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Here’s a look at how the emerging right-wing TV channel covered the transition of power.
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While most studios had put many shows on an extended hiatus until this week, L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has asked for a pause to continue until the end of the month.
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Eagle Hospitality Trust’s Chapter 11 filing signals what could be the start of a wave of bankruptcies for the hospitality industry. The company operates the Queen Mary in Long Beach and owns 26 other hotels.
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The former management consultant is tasked by President Joe Biden to overhaul vaccination program.
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Wall Street marked the dawn of President Joe Biden’s administration with stocks rallying to record highs as hopes build that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the struggling U.S. economy.
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In Connecticut, fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger just sold his 13,000-square-foot English Country-style manor on 22 acres for $45 million.
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Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon is asking $21 million for his leafy retreat in Pacific Palisades, or $6 million more than he paid in 2012.
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My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is the latest business leader to discover the downside of becoming a crank.
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The ex-Google engineer pardoned by Trump had pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles.
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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Parler, the social network popular with the alt-right and conspiracy theorists, reappeared with the help of a Russian-owned web security service.
Netflix added a record number of new subscribers in 2020, helped by a surge in home viewing.
Ahead of Inauguration Day, tech platforms display a new willingness to take action against accounts spreading misinformation or advocating violence.
Confusion over WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has highlighted Facebook’s challenge in convincing users that the company takes their privacy seriously.
A Covid-19 surge at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has sickened hundreds of longshore workers, a disruption that could stymie the flow of goods - including pandemic supplies - through the nation’s largest port complex. Port and local officials are calling for urgent vaccination of dockworkers.
California says complaints about moving companies more than doubled last year as millions of Americans sought new homes because of the pandemic.
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.
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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.
Billionaire Herbert Wertheim just dropped $23 million on a 22,500-square-foot mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, which is the community’s priciest deal ever.
‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah and ‘CSI’ actor David Berman are among the celebrities wheeling and dealing in the real estate market.
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.
A modern mansion above the Bel-Air Country Club combines massive living spaces and sleek amenities. Asking price: $38.5 million.
Three years after selling his L.A. home, embattled entrepreneur Russell Simmons is trying to unload his New York condo for $5.5 million.
Company Town
Disney struggled financially during the COVID-19 crisis, but it’s trying to remake the company for the future.
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The veteran political analyst was involved in controversial Arizona election call.
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Trump, who previously hosted the reality TV show ‘The Apprentice,’ faces expulsion from membership in SAG-AFTRA after the mob riot in the Capitol.
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The service is a rebranding and expansion of the company’s CBS All Access subscription video offering.
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A new report suggests more than 60% of people who dropped a streaming service did so after they watched the show or movie that got them to sign up.
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January is often when people get their budgets in order, and this year experts say it’s especially important because the COVID-19 pandemic has changed so many households’ financial situations.
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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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A Covid-19 surge at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has sickened hundreds of longshore workers, a disruption that could stymie the flow of goods - including pandemic supplies - through the nation’s largest port complex. Port and local officials are calling for urgent vaccination of dockworkers.
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Indira Marquez Robles felt helpless.
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The new coronavirus economic stimulus package includes direct payments to many Americans. How much can I expect to get and when?
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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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By updating motor vehicle safety standards, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hopes to speed development of automated driving technology that could save lives.
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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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Treasurary secretary pick Janet Yellen said the Biden administration would focus on winning quick passage of its $1.9-trillion relief plan, rejecting Republican arguments that it’s too big given the size of U.S. budget deficits.
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Wall Street kicked off a holiday-shortened week with broad gains for stocks Tuesday as the market recovered most of its losses from last week.
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Trump’s drug price strategy was all talk and no action.
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After the Inauguration Day festivities, what policies can Hollywood expect from a Democratic administration and Congress?
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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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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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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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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.
More California Business
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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.”
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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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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.
