Laurence Darmiento covers finance, insurance, aerospace and dealmakers in Southern California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the paper in 2015 as an assistant business editor and has overseen finance, real estate and Washington business coverage. Previously he had been the managing editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal and was a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News and other outlets. A New York native, he is an alumnus of Cornell University.
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July 29, 2024
Manhattan Beach EV-maker Fisker went bankrupt last month after several thousand buyers acquired the premium electric SUV that debuted only last year. Now the owners have banded together to make sure they can get parts and service and operate vehicles some bought for as much as $60,000.
July 29, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday cleared SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket to resume launch operations as it continues a probe into a failure of the rocket’s second stage this month.
July 26, 2024
Engineers said they identified problems with the Starliner capsule that have kept two astronauts at the International Space Station, but no return date to Earth is set.
July 25, 2024
Elon Musk’s announcement that he’s moving SpaceX headquarters to Texas could present a blow to Hawthorne and the Southern California space economy that it helped to revive.
July 19, 2024
A group of businessmen came together during the pandemic and made $5 billion in revenue selling COVID tests to the British government. Then the lawsuits started.
July 17, 2024
Citing street crime and new transgender school law he calls the last straw, Elon Musk says he is moving the headquarters of SpaceX and X from California to Texas.
July 16, 2024
SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 that services the International Space Station failed Thursday night on a routine mission to place Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
July 12, 2024
Allstate, the sixth largest homeowners’ insurer in California, has filed for an average 34% rate increase that if approved could take effect later this year.
July 11, 2024
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spent July 4 aboard the International Space Station as NASA and Boeing officials try to figure out what’s wrong with Starliner’s thrusters.
July 5, 2024