David Lazarus
@davidlaz
Emmy-winning money guy for KTLA Channel 5. Former LA Times. I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.
Coming up on #KTLA: Young adults are apparently having a tough time finding love. The rising cost of a date is a turn-off, and nearly half of Gen Z says it's disrupting their financial goals
Coming up on #KTLA: Let's talk broken water mains and water damage, at least from an insurance perspective. Speaking of which, employers are facing the highest insurance costs in 16 years (guess who'll pay for that)
I’m totally ready to talk about flood insurance today as Hollywood deals with a massive water main break
Coming up on #KTLA: A prenup typically sets rules for dividing a couple's assets. But what about a spouse who leaves the workforce to look after kids? What about the earnings she or he gave up? A new breed of prenups address this
Coming up on #KTLA: After squandering billions on the 'metaverse,' Facebook parent Meta is now all-in on smartglasses that can record everything you see and hear. Privacy violations much?
Coming up on #KTLA: Federal officials are demanding fixes for self-driving robotaxis blocking emergency vehicles or cruising into emergency scenes. Was this technology unleashed without sufficient advance testing?
Coming up on #KTLA: Thanks to a new state law, Oregon's top utility is slapping a hefty rate hike on AI data centers. Could California do the same? Should it?
Teddy is 15 — that’s 105 to you and me — and he still blows off steam by digging up the backyard
Coming up on #KTLA: It turns out diet drugs don't just suppress your appetite. They also dull your taste buds. A leading food company is responding by giving its products more kick
‘No, Lupin, I don’t think he’s considering the feelings of Greenland cats’
Coming up on #KTLA: So-called 'Trump accounts' are now live. For parents, this creates a difficult choice -- fund your kid's retirement through these accounts or fund your kid's education through a 529 plan
Coming up on #KTLA: Google and Amazon set ambitious environmental goals for themselves. Thanks to their AI data centers, both companies are now moving in the wrong direction
The only good thing about Teddy being hard of hearing is that the Fourth of July is no longer a problem
Coming up on #KTLA: President Trump credited his more than $2 billion windfall last year on the strong stock market. 'Everybody's profiting,' he said. Not exactly. Eighty-eight percent of stocks and mutual funds are held by the top 10% of earners
Coming up on #KTLA: Let's talk Tay-Tay. Her much-rumored marriage to Travis Kelce will have logistical challenges unlike virtually all other weddings. And then there's the prenup ...
Coming up on #KTLA: California's gas tax goes up tomorrow. I'll run down how much more pain you'll feel at the pump -- and what changes are likely as electric vehicles reduce annual tax revenue
Coming up on #KTLA: Comcast says it's spinning off NBCUniversal into a separate company. We'll look at what may be next for the Hollywood heavyweight
Coming up on #KTLA: A new report finds that seniors in most states won't have enough income and savings to cover costs in their retirement years. It's an issue our political leaders need to address
Coming up on #KTLA: It's a sad commentary on the U.S. healthcare system that a billionaire SoCal CEO needs to generously donate millions of dollars to relieve people of their medical debt
Coming up on #KTLA: President Trump, like former President Biden before him, expressed astonishment that gas prices go up fast but come down slowly. Price gouging? Maybe. But experts say this is typical of energy markets. I'll explain why