Union workers at 34 Southern California hotels will begin voting Thursday, March 21 to ratify tentative labor agreements with the hotels. Ratification results and terms of the labor contracts should be announced Monday, March 25 by Unite Here Local 11. The workers are among some 15,000 striking cooks, housekeepers, dishwashers and others at more than…
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, March 20, announced a new initiative targeting the region’s most violent criminals with an emphasis on those involving gun-related violence and offenses, as well as commercial robberies. As part of Operation Safe Cities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will take on more cases involving the “worst of the…
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The National Women’s Soccer League and Liga MX Femenil will kick off a new partnership with a summer cup competition, starting in July. The interleague tournament will feature all 14 NWSL teams and the top six Liga MX clubs from 2023. Using total points earned in the Clausura and Apertura tournament, the six clubs from…
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There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $977 million, the 10th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at Lichine’s Liquor & Deli in Sacramento and is…
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A body was found Wednesday by searchers looking for a missing swimmer in the ocean near Playa del Rey. Rescue personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the 8100 block of Vista Del Mar — near Dockweiler State Beach — shortly after 1 a.m. Lifeguard rescue…
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IRVINE — When I say UC Irvine senior Diaba Konaté is utterly determined to win her next game, to do everything she can to extend her beloved basketball career, you say of course she is. So are hundreds of seniors whose playing days likely will end when their teams’ NCAA Tournament runs do. What makes…
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By DAVID CRARY (Associated Press) Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the biblical story of how a plot to exterminate Jews in Persia was thwarted, and thus is embraced as an affirmation of Jewish…
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By Aashna Shah | Bloomberg News SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers that old-line aerospace employers like Boeing Co. and NASA are finding it harder to fill positions. Most aerospace students…
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By DAVID HAMILTON (AP Business Writer) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, is expected to carry a valuation up to $6.4 billion when it conducts its initial public offering on the stock market. The offering also makes Reddit one of the first online companies to offer…
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By Marthe Fourcade, Bloomberg News The safety of intermittent fasting, a popular strategy to lose weight by limiting food intake to certain times, was called into question by a surprise finding from research presented at a medical meeting. Limiting mealtimes to a period of just eight hours a day was linked to a 91% increase…
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