After seven months of negotiations, nearly 600 workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center have ratified a four-year contract that will boost wages by an average 40% over four years, add bonuses and provide a path for part-time employees to gain full-time status. The 245-bed hospital has experienced heavy worker turnover in recent years in…
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A federal civil trial pitting the rapper T.I. and his wife, singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris, against a Chatsworth toymaker over a popular doll line ended with a mistrial Wednesday, after a judge found that testimony accusing the company of cultural appropriation was improperly played for the jury. T.I. and Tiny sought payment from high-profile toymaker…
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A Highland man on trial for a pair of rapes that occurred in south Orange County more than two decades ago denies he was responsible for the assaults, with his attorney telling jurors on Wednesday, Jan. 25, that they were actually carried out by his client’s twin brother. Kevin Konther, now 57, was arrested in…
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Garden Grove Councilmember Kim Bernice Nguyen has her eyes set on a congressional seat. The two-term councilmember launched a 2024 bid for the 45th congressional district, held by Republican Rep. Michelle Steel, on Wednesday, touting her experience with local government and bipartisanship. “While Washington plays political games, California families are struggling, dealing with the rising…
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Walt Disney Imagineering has sprinkled a heavy dose of comedic puns, Hidden Mickeys and Easter Eggs throughout the attraction queue for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland that offers riders a career retrospective of the Mouse that started it all. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway debuts on Friday, Jan. 27 after a series of…
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The updated COVID-19 boosters are cutting the risk that a person will get sick from the coronavirus by about half, even against infections caused by the rapidly spreading XBB.1.5 subvariant. New studies, conducted by researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are among the first looks at how the bivalent boosters have…
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LOS ANGELES — One defensive rebound. That’s all that stood between USC men’s basketball and an upset win over UCLA in Pauley Pavilion three weeks ago. One defensive rebound, and the Bruins would have no choice but to foul the leading Trojans, who could then extend their lead with free throws. Instead, no one boxed…
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By Elizabeth Stuart, Jeremy Herb and Jamie Gangel About a week after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, former Vice President Mike Pence asked an attorney to review four boxes of documents stored in his Indiana home, according to an attorney for Pence. The…
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By Kevin Liptak, Jamie Gangel and Edward-Isaac Dovere | CNN Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama turned over their classified records to the National Archives upon leaving office, representatives for each of the four leaders told CNN, after classified materials were discovered in yet another former top official’s…
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By Anna Bahney | CNN In response to rent payments soaring across the country in recent years, the Biden administration unveiled new actions Wednesday to protect tenants, make renting more affordable and improve fairness in the rental housing market. Multiple agencies are expected to take part in improving conditions for renters, taking actions in tandem…
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