by a woman. Why the business making motion pictures remains a boy's club.
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Bob Iritano has a deadly form of cancer. He's fighting for his life. But as David Lazarus reports, he's also having to fight his health insurance company.
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Fighting for his life, and with his health insurer. Why Hollywood is still a man's world when it comes to directing. And Patt Morrison with a personal health care tale.
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Bob Iritano and his wife Karen talk with David Lazarus about the hoops they've had to jump through to get the the cancer treatment he needs.
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Looking for work? Here are ten tips from the experts on how to find and land that job.
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Writer Gustavo Arellano shares a tale about his father, the environment, and unemployment.
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With housing values tanking, some people are still finding was to squeeze money out of their houses — but renting them out as film locations
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Millions in California are unemployed. Millions more have taken jobs that pay far less than they used to make. David Lazarus on the life of the underemployed.
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Want to rent your house out as a location. You're not alone. But here's some tips to help you at least get your place an audition.
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Working, but "underemployed". Making your house pay, as a film location. And a personal tale of unemployment from Gustavo Arellano.
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Nailing down how many people are out of work in this down economy depends greatly on which measure you use. It's a difference of 10 million people, or more.
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Houses above the Hollywood sign? What's next, skateboarding on Mt. Rushmore? In our fractured imagination, exactly. A quick video tour of some iconic desecration.
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Need a break from the rat race? You can find some peace, and quiet, too, just an hour or so north of LA. In a little garden with spectacular views and acres of wild flowers...
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Girls boxing? Must be some newfangled "thang." But no. "Bruising Peg" and other "heroic females" had today's prizefighters beat—by more than a century.
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Award season means the appearance of a whole new crop of issue-based lapel ribbons. Our funny man, Brian Unger cracks the color code.
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By day she works with developmentally challenged infants. By night, she clobbers opponents in the ring. The LA Times' Steve Lopez on a real "Million Dollar Baby."
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While the City Council studies the problem, LA's budget deficit is growing, at about $14,000 an hour. Is this LA's moment of truth?
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The city of LA faces a fiscal crisis. And dawdles. Steve Lopez meets a feather weight boxer who's a real "Million Dollar Baby." And award season humor from Brian Unger.
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$179K a year. Free car, free gas, free parking. A staff of 20. A big pot of city money you can spend pretty much how you want. Just some of the perks of an LA Council member.
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TIMELINE: Where do America's wild horses come from? We take you back to prehistory to find out.
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Both political parties say they represent the people. But Patt Morrison wonders what the people really want?
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He inspired a book and a movie. Now, see and hear The Soloist perform, and get an update from Steve Lopez, the man who wrote the book.
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Too many wild horses, and too little open range. Why the animals that live to run free are being rounded up and stabled in corrals.
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Wild horses. There are just too many. Steve Lopez with an update on his friend, Nathaniel Ayers - The Soloist. And Patt Morrison on politics.
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It's a place for people - and dogs - to play, exercise and just relax. Plus, it has an amazing view of Los Angeles. And oil wells!
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Not unlike wild horses, the population of feral cats continues to increase. And it's led to a strange conflict between cat-lovers and bird aficionados.
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Get some simple, straight-forward and even old-fashioned tips about personal finance from one of the country's best known and most respected financial writers.
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You may have read the book or seen the movie. Now see the actual Soloist, Nathaniel Ayers perform on his cello with a pianist from the LA Phil.
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Get all the info, and a link to an online adoption application. Can't adopt an animal? Find out how else you can help.
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