[2][1] He attended Ojai Valley School and Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California) before heading north to attend and graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a degree in history.

[3] David Lazarus has written pieces for Los Angeles Times about consumer affairs and business topics including YouTube,[4] AT&T[5] and BMW-customer service issues.

[7] Lazarus also worked for The San Francisco Examiner,The Bangkok Post, and The Japan Times.

[1] He won first place in the 2005 National Headliner Awards contest for business reporting.

Lazarus[11] is the author of two books on Japan, where he lived for several years, and has had articles published in many magazines.