John Lehr

Hollywood’s Most Affable Caveman

John Lehr’s most famous “role,” if you can call it that, masks a personality that is, at heart, a persistent smile. You’ve seen him—and heard him—over the years as the funniest caveman in the commercials for Geico insurance. The running joke in the commercials, in case you’re among the few who haven’t seen them, is that Geico’s pitch of “it’s so easy to use Geico.com, a caveman can do it” triggers outrage among present-day cavemen, all of whom resemble hairy museum displays of homo erectus yet speak in the language …

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Los Angeles Times Reporter Maura Dolan

Life On the Working Mom’s Beat

Los Angeles Times reporter Maura Dolan is based in San Francisco and covers legal affairs, including the California Supreme Court and the 9th Circuit. Before moderating a panel on what …

I Know Who Can Save San Diego

Californians Love Outside Rescuers. This One’s a Mayor, and He’s In the Neighborhood.

Stay classy? That may be too much to ask of San Diego these days.

“America’s Finest City” is in the middle of another one of its routine, self-destructive crises of local …