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Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has already spent $50,000 trying to make the 405 Freeway better – and he’s willing to pay even more. Musk said he is open to pay the cost of adding workers to the widening project "as a contribution to the city and...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Satellite Technology, Traffic, Tesla Motors, Inc., Highway Transportation
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Elon Musk really, really hates traffic jams
Apparently, billionaire Elon Musk is channeling John F. Kennedy, who famously intoned, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Musk, who wasn’t even born when Kennedy gave his inaugural...
Tags: SpaceX, Highway Transportation, Transportation, John F. Kennedy, Hybrid Vehicles
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405 project stuck in the slow lane
Elon Musk quips that it's easier getting rockets into orbit than navigating his commute between home in Bel-Air and his Space Exploration Technologies factory in Hawthorne. "The 405 … varies from bad to horrendous," said Musk, who also co-founded...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Zev Yaroslavsky, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, SpaceX, Employees
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L.A. Now Live: 405 Freeway widening woes to continue
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has formally acknowledged the completion of the widening of the Sepulveda Pass on the 405 Freeway will be delayed at least 13 months. Projected date for completion is now mid-2014. A variety...
Tags: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, SpaceX, Hybrid Vehicles
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Another fumble for Mark Zuckerberg (not the Facebook IPO)
How much egg can one face take? I really never thought I would say these words, but poor Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook’s public launch was a disaster, and just when he’s trying to develop some real political muscle, someone leaked his plan...
Tags: Joe Green, Mark Zuckerberg, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Politics
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Producers Guild inaugural Digital VIP awards find opulent setting
The Producers Guild of America honored nine people for their contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in an event held in the Bel Air mansion of entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Digital VIP awards celebration attracted...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Literature, Walt Disney, SpaceX
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Sean Parker spending millions, employing hundreds in June wedding
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook billionaire and tech mogul Sean Parker has a staff of hundreds and is spending millions to create a whimsical backdrop for his fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur to Alexandra Lenas, a source tells us. The total price tag could climb...
Tags: Weddings, Social Media, Family, Sean Parker, Marriage
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Mark Zuckerberg's foray into politics is delayed by leaked memo
SAN FRANCISCO -- In Silicon Valley, start-ups launch in beta all the time and work out the kinks as they go. Apparently that approach doesn't work as well in Washington. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's new political advocacy start-up hasn't even...
Tags: Reid Hoffman, Zynga Inc., Joe Green, Politics, Conservation
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For the record
UCLA basketball: An article in the April 3 Sports section about the hiring of Steve Alford by UCLA said that the new basketball coach would bring along his son, Kyle, to play for the Bruins. Bryce is the son who will join UCLA's team. Mobile payment...Tags: Maud Adams
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Silicon Valley start-ups criticize state money transmission law
California is applying money-transfer laws to high-tech start-ups and others in the business of moving funds, subjecting them to the same strict regulations and heavy scrutiny as financial service companies. And that has some Silicon Valley...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Business Institutions
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Review: Tesla's electric Model S is a truly competitive premium sedan
The Tesla Model S may be a silent car, but other automakers will no doubt hear it coming. In its first crack at a premium sedan, the Silicon Valley electric-car maker has matched or beaten the likes of the Audi A7 or Mercedes-Benz CLS — products...
Tags: Technology, Mercedes-Benz, Lotus, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nissan
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Q&A: Meg Whitman on fixing HP and Autonomy's accounting troubles
Last month, the Los Angeles Times sat down with Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, to discuss her first 15 months on the job. The story from that interview ran earlier this month. The interview came just a few weeks after HP announced that it had...
Tags: Fraud, Startups, Hewlett-Packard Co., Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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