David Lazarus

@davidlaz.bsky.social

Emmy-winning money guy for KTLA Channel 5. Former LA Times. I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

Coming up on #KTLA: Elon Musk's money-losing SpaceX is tanking after revealing it spent more than $18 billion over the last three months, mostly on AI. That's way more than analysts had expected for a company without profit

Coming up on #KTLA: Elon Musk's SpaceX has posted its first quarterly results since going public in June. It's still losing money. Lots of money. But that's not stopping it from claiming it can profit from orbiting AI data centers

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The Dow is up nearly 1,000 points after the Treasury secretary, who has nothing to do with defense or diplomacy, says there's 'a chance' a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz could come 'today or tomorrow.' I'll have more on #KTLA next hour

Coming up on #KTLA: The Trump administration says it's spent billions of U.S. taxpayers' money propping up the Japanese yen because we're good guys. In reality, there's a more self-interested reason. I'll explain (in plain English)

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Coming up on #KTLA: Stocks surged early in the day on claims from President Trump that Iran is ready for peace talks. After Iran shot that down, investors switched their focus to high-flying tech shares

Coming up on #KTLA: Those nasty cases of explosive diarrhea linked to Mexican lettuce turn out to be bad news for California famers. Simply put, restaurants and consumers aren't buying lettuce regardless of where it's been grown