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The new “Fox News Primetime” has set a slate of rotating hosts, mostly familiar faces for the network.
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For all the risks U.S. investors are still facing, the political party of the incoming president isn’t necessarily one of them.
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From one modern mansion to another, ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah recently dropped $27.5 million on an 11,000-square-foot Bel-Air showplace.
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For Disney, ending the annual pass program might be “a blessing in disguise,” a theme park expert says: Now the company can revamp the program to boost profits.
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While side hustles that nurture the soul are not the highest-earning jobs, they allow you to feed your passions while padding your pocketbook.
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A modern mansion above the Bel-Air Country Club combines massive living spaces and sleek amenities. Asking price: $38.5 million.
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Jeff Brain helped lead the 2002 San Fernando Valley secession movement. Now he’s built CloutHub, a refuge for Trump supporters alienated by Twitter.
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Amazon workers at a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., will start voting by mail in February on whether to form a union.
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Three years after selling his L.A. home, embattled entrepreneur Russell Simmons is trying to unload his New York condo for $5.5 million.
Small businesses
Empty chairs now adorn Little Saigon, the Orange County nail salon capital of the U.S., as pandemic restrictions left countless manicurists out of work.
Maria Luz Lopez sold houseplants out of her car in the 1980s, trying to support her three young children. But when she got fined for selling on the street she took the advice of the officer who cited her, bought a vacant lot in South Park and created Avalon Nursery & Ceramics, South Los Angeles’ only enduring nursery.
The lucky among California’s small businesses have cobbled together loans and grants to get through the pandemic so far. But that money has dried up, and “you can only take on so much debt.”
How four small businesses have survived in the COVID age.
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Confusion over WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has highlighted Facebook’s challenge in convincing users that the company takes their privacy seriously.
Activists see a double standard in social media companies’ response to the Capitol attack and their tolerance for violent rhetoric abroad.
Joe Biden’s transition team flipped the switch on a new Twitter account for the president-elect on Thursday night, while clashing with the social media company over its decision to deny the incoming administration millions of existing White House followers.
By updating motor vehicle safety standards, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hopes to speed development of automated driving technology that could save lives.
Many teachers, grocers and even some hospital employees are wary of the COVID-19 vaccine and don’t want it. The question of mandatory vaccine requirements by employers is complicated.
The new stimulus bill passed by Congress includes $25 billion in rental relief for struggling tenants, $2.6 billion of which is coming to California. Can I apply?
A growing number of restaurants nationwide are opening for indoor dining in defiance of strict COVID-19 regulations in their states, saying they are targeted unfairly and are barely getting by.
Salam International is in the business of death. For the last 12 months, body bags have made life hectic for the Laguna Hills supplier. COVID-19 has been “good for our business, but it’s not good for the community,” owner Abdul Salam said. “Record earnings, yes, but the emotional toll is more.”
The jump in health insurance sign-ups through Covered California reflects how people have lost their jobs — and employer-sponsored health coverage — during the pandemic.
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Can you get fired if you don’t return to the office because of coronavirus concerns? Yes — but with a lot of caveats. Here are some strategies and legal protections.
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Affordable housing, such as Section 8 and public housing, is available, but it often requires navigating applications and government agencies. Here’s what you need to know.
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Many homeowners who delay mortgage payments through forbearance plans will be allowed to make missed payments when the home is sold or the loan term is over.
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Job seeking in an uncertain economy is difficult enough. Throw in fears of contracting the coronavirus, home quarantines and hiring freezes, and the hunt becomes harder.
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If you’re having second thoughts about a dorm room or off-campus apartment you signed up for, you may have options. Here are ways to potentially get out of your lease or cancel your contract.
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Many people are better off paying down their debt on their own rather than taking out another loan.
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Liz Weston, Certified Financial Planner, is a personal finance columnist for the Los Angeles Times and NerdWallet.
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If you’re like most people in Southern California, you live in a rental.
‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah and ‘CSI’ actor David Berman are among the celebrities wheeling and dealing in the real estate market.
Former NBA star Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union just relisted their Mediterranean mansion in Sherman Oaks for $6 million.
The COVID pandemic hurt the office leasing business, which in Los Angeles County had a tougher year in 2020 than during the worst of the Great Recession.
Marlon Jackson’s former home in Encino, where the Jackson 5 recorded music, just sold for $3.45 million.
In his hometown of Jacksonville, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has sold his waterfront home for $1.4 million — the same price he paid in 2014.
Company Town
A coalition of medical professionals and TV writers believe shows could help educate diverse audiences toward wearing masks and getting vaccinated.
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After a review, the Justice Department decided against undoing decades-old consent decrees that govern music industry licensing.
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Technicolor said Thursday that it will sell Technicolor Post, which handles sound and picture finishing, to L.A.-based Streamland Media for nearly $36.5 million.
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Katie Couric and Mayim Bialik will also get fill-in stints as the search for an Alex Trebek successor continues.
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Of the top 10 movies people spent the most time streaming last year, Disney+ had seven, with the top two animated films “Frozen 2" and “Moana,” according to Nielsen.
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Mortgage interest rates are below 3%, leading to a wave of refinances and home purchases. If you’ve had a bankruptcy or been in a forbearance, you can still take advantage, but restrictions exist.
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Billionaire Elon Musk, Laker Anthony Davis and actress Emilia Clarke join the ranks of home sellers.
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The new stimulus bill passed by Congress includes $25 billion in rental relief for struggling tenants, $2.6 billion of which is coming to California. Can I apply?
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For Disney, ending the annual pass program might be “a blessing in disguise,” a theme park expert says: Now the company can revamp the program to boost profits.
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From one modern mansion to another, ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah recently dropped $27.5 million on an 11,000-square-foot Bel-Air showplace.
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Phil Spector’s castle-like home where he killed Lana Clarkson in 2003 is listed for $4.995 million, half a million less than the original asking price.
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Elon Musk went on a selling spree just before Christmas, unloading four nearby homes across Bel-Air for a combined $62 million.
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Subaru gifts Tina Fey white “medical sneakers” to go with her new Subaru Forester, which she likened to the shoes on “The Tonight Show” last week.
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The Tesla chief executive’s revelation of a sale attempt follows reports about Apple planning to market a driverless car four years from now.
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Tesla’s inclusion in the S&P 500 prompted a rush of last-minute buying of its shares by institutional investors, but the automaker’s stock lost value Monday.
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Wall Street closed out its first losing week in three with another drop on Friday after reports showed the pandemic is deepening the hole for the economy, as Washington prepares to throw it another lifeline.
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The National Rifle Assn. of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday with plans to regroup in Texas, citing opposition in New York.
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Having traveled the difficult road of coming to terms with racism in its own past, Caltech on Friday said it would remove the names of Robert A. Millikan and five other important figures in its history from campus.
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The billionaires who funded Trump’s politics got their money’s worth.
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There’s always a danger in tying a company’s brand to a celebrity. For the Trump Organization, there may be no recovering from the toxic associations left over from its namesake’s presidency, branding experts say.
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The exclusive town that’s home to billionaires and President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club has been hit with a COVID-fueled buying surge.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to help repair strained relations between China and the U.S.
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Applications for state unemployment benefits surged last week by the most since late March, nearing 1 million, according to Labor Department data Thursday that showed a broad number of states with large increases.
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Online clothing resellers such as Poshmark, which made an initial public offering Thursday, are having a bit of a moment.
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Wall Street capped a day of listless trading Thursday with a late-afternoon pullback led by technology companies that left the major stock indexes in the red.
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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are axing their annual pass program as they look to better manage pandemic-era crowds. Pass holders who paid for days beyond the parks’ closure last March are to get refunds.
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In an early safety study, Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine produced immune proteins in more than 90% of participants.
More California Business
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L.A. County inspectors have issued 157 citations to businesses and churches for violating COVID-19 protocols since Dec. 1, some multiple times.
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State lawmakers say they’ve been flooded with desperate calls from constituents who don’t understand why their jobless benefits have been cut off by EDD.
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The city’s handling of 520 Mateo, a tower being developed by Carmel Partners, is part of the bribery case against former Councilman Jose Huizar.
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Companies such as Facebook and Twitter have made it easy for conspiracy theorists and insurrectionists to incite violence, and subvert democracy.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes extending eviction protections and expediting $2.6 billion in federal rental assistance for low-income tenants.
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Grocery and drugstore workers in unincorporated L.A. County would receive an additional $5 an hour if the county Board of Supervisors approves a proposal.
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The proposal also includes money earmarked to subsidize purchases of zero-emission vehicles and to build more charging and fueling stations.
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California’s tribal casinos are drawing customers even as Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered extraordinary limitations on other businesses amid a spike in coronavirus cases that has overwhelmed hospitals throughout the state.
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A two-state couple with a house is confused where the primary residence is for taxes; getting a home value when a spouse dies; home sales and Medicare.
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A husband asks when his wife should apply for Social Security to maximize her benefit payments.
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Here are some immediate financial steps to take after a loved one dies. But don’t try to do everything yourself. Consider hiring an estate planning or probate attorney.
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A widow delayed filing her late husband’s taxes, missing crucial deadlines for Social Security survivor benefits. Now what? Also: Pick a U.S. trustee, not a foreign one.
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You don’t have to become an investing expert, but you need to understand enough about how the markets work that you don’t panic at the first downturn.
