L.A. touts success at blocking tee time brokers from city golf courses

For years, it was an open secret. Brokers scooped tee times at public golf courses in Los Angeles, profiting from taxpayer-owned recreation, and selling Prime slots online. The golfer complained about the extreme difficulties that come into contact with the impossible to play on untouched, affordable municipal courses like Griffith Park and Rancho Park. The […]

California lawmakers propose banning sales from dog brokers

California lawmakers announced three bills Tuesday, with the aim of cracking down on puppy sales from out-of-state mass breeders. Consumer protection. The move, in a Times survey last year, revealed that many doodles, French bulldogs and other expensive dogs from profit-led popular breeders were poured into the state from the Midwest, and was small. It […]