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Here’s a look at what roughly $900,000 buys right now in Fullerton, Lake Forest and Huntington Beach in Orange County.
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The Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Times Guild, which represents about 475 journalists, have tentatively agreed on a first-ever labor accord for the newsroom in the paper’s nearly 138-year history. -
With more than 100 years of history, the well-known New York eyewear label has now arrived on the West Coast and opened new digs.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking U.S. trade officials to eliminate a legal liability shield that tech companies are pushing to keep in new agreements.
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Financier Gary Winnick’s 40,000-square-foot trophy perched above the Bel-Air Country Club is listing at a lofty price amid a mega-mansion glut in Southern California.
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Stocks on Wall Street traded listlessly Wednesday, with indexes giving back some of their gains from the day before.
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Endeavor Group Holdings, owner of WME and UFC, has officially withdrawn its intention to go public.
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Hollywood assistants have launched a push against low pay. With the hashtag #PayUpHollywood, they are tweeting horror stories. But will the industry notice?
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The results were an improvement over the previous quarter and allayed investor concerns that Netflix was facing a slowdown as rivals enter the market.
The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
How firms helped rewrite a law to make it difficult for coroners to stop them from harvesting body parts.
The Times found dozens of cases in which autopsy investigations were hindered or delayed by the procurement of tissues or organs — something the industry claims never happens.
Executives coached coroners on how to keep body parts harvesting records secret
After leaving Uber last year, Jeff Holden has put his Bay Area home of five years up for sale at $8.6 million.
Just in time for basketball season, new Clippers forward Maurice Harkless has paid $3.36 million for a modern home in Venice.
Kunal Nayyar of “The Big Bang Theory” fame has paid $7.5 million for the former Hancock Park home of actor Nicolas Cage.
In Los Feliz, comedy writer Tim Long is asking $4.45 million for his 1920s Colonial-style home once owned by actress Katherine Heigl.
In Bel-Air, a 30,000-square-foot mega-mansion from architect Paul McLean and developer Nile Niami is asking a whopping $65 million.
Company Town
The candidate showdown is the least watched so far in the 2020 campaign cycle.
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The “eccentric billionaire” Hologram executive has been sued by multiple women for sexual harassment.More Coverage
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The former Fox News anchor who was fired from NBC News a year ago will appear on “Tucker Carlson Tonight”
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In another example of the risk of doing business with China, ‘Abominable’ evokes anger after a map showing controversial “nine-dash line” goes viral
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NBC denies Farrow allegations that it paid off employees who said they were harassed by fired “Today” host Matt Lauer.
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California Sen. Kamala Haris has made repeated calls for Twitter to take down President Trump’s account.
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Google hopes new AI-powered features, plus a carrier deal with AT&T, will help its Pixel take market share from Apple’s iPhone.
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A majority stake in Cornershop, a grocery delivery service popular in Latin America, could help Uber improve the economics of its ride-hailing business.
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WeWork is in talks with lenders led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. about a $5 billion debt package, seeking to head off a cash crush next month.
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Financier Gary Winnick’s 40,000-square-foot trophy perched above the Bel-Air Country Club is listing at a lofty price amid a mega-mansion glut in Southern California.
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Lawyers for Elon Musk and Vernon Unsworth, the cave diver suing for defamation, spar over information regarding Musk’s ties with insurance giant AIG.
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The Times found a rising number of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended after transplantable body parts were taken before a coroner’s autopsy.
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As airlines push for record-breaking nonstop flights halfway around the planet, efforts to counter the debilitating symptoms are turning into a billion-dollar industry.
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Los Angeles’ ailing luxury real estate market just received a shot in the arm: The Manor, a 56,500-square-foot chateau in Holmby Hills, has sold for $119.75 million — the highest home price in Los Angeles County history.
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The Chinese-owned carmaker from Sweden wants to add “sustainability” to its reputation for safety
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As a result of the General Motors strike, more than 100 of the auto maker’s suppliers have laid off as many as 12,000 of their own workers, according to an industry trade group.
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The EVO is the newest iteration of Lamborghini’s “entry-level” supercar family, joining the higher-priced Performante and replacing the outgoing rear-wheel-drive Huracan.
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When Toyota begins selling its second-generation Mirai fuel cell-powered sedan late next year, it will increase production 10-fold.
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Sutter Health stood accused of violating California’s antitrust laws by using its market power to illegally drive up prices.
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WeWork is one of SoftBank’s biggest investments. The Japanese conglomerate is trying to salvage it.
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California will offer aid to middle-class people who make too much to get Obamacare tax credits, but uninsured Californians will owe a penalty.
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Retail sales’ decline suggests that consumers — the main pillar of the nation’s economic growth — are starting to become shaky.
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Analysts estimate the strike has cost GM about $2 billion of earnings, and workers may have each lost $2,000 of profit sharing and as much as $4,000 in take-home pay.
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Facebook was blindsided when companies including EBay, PayPal and Visa stepped back from its Libra digital currency project, leaving its future hanging in the balance.
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Woodbridge Group of Companies’ former CEO Robert Shapiro got the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for running a $1.3 billion fraud.
How I Made It
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If it wasn’t for the professional wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, El Segundo Brewing Co. and it’s founder, Rob Croxall, wouldn’t be where they are today.
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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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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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