In the late ’90s, gambling on Internet stocks was considered a national pastime. After speculators lost their “overnight” fortunes in the crash of 2001, they found alternative frills to gamble with their remaining money. Read more...

Networking is the buzz word at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and besides showing up at alumni and corporate recruitment events, it has infiltrated student life through clubs. Read more...

The defense for DeShawn Stringer, the man accused of raping a UCLA student nearly two years ago, rested its case Monday, and lawyers for both sides are scheduled for closing arguments today. Read more...

City council closes meeting The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said the Beverly Hills City Council violated California’s open-meeting law when it refused to allow three opponents of a proposed hotel to speak at an Aug. Read more...

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Proposition 63 would dramatically increase funding for mental health programs in California. But the measure is the wrong solution for a serious problem. The treatment and prevention of psychological illnesses is a crucial responsibility of government, but Proposition 63 would set inflexible requirements, selectively tax a few, and further limit the ability of the legislature to allocate the state’s money. Read more...

Proposition 59 will help protect the simple but important right to open government by amending the state constitution with current open record and meeting laws. California already requires most governmental meetings to be public and state records to be accessible, but the legislature could easily modify these laws at any time. Read more...