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Mazzy Star co-founder David Roback, leader of L.A.'s 'Paisley Underground,' dies at 61

David Roback, best known as the co-founder of influential L.A. alternative rock bands Mazzy Star and Rain Parade, has died at age 61.




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Former Dodger slugger Jimmy 'The Toy Cannon' Wynn dies at 78

All-Star hitter helped the Dodgers reach the World Series in 1974.




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California reopening would start slow, not be complete for a year or longer, expert estimates

Robert Kim-Farley, infectious disease expert, says Stage 4 of Gov. Newsom's reopening plan for California may not be implemented until mid to late 2021.




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Working from home now? It's time to seriously define your home uniform

If you're working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, you can still feel comfortable while sitting in your home office or living room.




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What to watch tonight? Check out 'Queen & Slim' and learn why those snakeskin boots are so important

If you're self-isolating, then you have time to watch "Queen & Slim" and fall for those boots. The film is now available through streaming platforms and on DVD.




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Slavery documents from Southern saltmakers bring light to dark history

The Huntington Library's acquisition of slavery and abolition papers provides a missing puzzle piece to one community's questions about its past.




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'Slave Play' in L.A.: Mark Taper Forum will have the first production outside N.Y.

Center Theatre Group lands Jeremy O. Harris' provocative hit 'Slave Play' for a 2020-21 season still full of coronavirus-driven questions.




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Major U.S. airlines will require masks to slow coronavirus spread

To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, passengers soon will be required to wear masks by the largest airlines in the U.S.




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Airbnb is cutting 25% of staff amid worldwide travel slump

About 1,900 Airbnb employees will be affected by the layoffs, CEO Brian Chesky said.




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Kern County city gets hit with triple whammy: Lockdowns, oil slump and prison closing

A small oil town in Southern California is pummeled by the economy during the coronavirus outbreak and economic downturn




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Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale

The West Adams restaurant Alta Adams reopens with a sliding price scale so people in need can dine for free.




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Cooking editor Genevieve Ko and cooking columnist Ben Mims are here to help.




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New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale

High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff.




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Cook with us! Introducing our new home for recipes and cooking newsletter

This weekend we're excited to launch a new cooking newsletter to help you keep up with all the great stuff coming from our kitchen team, led by Genevieve Ko and Ben Mims.




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Quarantined Laila Lalami tries "Middlemarch," falls asleep with "The Bell Jar" instead

In a coronavirus quarantine diary, 'The Other Americans' author Laila reads 'The Bell Jar,' recommends Kiese Laymon's 'Heavy' and watches 'Devs.'




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Union calls Powell's Books announcement of staff rehires 'misleading'

A union statement is "disappointed" with how Powell's Books has been informing the public about staffing after laying off most of its employees.




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Don Winslow drops a new book, 'Broken,' your quarantine read for our fractured times

The bestselling crime novelist plans a virtual book tour for his new title, "Broken," as the coronavirus keeps him home in Southern California.




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Helpless women? Not these slave owners

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, winner of the Times Book Prize in history, spent a decade on "They Were Her Property," about women slave owners.




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Pomona professor, poet and translator Robert Mezey dies

A brilliant, mercurial and often rebellious poet and critic, would-be translator of Jorge Luis Borges and mentor to John Darnielle and many others.




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Kodi Not Working? Fix Broken & Slow Kodi Now

Is Kodi not working for you? Does Kodi still work for anyone? Come find out how to easily fix a broken Kodi setup or addon and access content today!

The post Kodi Not Working? Fix Broken & Slow Kodi Now appeared first on Kodi Tips.




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PGA golfer Jeff Sluman gets same price he paid for Florida town home

PGA Tour golfer Jeff Sluman has sold his waterfront home in Florida for $3.65 million, the same price he paid for it in 2017.




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Need to escape? These islands cost less than many L.A. homes

If you're feeling cooped up by coronavirus restrictions, these private islands all cost under $1 million. Don't worry, they all come with houses too.




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'Chicago P.D.' co-creator sees action on Little Balboa Island home

Television writer-producer Matt Olmstead and his wife, NBC Universal executive Dawn Parouse Olmstead, sell a home in Newport Beach for $3.2 million.




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Where actress Sarayu Blue unwinds from virus sleuthing on Netflix's 'Medical Police'

The oddly timely parody has Blue playing a CDC black ops chief hunting a deadly virus. In real life, color is a big theme in her office retreat.




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First Arab Muslim rider joins Israel’s only professional cycling team


"I joined ICA to fulfil my biggest dream: Racing in the World Tour and Tour De France!" 23-year-old Chokri Elmehdi from Morocco said.




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Leslie Wexner to step down from Victoria’s Secret parent company


Billionaire entrepreneur Leslie Wexner, under fire for his ties to the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein and allowing a culture of sexual harassment.




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New ‘Star Wars’ projects from Taika Waititi and Leslye Headland on the way


This marks Waititi’s return to the world of Star Wars.




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You can 'remote control' a Faroe Islander to explore the archipelago

Faroe Islanders allow travellers stuck at home with only a device for company to explore through the eyes of a local




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An agency hid Tesla crash data for nearly two years. Is that any way to build trust in driverless cars?

It was an extraordinary vote of confidence for autonomous driving by the nation's top vehicle safety agency.




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Tesla Model 3 can no longer be recommended, says Consumer Reports

Tesla's stock price sank Thursday after Consumer Reports blasted the reliability of the company's new Model 3 sedan and dropped it from a list of recommended vehicles.




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Elon Musk should be held in contempt for unauthorized tweet about Tesla, SEC says

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Tesla website and Elon Musk differ on Model 3 delivery dates. Two weeks? Four months?

Buyers who order the new lower-cost "standard-range" $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric car and expect to receive it in two to four weeks might be in for a surprise.




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Tesla's Elon Musk, facing contempt charges, says semi-secret meeting was a mistake

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who is scheduled to defend himself Monday against contempt charges in a federal district court, may find his defense complicated by a semi-secret teleconference Tesla held Thursday with a small number of investors and members of the media.




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Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.




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A key Tesla supplier cuts growth plans, raising red flags over demand for the Model 3

Panasonic is freezing plans to expand its role as Tesla's electric car battery supplier, a move that raises new questions about demand for Tesla's Model 3 — and the company's future.




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In a bind, Musk hopes autonomous Tesla taxis will drive a new, positive narrative

Elon Musk is in a bind — perhaps the tightest bind of his business career.




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Elon Musk claims a million Teslas will drive themselves in a year. Safety advocates have concerns

Tesla, under pressure to show it can generate profits on its main business of making electric cars, on Monday trumpeted a custom-designed computer chip to let its vehicles drive themselves.




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Tesla returns to losing money as revenue, cash and other key numbers tumble

Elon Musk envisions a glorious future when fleets of Tesla robo-taxis earn money for Tesla owners and make all other automobiles instantly obsolete.




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Ugly turns uglier as a Tesla filing shows results were goosed by a surge in credits

Tesla's financial results released last week didn't mention that the automaker's revenue included $200 million collected from regulatory credits.




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Tesla Model 3 remains the most popular electric vehicle in the U.S. — by far

The Tesla Model 3 remained the bestselling electric car in the United States last month by far, according to estimates from website Inside EVs.




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Will Trump's China trade war mess up Polestar's U.S. challenge to Tesla?

The Polestar 2, the first electric car to go straight up against Tesla's Model 3, is due to go on the market in the U.S. by summer 2020.




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'Dark clouds over Fremont': Tesla enters survival mode as stock price drops

Elon Musk's growth story is looking more like a fable as Tesla Inc. enters survival mode.




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Could Tesla merge with SpaceX? A Morgan Stanley analyst raises the possibility

Morgan Stanley stock analyst Adam Jonas told clients Wednesday that if Tesla's troubles continue, it's unlikely to be acquired by a tech company, an auto company, or someone from China.




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Tesla Model 3 sales rise in May, but demand still hasn't fully recovered

Tesla's sales of its Model 3 perked up in the U.S. in May, according to estimates from the website InsideEVs, after a round of price cuts.




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At Tesla annual meeting, Elon Musk softens claims of a robotaxi fleet next year

Less than two months after touting a plan to put driverless taxis on the road, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday walked back the ambitious timetable.




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In a throwback, Musk's tweets target Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk turned to Twitter on Sunday to open up old wounds with one of Tesla's co-founders before announcing he had "deleted" his Twitter account.




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The public thinks Tesla's Autopilot is safer than it is, an insurance group says

For years, automakers have been offering driver-assist technologies on many new cars.




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Tesla beats expectations, delivers 95,000 vehicles in the second quarter

Tesla Inc. delivered 95,200 vehicles to customers in the second quarter, outperforming analysts' expectations.




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Is he a Tesla stalker or just a very meticulous researcher? A judge will decide

Is Randeep Hothi a stalker, a harasser, a perpetrator of violence and an imminent threat?




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Judge told Tesla to release evidence in short seller trial. Instead, Tesla dropped the case

Tesla dropped its case against Randeep Hothi after a judge ordered the company to turn over video and audio evidence to prove its case.