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By Saijel Kishan | Bloomberg Amazon.com said it agreed to undergo an independent racial equity audit, joining companies including Citigroup Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. in performing such reviews. The audit — an analysis of companies to see whether their businesses cause and perpetuate discrimination — will be led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta…
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Democratic Rep. Linda Sánchez is the heavy favorite to win an eleventh term in Congress this year, representing a solidly blue district that’s mostly in east Los Angeles County plus a slice of Orange County. But first, she’s facing two Republican challengers in the June 7 primary who each have some local name recognition. Walnut…
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Traffic on the westbound 10 Freeway from Indio was a predictable slow go on Monday, April 18, a day after the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. “Taking bets on how many hours I’m going to be sitting in this coacHELLa traffic back to LA,” one person tweeted at about noon.…
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By Edward Ludlow and Kyle Stock | Bloomberg Irvine-based Rivian Automotive’s “launch mode” is impressive — at least on its trucks. While the battery-powered pickups go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.3 seconds, the 3.3 million-square-foot factory they roll out of is off to a protracted start. The assembly lines are perfectly capable…
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The Manzano NFL mock draft is back for a third season. Maybe this is the year I get the Chargers pick correct, but at least I don’t have to worry about the Rams, who turned their lost first-round picks into a Super Bowl title last season. Teams followed the Rams’ blueprint by shipping picks for…
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WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes and this year is no exception. Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments — and the IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms. As of April 8,…
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Want to add an ADU to the backyard? Or perhaps home prices are so high you’d prefer to plop a tiny home on a tiny lot somewhere in Southern California. A tiny home expo will help answer some of your alternative housing questions in late April at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Home, Garden &…
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The California Coastal Commission is asking Orange County leaders to do more enforcement to keep people from digging out sand from a wave-made berm that forms across the mouth of the Aliso Creek where it meets the Pacific ocean. Environmentalists argue not enough is being done to protect the berm, because when sand is scooped…
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After COVID-19 vaccines became widely available last year, federal, state and local leaders were tripping over themselves to show their tough-on-the-virus bona fides by mandating the shots for the workplace, the classroom, the bar and the ballgame. Now, vaccine passports are being put on the shelf and many mandates dialed back, with delayed implementation and…
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HOLLYWOOD — A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Monday honoring “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk for a career in which he has received 16 Emmy nominations as a producer, writer, actor and lyricist. David Cross and “Better Call Saul” castmate Rhea Seehorn are set to join Odenkirk in speaking…
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