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How L.A. stopped being Hollywood's leading star

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This private club catered to Hollywood elites. Then it came crashing down

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How top Paramount executive's ties with Vegas gambler unraveled

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Artemis II astronaut and SoCal native Victor Glover steps back from NASA, joins Cal Poly

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Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

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Middle East fighting fuels U.S. gas surge and new inflation fears

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Napa winery that rose from wildfire now faces bankruptcy, and up to $50 million in debt

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Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities

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Trump running out of options to fix inflation, economic woes before election, experts say

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Technology and the Internet

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Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown

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Will AI models achieve the ability to improve autonomously? Leading labs say the scenario is near

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Mortgage rates brush 7%, further straining a bleak housing market

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Broadcom buys its Irvine office building

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Taco Bell will move to larger Irvine headquarters

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Americans slam the brakes on homebuying as prices and rates rise

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L.A. renters dream of Las Vegas, but outsiders steer clear of L.A., survey shows

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In reversal, California regulator says unmarried drivers should not pay more for auto insurance

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China's EV export surge eclipses 2025 record as domestic sales crash

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Tesla's Cybercab launch triggers federal safety probe

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Kia, Hyundai face $1 billion in lawsuits over easy-to-steal cars after 9th Circuit ruling

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EPA scraps power plant emissions limits in sweeping rollback

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California lawmakers urge criminal penalties, emergency legislation to rein in unchecked AI

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Lakers ticket prices could rise substantially as Kushner, Iger look to cut out brokers

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Taylor Farms recall expands as company pulls jalapeños from Trader Joe's, Target, among others

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California hopes to lure a new generation to electric cars, with help from rebates, high gas prices

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Waymos, robotaxis can now be ticketed by California police. But how exactly?

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Influencers want to adopt the 'analog lifestyle' for 2026. Here's how to join them

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Oil prices are high but could be much worse. Trump has China's Xi to thank for that

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Dodgers owner Mark Walter sued over alleged failure to disclose probe to policyholders

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Wall Street drifts lower as bond yields rise and oil prices swing

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DoorDash customers in the U.S. can now order Costco deliveries

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Chabria: Americans want AI safety, Trump doesn't. Guess who's winning

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Warren Buffett, 96, steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman

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Why the Federal Reserve is lifting rates now, and what it means

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Stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease

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AI crisis heightens the stakes of Xi's visit to Washington

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Claims for unemployment benefits drop to the lowest since mid-July as layoffs remain low

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