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Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The immediate issue: whether the company, owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., can hide from the…
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Circus performers, carnival games and rapper Lil Wayne will descend on the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles as part of a Super Bowl weekend celebration hosted by former NBA center Shaquille O’Neal.In Santa Monica, a fashion show at…
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A $5-million repair project will begin next month to reopen the Queen Mary to the public, marking the latest step to keep the beleaguered Long Beach tourist attraction afloat.The former ocean liner turned floating hotel closed in May 2020…
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Tesla Inc. on Wednesday posted record fourth-quarter and full-year earnings as deliveries of its electric vehicles soared despite a global shortage of computer chips that has slowed the entire auto industry.The Austin, Texas, company made…
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Following the Dow, are you?The widely-watched stock market indicator has been all over the place this month: two triple-digit gains and no fewer than 10 triple-digit declines out of the 17 trading days so far this year (including Wednesday,…
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Maria Bernal, an employee at a Jack in the Box in Folsom, Calif., couldn’t read the orders popping up on her screen. Her vision was blurry, her hands shook from chills and her head felt heavy. A pharmacist told her she probably had…
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From actors to athletes to influencers, celebrities can’t seem to stop talking about their enthusiasm for all things crypto. Never one to sit out a trend, on Monday, “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon was eager to show off his acquisition…
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In summer 2021, we began asking readers to submit their most pressing business-related questions about Los Angeles and California.Then we put the questions to a vote, allowing readers to decide which question we would answer in story…
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A Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County has granted a temporary restraining order against a woman accused of stalking and harassing Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook for more than a year.Julia Lee Choi, 45, of McLean, Va., is accused of…
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Mike and Maryse Mizanin — the husband-and-wife wrestling duo better known as The Miz and Maryse — are shopping around their English-style manor in Westlake Village for $12.5 million.Fans of the two WWE stars may recognize the property,…
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