FilmLA names longtime veteran Denise Gutches as new CEO
Longtime FilmLA executive Denise Gutches has been named the nonprofit’s new chief executive.Gutches, who has served as FilmLA’s chief financial and operating officer since 2011,…
Trump wants to ax affordable housing grant; rural areas will be hurt
Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural…
In the nation’s poorest congressional district, federal funding cuts create perfect storm
NEW YORK — On a sweltering summer day, children leap between rocks along the Bronx River while cyclists pedal on newly paved paths. Kayaks rest on what…
After nearly 60 years, Corp. for Public Broadcasting shuts down
The Corp. for Public Broadcasting said Friday it was shutting down, about one week after President Trump signed legislation stripping its funding.The group, which administers…
Trump squanders money on a parade instead of helping the needy
CONCORD, Calif. — On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and…
Blake Lively drops claims of emotional distress against Justin Baldoni
In the latest twist in the legal saga between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, Lively is dropping two claims against Baldoni of emotional distress. As…
The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it
PORTLAND, Ore. — One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North…
Haitians with HIV defy stigma as they denounce USAID defunding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A video showing dozens of people marching toward the office of Haiti’s prime minister elicited gasps from some viewers as it circulated recently on…
OpenAI says its nonprofit board will remain in control of its for-profit business
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Monday that its nonprofit will remain in control over its for-profit business, as the startup moves forward with plans to change…
After backlash, OpenAI says company will remain under non-profit control
1 of 2 | On a call, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (seen in January at the White House in Washington, D.C.) touched on the company's…
Funding cuts threaten to deepen hunger crisis in U.S.
NEW YORK — The Campaign Against Hunger was already struggling to feed thousands of families a week when the Trump administration pulled more than $1.3 million in…
Hope Florida: A timeline of how a DeSantis-backed state charity was accused of wrongdoing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Scrutiny of a welfare program that is the signature initiative of Casey DeSantis, Florida’s first lady, is threatening to undermine a potential run to…
Newsom makes $24 generic Narcan available to all Californians
SACRAMENTO — California residents are now eligible to buy naloxone — the generic drug for Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses — for $24 through…
Sexual misconduct allegations cast shadow on nonprofit that works with colleges to help injured veterans
WASHINGTON — Jon Monett, a former science official at the CIA who has been compared to the technical genius Q in the James Bond spy movies and…
Trump administration guts board of U.S. Institute of Peace, a nonprofit agency
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace — an independent nonprofit organization established and funded by Congress that…
L.A. City Council member starting nonprofit. Ethics experts have questions
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, giving you the latest on city and county…
Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production,…
Golden Globes ends policy of paying 50 voting members $75,000 salaries
The Golden Globes has terminated its policy of paying $75,000 annual salaries to former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. Helen Hoehne, the organization’s…
Emergency fundraisers offer a lifeline to groups that lost foreign aid
NEW YORK — Though they know they can never replace all the money lost due to the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, nonprofits are fundraising to…
Caruso nonprofit joins with builder to give fire victims prefab homes
Can prefab homes accelerate the rebuilding of Altadena and Pacific Palisades?The new foundation launched by Rick Caruso is hoping it will, announcing on Wednesday a…