# Los Angeles Times

> Los Angeles Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in United States. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean left**.

- **Domain:** latimes.com
- **Website:** https://www.latimes.com
- **Country:** United States
- **Region:** North America
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean left
- **Founded:** 1881

## About

The Los Angeles Times arrives daily as the largest metro daily on the US west coast and the centre-left voice of California politics, Hollywood, immigration, and Pacific-facing foreign affairs. Since 2018 it has been the private holding of biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, whose ownership intersects periodically with editorial direction. The 2024 endorsement-killing controversy made the owner-newsroom relationship visible in a way most US papers avoid.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Nant Capital LLC (Patrick Soon-Shiong, since 2018)
- **Funding:** Subscriptions, digital and print advertising, events
- **Focus areas:** California politics and policy, Hollywood and entertainment, immigration and the West, climate and environment, investigative reporting


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [One dead, more than a dozen unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood](https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-30/grand-canyon-flash-flood-leaves-more-than-20-missing) — 2026-08-30T22:34:46.000Z
- [NASA's Roman Space Telescope, set to probe universe with JPL tech, launches on SpaceX rocket](https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-08-30/nasas-roman-space-telescope-launches-with-jpl-tech-aboard) — 2026-08-30T14:52:07.000Z
- [Barabak: Don't look now, but suddenly the U.S. Senate is in play](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-30/midterm-election-senate-control-alaska-iowa-maine-michigan-ohio-texas) — 2026-08-30T10:00:00.000Z
- [A conservative California upbringing paved Natalie Harp's way to Trump](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-08-30/conservative-california-upbringing-paved-natalie-harps-way-to-trump) — 2026-08-30T10:00:00.000Z
- [France's wildfire nightmare echoes California's hard lessons on building in the woods](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-08-30/frances-wildfire-nightmare-echoes-californias-hard-lessons-on-building-in-woods) — 2026-08-30T10:00:00.000Z
- [NASA's new space telescope will aid hunt for 'Earth twins' and seek the fate of the universe](https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2026-08-28/new-nasa-telescope-fate-of-universe-earth-twins) — 2026-08-28T18:49:45.000Z
- ['We won.' 'Winding down.' 'Close to over.' Six months of Trump on the Iran war](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-08-28/we-won-winding-down-close-to-over-six-months-of-trump-on-iran-war) — 2026-08-28T10:00:00.000Z
- [Meta's 'Big Tobacco moment' leaves parents asking if social media is too dangerous for kids](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-08-28/metas-massive-settlement-may-not-be-enough-to-improve-child-safety-experts-say) — 2026-08-28T10:00:00.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-05-10. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 9 (4 themes).

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