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The Directors Guild of America headquarters is pictured on April 16, 2020, in Los Angeles. Hollywood's unions announced Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, that they have reached an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television after six months of empty sets and widespread unemployment. The Directors Guild of America, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Basic Crafts unions and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists jointly announced the deal reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after months of planning and negotiating. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

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Directors Guild puts off talks with Hollywood studios in a sign of broader labor unrest

As worries of a pending strike mount in Hollywood, the Directors Guild has put off negotiations until later this year.

A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. America’s employers added a robust 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. adds a surprisingly strong 517,000 jobs despite Fed hikes

Gigi Sohn, who is President Joe Biden's nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission

Column: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden’s stellar FCC nominee

EL SEGUNDO, CA - JUNE 02: The LA City Council unanimously voted to ban gas stoves in new Los Angeles buildings and require only electric stoves and ovens. Cooking columnist Ben Mims tests the difference between the gas burner and electric induction stovetop in the Times kitchen. Photographed on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at LA Times Test Kitchen in El Segundo, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Gas stoves are back under scrutiny with new U.S. limits proposed

Technology and the Internet

FILE - This March 19, 2018 file photo shows the Google app on an iPad in Baltimore. Dozens of states are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech. This time it's a lawsuit targeting the Google's Play store, where consumers download most of the apps designed for the Android software that powers most of the world’s smartphones. The complaint filed late Wednesday, July 7, 2021 represents the fourth major antitrust filed against Google by government agencies across the U.S. since last October. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Op-Ed: Here’s how to reform the law that made the internet

Customers shop in an Apple store in Pittsburgh Jan. 30, 2023. The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition. The finding is contained in a Commerce Department report being released by the administration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Apple and Google app stores get thumbs-down from White House

FILE- This Aug. 9, 2017, file photo shows the Snapchat app on a mobile device in New York. Snapchat is joining the online-games bandwagon with a new service that lets people play together on its mobile platform. The company says it wants to make it easier for friends to play together. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Snap forecasts first quarterly revenue loss, cites advertising ‘headwinds’

Elon Musk arrives at the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk took to a witness stand Monday to defend his company's 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a shareholder lawsuit that claims he's to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never delivered the profits he had promised. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Musk’s ‘Funding secured’ tweet cost Tesla investors $12 billion, jury told

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Built in 1992, the French Normandy-style mansion sits on nearly three acres with a tennis court, rose garden and 70-foot-long swimming pool.

California Pizza Kitchen founder lists Beverly Park estate for $48.5 million

Spanning nearly eight acres, the private retreat includes a main house, guesthouse, guest cottage, amphitheater and private lake with a sandy beach.

Jennifer Lopez wants $42.5 million for lavish Bel-Air compound

A Costco store could make its way to the Baldwin Village neighborhood and bring along with it 800 apartment units, according to renderings released. The apartment units will sit above the warehouse store at the intersection of Coliseum Street and La Brea Avenue, according to real estate developer Thrive Living.

Costco wants to build a different kind of store in South L.A. — with bulk housing

MISSION HILLS, CA - October 11, 2022 - A home for sale in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Mission Hills, CA.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Are falling interest rates and home prices changing your home-buying strategy?

Indio, California-Sept. 14, 2022-The Golf Club at Terra Lago is built in the desert. There are over 120 golf courses in the Cochella Valley. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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Why desert golf courses and artificial lakes remain untouched by the Colorado River crisis

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FILE - This June 13, 2013 file photo shows the Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Video game maker Activision Blizzard is laying off nearly 800 workers as the company braces for a steep downturn in revenue following the best year in its history. The cutbacks announced Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, illustrate the boom-and-bust cycles in an industry whose fortunes are tied to video games that can have a relatively short lives before players move on to the next craze. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Activision Blizzard to pay $35 million to settle SEC charges on workplace disclosures

Video game giant Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle allegations that the company lacked procedures to collect and assess employee complaints of workplace misconduct.

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FILE- This June 10, 2015, file photo shows chip credit cards in Philadelphia. Money can’t buy you a good credit score, but you might be able to use your income tax refund strategically to polish your credit. How to go about it depends on where you are in your credit journey. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Are you trying for a perfect credit score? Maybe you don’t need to

With a credit score in the mid-700s, you’re typically getting the best rates and terms from lenders. Striving for 850 might be more trouble than it’s worth.

WESTWOOD, CA - AUGUST 17:Royce Hall on the UCLA campus on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in Westwood, CA. University of California President Michael V. Drake is pledging "transformational change" to bring more equity and transparency to campus policing, unveiling a plan to post more police data, create independent accountability boards, step up anti-bias training and potentially reallocate some duties and budget dollars from police to community safety specialists.(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Why a college savings plan might make a great baby gift

HALLANDALE, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 21: A Now Hiring sign hangs near the entrance to a Winn-Dixie Supermarket on September 21, 2021 in Hallandale, Florida. Government reports indicate that Initial jobless benefit claims rose 20,000 to 332,000 in the week ended Sept. 11. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

How pay transparency may affect your job search or raise

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Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a film festival programmer

This Wednesday, March 18, 2015 photo shows the front of the headquarters of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power lost up to $88 million in commercial billings because of the botched rollout of a computer billing system. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

With energy prices soaring, Californians with past-due utility bills are getting some relief

Thieves are targeting California’s refund cards. Here’s what to watch out for

Why you need to pay attention to your credit utilization

A storm-lashed tree damages your home or car — who’s going to pay for that?

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a food stylist

Los Angeles, CA - January 10: Gerardo Medina, 21, is cleaning up water inside Union Station on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. The torrential rain led to flooding in the pedestrian walkway inside Union Station. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Drenched Californians get an extra month to file tax returns

Five dollar bills are displayed during a visit to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's (BEP) Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

How a Roth IRA rollover can cause unforeseen problems

FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo, cash is fanned out from a wallet in North Andover, Mass. We head into the new year with big plans, hoping this will be the year we whittle down that to-do list and get our money on track. But daily life gets in the way — meetings, appointments, errands and emergencies. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

How to increase the odds of meeting your money goals in 2023

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The Great SoCal House Hunt

Buying a home for the first time is one of life’s sweet milestones.

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