L.A. Influential
Steve Ballmer’s biggest bet wasn’t buying the Clippers or keeping them in L.A., but building the Intuit Dome in the heart of the Lakers’ ancestral home.
Clippers
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer says he hated losing Paul George, but added that the contract they offered him “wasn’t what Paul wanted.”
Awards
The director took the best picture Oscar for his 2013 drama ’12 Years a Slave.’ Can he do it again?
Sports
Recently acquired superstar Luka Doncic pledges $500,000 to wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles ahead of his debut Monday with the Lakers.
California
LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie, who oversaw the West Bureau by the UCLA campus, will take over UCLA’s Office of Campus Safety in February.
Mayor Karen Bass selected developer and civic leader Steve Soboroff to lead Los Angeles’ recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Palisades fire.
Steve Kerr, coach of the Warriors and the U.S. Olympic basketball team, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz.
Watch L.A.
Television
Jimmy Kimmel praised the Watch Duty app, Steve Guttenberg and first responders in his first opening monologue since the start of the ‘very scary’ L.A. fires.
Business
Steve Davis is helping recruit staff at DOGE, Elon Musk’s effort to reduce government waste, in addition to his day job as president of Musk’s tunneling startup, the Boring Company.