Testy campaigns for the Oscars are something of a tradition and this year is no exception. With numerous controversies surfacing around multiple films and actors, this season is a particularly rough-and-tumble affair.

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21.02.2025

Trader Joe's organic acai bowl recalled over contamination fears - Los Angeles Times

The popular breakfast item was recalled last week due to possible plastic contamination. The grocery chain did not say if the product had made anyone ill.

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21.02.2025

Caruso nonprofit joins with builder to give fire victims prefab homes - Los Angeles Times

A $15-million donation from Joe Gebbia will underwrite the distribution of factory-made homes built by Samara, a company Gebbia co-founded.

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20.02.2025

Herbalife announces new CEO to lead the L.A. nutrition company - Los Angeles Times

Stephan Gratziani, who started as an independent distributor at Herbalife nearly 34 years ago, will take over the top job May 1.

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20.02.2025

Electric truck startup Nikola files for bankruptcy - Los Angeles Times

After struggling to raise cash and undergoing several leadership changes, the electric semi truck maker Nikola filed for bankruptcy Wednesday.

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20.02.2025

NBCUniversal completes green upgrade of historic studio - Los Angeles Times

The Universal Studios lot recently got an upgrade meant to bring it more in line with its glamorous image as a historic movie factory and theme park.

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20.02.2025

Farmers announces initial $600-million loss for Los Angeles fires - Los Angeles Times

Farmers Insurance said claims from the Los Angeles fires will cost it at least $600 million, a substantially smaller initial estimate than some other insurers have posted.

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19.02.2025

Your Igloo cooler may cause a fingertip amputation. Company recalls 1 million - Los Angeles Times

Igloo recalls 1 million coolers manufactured before 2024 that are posing hazards to your fingers.

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19.02.2025

Meta says it plans to build the world's longest undersea internet cable - Los Angeles Times

The social media giant says the multibillion-dollar project will connect the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa and other regions.

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19.02.2025

L.A. fast food workers ask city officials to OK 'fair work week' law - Los Angeles Times

A group of Los Angeles fast food workers walked off the job Tuesday to urge city officials to approve a law that would give them more control over their work schedules.

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19.02.2025

California bill would ban sale of potent antiaging products to kids - Los Angeles Times

Amid concerns about children using antiaging products that can harm their skin, a legislator introduces a bill that would ban the sale of such beauty products to minors.

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17.02.2025

Is California government seriously considering oil refinery takeovers? - Los Angeles Times

As oil companies shut down refineries, California policymakers are weighing whether the state should get into the refinery business to ensure steady supplies. An industry group says it's not so simple.

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17.02.2025

Paramount, YouTube TV strike deal, averting CBS outage - Los Angeles Times

The two media companies announced a new deal Saturday night. Paramount's streaming service will be offered as an add-on to YouTube TV customers.

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15.02.2025

OpenAI's board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group - Los Angeles Times

OpenAI's board rejected a $97.4-billion bid by an Elon Musk-led investment group to buy the San Francisco startup. OpenAI's board chair said the company is not for sale.

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15.02.2025

Insurance commissioner rejects State Farm's request for 22% rate hike - Los Angeles Times

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday rejected State Farm General's request for an emergency 22% home insurance rate hike due to the Los Angeles fires unless the insurer can provide more evidence it is warranted.

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15.02.2025

Google and Meta used to champion DEI efforts. Why Big Tech is pulling back - Los Angeles Times

Tech companies, facing legal risks and a new political climate, are scaling back, cutting or rethinking efforts focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

LA Times

15.02.2025

TikTok is back on Apple and Google app stores in the U.S. - Los Angeles Times

Apple and Google have restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores after President Trump delayed enforcement of a law that requires the popular video app to divest or face a nationwide ban.

LA Times

14.02.2025

University of California healthcare, research employees vote to strike - Los Angeles Times

The University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119, representing approximately 20,000 UC healthcare, research and technical employees, announced the results of a strike authorization vote.

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14.02.2025

With 'Captain America: Brave New World,' Marvel looks to reset - Los Angeles Times

After ending the storyline for Chris Evans' Captain America, Marvel now looks to actor Anthony Mackie to don the superhero's mantle with a fresh perspective but familiar face.

LA Times

14.02.2025

CBS and other Paramount channels stay on the YouTube TV service for now - Los Angeles Times

The eleventh-hour reprieve spared about 8 million YouTube TV customers from losing access to nearly two dozen networks, including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and TV Land.

LA Times

13.02.2025

Egg prices are skyrocketing amid inflation and avian influenza - Los Angeles Times

The price of a dozen eggs has nearly doubled since last year and hit a record high in January. An outbreak of avian influenza in primarily to blame, experts said.

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13.02.2025

Canned tuna botulism recall Trader Joe's, Costco, HEB, Genova - Los Angeles Times

Several brands of canned tuna, including Trader Joe's, Costco and Genova, were recalled due to a risk of botulism after the manufacturer said they had defective pull tabs that may cause leaks.

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13.02.2025

The L.A. wildfires will create opportunities and losses for the region's economy - Los Angeles Times

The fires will have a deep and lasting impact on construction, entertainment, retail and other sectors of the Los Angeles economy while creating a construction boom.

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13.02.2025

After nearly a century in business, Hawthorne Nursery will close - Los Angeles Times

Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, will close at the end of February.

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13.02.2025

Amazon looks to hire thousands of new workers in Inland Empire - Los Angeles Times

Amazon plans to hire more than 2,000 full-time and part-time workers to staff two new 'inbound cross dock' facilities in Fontana and Jurupa.

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13.02.2025

Joann plans to close roughly half its stores after bankruptcy filing - Los Angeles Times

Crafts and fabric retailer Joann plans to close around 500 stores, or roughly half its total, as part of its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.

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13.02.2025

Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue - Los Angeles Times

Several film and TV writers say they are horrified their scripts are being used by tech companies to train AI models without writers' permission. They are pressuring studios to take legal action.

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13.02.2025

Hiltzik: Why does Donald Trump disrespect science? Here's why - Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump has always posed as someone smarter than scientists. Does that explain why so much of his dismantling of the federal government is aimed at scientific agencies?

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13.02.2025

FCC launches effort to 'root out' DEI programs, beginning with Comcast - Los Angeles Times

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is concerned that diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast and NBCUniversal fostered discrimination, which is forbidden under FCC rules and federal laws.

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13.02.2025

High-rise condo tower proposed for Beverly Hills - Los Angeles Times

A $450-million residential tower has been proposed on the eastern tip of Beverly Hills. Millennium Partners Los Angeles said the 34-story high-rise would be called the Eastern.

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12.02.2025

Allstate expects $1.1 billion in losses from Los Angeles fires - Los Angeles Times

Allstate Corp. said it expects about $1.1 billion in losses from the wildfires that destroyed Los Angeles County communities in January.

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12.02.2025

Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity - Los Angeles Times

Google is the latest company to roll back DEI efforts amid more political pressure to do so under President Trump.

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12.02.2025

After the fire, a crisis for Altadena's small-business owners - Los Angeles Times

Some small businesses burned down in the Eaton fire. Others are 'silent casualties': Intact but out of commission as the community rebuilds.

LA Times

12.02.2025

Newsom lifts caps for new home rents in wealthy L.A. neighborhoods - Los Angeles Times

In response to concerns that price-gouging laws were restricting the availability of housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom waived limits for high-end home rentals.

LA Times

12.02.2025

In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000 - Los Angeles Times

County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, who both saw swaths of their districts decimated by fire, asked county lawyers to draft a resolution that would increase the maximum penalty for price gouging across L.A. County from $10,000 to $50,000.

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12.02.2025

Hiltzik: Anti-Trump lawsuits are already piling up - Los Angeles Times

Efforts to overturn existing government regulations must pass the 'arbitrary and capricious' test. Trump failed it, big-time, throughout his first term.

LA Times

12.02.2025

L.A. to bar landlords from evicting tenants for housing fire refugees - Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ban on evictions for unauthorized occupants if those extra residents were displaced by the Palisades, Eaton or other January fires.

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12.02.2025

L.A. city attorney sues mega real estate firm for alleged price gouging - Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles city attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated anti-price-gouging rules in place because of the fires.

LA Times

12.02.2025

Sonos lays off 200 employees amid ongoing troubles - Los Angeles Times

Audio manufacturer Sonos laid off 200 employees Wednesday. The layoffs come weeks after its CEO was removed and a controller app update went awry last year.

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12.02.2025

Disney softens DEI efforts with Trump back in office - Los Angeles Times

Walt Disney Co. said it would change an internal performance standard focused on diversity and inclusion for executive compensation, saying it would focus on how the initiatives helped the business.

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Beyond 'Emilia Pérez': 7 of the nastiest Oscar campaigns in history - Los Angeles Times

Trader Joe's organic acai bowl recalled over contamination fears - Los Angeles Times

Caruso nonprofit joins with builder to give fire victims prefab homes - Los Angeles Times

Herbalife announces new CEO to lead the L.A. nutrition company - Los Angeles Times

Electric truck startup Nikola files for bankruptcy - Los Angeles Times

NBCUniversal completes green upgrade of historic studio - Los Angeles Times

Farmers announces initial $600-million loss for Los Angeles fires - Los Angeles Times

Your Igloo cooler may cause a fingertip amputation. Company recalls 1 million - Los Angeles Times

Meta says it plans to build the world's longest undersea internet cable - Los Angeles Times

L.A. fast food workers ask city officials to OK 'fair work week' law - Los Angeles Times

California bill would ban sale of potent antiaging products to kids - Los Angeles Times

Is California government seriously considering oil refinery takeovers? - Los Angeles Times

Paramount, YouTube TV strike deal, averting CBS outage - Los Angeles Times

OpenAI's board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group - Los Angeles Times

Insurance commissioner rejects State Farm's request for 22% rate hike - Los Angeles Times

Google and Meta used to champion DEI efforts. Why Big Tech is pulling back - Los Angeles Times

TikTok is back on Apple and Google app stores in the U.S. - Los Angeles Times

University of California healthcare, research employees vote to strike - Los Angeles Times

With 'Captain America: Brave New World,' Marvel looks to reset - Los Angeles Times

CBS and other Paramount channels stay on the YouTube TV service for now - Los Angeles Times

Egg prices are skyrocketing amid inflation and avian influenza - Los Angeles Times

Canned tuna botulism recall Trader Joe's, Costco, HEB, Genova - Los Angeles Times

The L.A. wildfires will create opportunities and losses for the region's economy - Los Angeles Times

After nearly a century in business, Hawthorne Nursery will close - Los Angeles Times

Amazon looks to hire thousands of new workers in Inland Empire - Los Angeles Times

Joann plans to close roughly half its stores after bankruptcy filing - Los Angeles Times

Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue - Los Angeles Times

Hiltzik: Why does Donald Trump disrespect science? Here's why - Los Angeles Times

FCC launches effort to 'root out' DEI programs, beginning with Comcast - Los Angeles Times

High-rise condo tower proposed for Beverly Hills - Los Angeles Times

Allstate expects $1.1 billion in losses from Los Angeles fires - Los Angeles Times

Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity - Los Angeles Times

After the fire, a crisis for Altadena's small-business owners - Los Angeles Times

Newsom lifts caps for new home rents in wealthy L.A. neighborhoods - Los Angeles Times

In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000 - Los Angeles Times

Hiltzik: Anti-Trump lawsuits are already piling up - Los Angeles Times

L.A. to bar landlords from evicting tenants for housing fire refugees - Los Angeles Times

L.A. city attorney sues mega real estate firm for alleged price gouging - Los Angeles Times

Sonos lays off 200 employees amid ongoing troubles - Los Angeles Times

Disney softens DEI efforts with Trump back in office - Los Angeles Times

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