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AEG to sell stake in L.A. Live hotels as the lodging industry recovers

AEG hopes to take advantage of a rebound in hotel prices to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund a planned expansion of L.A. Live.
FILE - Pedestrians pass a GameStop store on 14th Street at Union Square, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. GameStop shares are on track for their biggest one-day loss ever, extending a skid that’s cleaved off some of its recent blockbuster gains following a social-media led campaign to get the videogame retailer’s stock to skyrocket. Shares were down 46% to about $120 in morning trading Tuesday, Feb. 2, following a 31% decline a day earlier. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Column: Remember the GameStop stock craze? Looks like it’s over

Here’s a strategy to avoid going broke in retirement

FILE - A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. In lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 in a Washington court, the District of Columbia and three states are suing Google for allegedly deceiving consumers and invading their privacy by making it nearly impossible for them to stop their location from being tracked. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

D.C. and 3 states sue Google, saying it invades users’ privacy

Technology

Under the handle @FastFoodLegend, Sam Pocker has built a name for himself on TikTok.

His gross fast-food TikToks went viral. But making a living from TikTok isn’t easy

Sam Pocker is trying to make it big as a conceptual artist on TikTok.

The cost of being TikTok’s condiment king, tallied

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo, Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., answers questions from the media at the Capitol, in Washington. Klobuchar announced Thursday that she has been treated for breast cancer and the treatment “went well.” Klobuchar, 61, tweeted that the cancer was found in February during a routine mammogram, and eventually had a lumpectomy to remove cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Apple, Google tell senators antitrust bill would harm privacy

FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013 the during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, for $68.7 billion to gain access to blockbuster games including Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The all-cash deal will let Microsoft accelerate mobile gaming and provide it building blocks for the metaverse, or a virtual environment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Microsoft will seek to reboot Activision Blizzard’s culture after $68.7-billion acquisition

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A photo of the living area in the West L.A. ADU.

How an unremarkable alley-facing garage in West L.A. became a stylish ADU

The 1.5-acre spread includes a 99-year-old Mediterranean mansion, guesthouse and swimming pool with a waterslide.

Alex Trebek’s Studio City compound seeks $7 million

Center of Hope project in Anaheim.

Salvation Army’s Center of Hope aims to help homeless people ‘reintegrate’ into community

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA-SEPTEMBER 21, 2018: Shopping center developer Rick Caruso is photographed on the grounds of his latest project, Palisades Village in Pacific Palisades, that is opening on Saturday. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Does L.A. want a billionaire mayor? Rick Caruso is trying to find out

An auction of the mega-mansion known as “The One” has been put on hold.

Real Estate newsletter: Auction delayed for L.A.’s biggest house

Company Town

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Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a costume designer

What does it take to dress characters in a film a or television show, and how do you get started if storytelling through clothing is your passion? Hollywood costume designers explain.

The Pandemic Economy

Chatsworth, CA, Saturday, February 27, 2021 - Diego Almendor has his temperature read by Los Toros Mexican restaurant owner Nicolas Montano as he arrives begins his shift. The restaurant has been closed for indoor dining since March, due to COVID-19. It is now open for takeout and outdoor dining. Montano says a measure pending in the CA legislature to require businesses to offer employees 2 weeks of mandatory paid sick leave for COVID-19 related absences would be devastating to small businesses. He is avoiding having to pay sick leave by taking the temperature of all his workers before every shift. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers

California officials hope the return of state-mandated COVID-19 sick pay will encourage infected workers to stay home and help slow transmission.

San Francisco’s Chinatown is caught between past and future

Column: Their Mexican bakery weathered COVID-19’s devastation. Can it survive a fire?

Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling

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Totally Worth It, Week 4: Create an emergency fund

If you are in debt paydown mode, having money sitting in your bank account may seem foolish. But it’s doing something: It’s waiting for an inevitable emergency.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA--NOV. 26, 2018--Employes of Walker Workshop, an architectural firm, will soon be offered a new savings program called CalSavers. CalSavers is a new program that will offer individual retirement accounts to California workers. Employees at the firm include project manager Sean Gaffney, left, and studio director, Charles Chambers, center. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Don’t have a 401(k) through work? Californians have CalSavers and other options

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Your health insurance says, ‘Claim denied.’ How to fight back

VENICE, CA - OCTOBER 14: Dr. Coley King, director of homeless health care at Venice Family Clinic, right, visits Suzanna, left, one of his clients on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Venice, CA. Dr. King helped treat Suzanna when she was living on the street and now she is housed. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

How to help a stranger on the street in a mental health crisis

FILE - This Aug. 11, 2019 file photo shows credit cards in New Orleans. Unpaid internships have become an unfortunate necessity for many students looking to launch their careers, but not everyone can depend on family for support. Some take on credit card debt to make ends meet. However, there are ways you can lessen the financial burden, including applying for grants and scholarships. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

When a lower credit score might not be cause for alarm

Totally Worth It, Week 3: Spend less money

What is the capital gains tax, and how big a bite does it take?

Totally Worth It: Be your money’s boss with this newsletter course

Totally Worth It, Week 2: Maintaining a budget

FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo, 20-dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass. Federal and state authorities say they are cracking down on a wave of illegal schemes, estimated to have bilked consumers out of more than $1 billion, that have proliferated during the coronavirus pandemic and prey upon the desperation of people who have lost jobs in the outbreak's economic upheaval. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

It’s easy to squander a windfall. How to make the money work for you

ANTIOCH, CA - OCTOBER 15: A foreclosure sale sign in seen in front of foreclosed home October15, 2007 in Antioch, California. The San Francisco Bay Area zip code 94531, Antioch, California, has experienced a spike in home foreclosures with a reported 271 homes repossessed between January and August of this year. Antioch has also seen the biggest decline in home prices since May of this year with prices dropping 15 percent. California ranks third behind Ohio and Michigan in foreclosures. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California has a new COVID mortgage relief program. Here’s how to get help

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Totally Worth It, Week 1: Make a budget

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How will California’s workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming

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How COVID-19 changed Pico Boulevard: Take a ride with us

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