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Airbnb said it plans to go public in 2020, a long-awaited move by the company that is both loved and reviled for disrupting the hotel business.
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On Friday, the Impossible Burger will make its retail debut at 27 Gelson’s Markets stores in Southern California.
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Rivian hasn’t ever mass-produced a truck or SUV. But the electric-vehicle start-up has backers including Amazon and Ford, and Jeff Bezos just announced a big order.
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Trump’s authority to revoke California’s waiver from federal clean air rules rests on a very shaky legal foundation.
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Apple tumbled to No. 24 in a report on China’s top brands, falling from No. 11 a year ago and No. 5 before the trade war began. Huawei rose to No. 2.
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Walgreens and FedEx partners with Alphabet Inc.’s Wing to begin a first-of-its-kind drone delivery service in October.
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The trade war that President Trump started with China to protect domestic companies is starting to bite steelmakers.
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Boeing’s troubled KC-46 tanker isn’t likely to be usable for Air Force operations for three to four more years because the contractor has made little progress in fixing flaws with a vision system needed to dispense fuel.
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NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman George Cheeks is asking $1.595 million for his Hollywood penthouse after paying $2.075 million for the condo two years ago.
In Miami Beach, retired NBA star Dwyane Wade is asking $32.5 million for his 14,000-square-foot waterfront mansion with a Miami Heat-themed basketball court.
Take a look at what roughly $2 million buys right now in the beach towns of Venice, Malibu and Manhattan Beach.
Artist-designer Kim Gordon, known for her breezy bohemian projects in Venice, has listed a freshly renovated home in the Hollywood Hills for sale at $3.25 million.
British actor Clive Standen has bought the Studio City home of “Pretty Little Liars” actress Lucy Hale for $2.45 million.
The onetime home of Golden Age film star Tyrone Power has come on the market in Brentwood for $11.995 million.
Company Town
AT&T bought DirecTV in 2015, right before subscribers began fleeing in droves.
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‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ and ‘Ad Astra’ will try to unseat Warner Bros.’ ‘It Chapter Two’ from the top of the box office charts.
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This summer, some attorneys haven’t been able to go far from their offices in Southern California because they are fielding calls from writers concerned about growing tension between the Writers Guild of America West and the Association of Talent Agents.
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The popular series “The Big Bang Theory,” which ran for 12 seasons on CBS, will be on the WarnerMedia platform scheduled to launch next year.
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NBCUniversal plans to heavily promote its streaming service Peacock alongside NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said it will repurchase as much as $40 billion worth of shares in a new buyback program and boosted its quarterly dividend.
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Facebook, Google and Twitter executives told lawmakers that they’ve gotten better and faster at detecting and removing violent extremist content on their social media platforms.
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Amid California’s housing crisis, Airbnb pledges $25 million to support affordable housing and small business in the San Francisco Bay Area, L.A. County.
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Santa Monica and Beverly Hills are among cities where your e-scooter can be slowed down or stopped using a technology called geofencing.
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Trump’s authority to revoke California’s waiver from federal clean air rules rests on a very shaky legal foundation.
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Take a look at what roughly $2 million buys right now in the beach towns of Venice, Malibu and Manhattan Beach.
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Rivian hasn’t ever mass-produced a truck or SUV. But the electric-vehicle start-up has backers including Amazon and Ford, and Jeff Bezos just announced a big order.
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The official-looking Certificate of Selection for Award comes in a thick red envelope along with a three-page letter and supporting materials.
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Drugmakers and regulators are taking steps to remove supplies of Zantac, a popular heartburn medication, from the market because it may have become tainted with a cancer-causing agent.
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More than 49,000 United Auto Workers members went on strike Monday against General Motors. It’s the union’s first walkout against the top U.S. automaker in more than a decade.
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Tensions boiled over this month when a Porsche Macan jumped a curb in central Berlin and plowed into a crowd of pedestrians, killing four.
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A Toyota Prius prototype covered with 1,100 solar cells travels about 31 miles a day without charging.
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EV sales rose 65% in California in the first half of the year, led by Tesla. But that doesn’t mean consumers are suddenly in love with electric cars.
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Camouflaged vaping devices have teachers and parents struggling to monitor the usage of a product that has surged in popularity among high school-aged kids.
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With bills to protect employment rights, student athlete pay, abortion services and renters, the 2019 California Legislature turned in a very progressive record.
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At Universal Studios Hollywood, Jon Corfino gets to spend his days creating new attractions, including Jurassic World — The Ride. At lunch, he likes to blend in with parkgoers to see what’s working and what isn’t.
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In making “enhancements” to its database, the CFPB now says consumers should be aware that many complaints “should be regarded as opinion, not fact.”
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Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 5 could mean more California workers would be considered employees eligible for workplace benefits.
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Bargainers at Ford and Fiat Chrysler are watching labor negotiations closely and hoping GM has an alternative proposal for reining in medical expenses.
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Diverging opinions on interest rates among the members of the Fed’s policymaking committee left some investors feeling uneasy about what the central bank may do next.
How I Made It
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Matt Pohlson and Omaze team up with celebrities to offer one-of-a-kind experiences for raffle contestants, with a substantial chunk of the proceeds going to charity.
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Health-Ade Kombucha Chief Executive Daina Trout likes science, health and fermenting. She’s combined them all into a business run with her husband and her best friend.
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Kadakia turned her own frustration over finding dance classes into a successful business model
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Born to blue-collar parents, John Gallegos turned his tiny Latino ad agency into a creative collective 150 strong
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Shaun Pennington, 39, is president of Diamond Mattress, his family’s nearly 80-year-old California company. The Compton firm is facing major disruption in a traditionally sleepy industry.
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