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Fire safety warning as millions work from home to stem spread of Covid-19

Firefighters are issuing urgent #StayHomeStaySafe advice as millions of people enter their first full week of working from home amidst the Coronavirus pandemic




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Brigade response to Government announcement on further steps to reform the building safety system

A Government announcement on further steps to reform the building safety system has been welcomed by London Fire Brigade, but senior firefighters also have concerns it has not gone far enough




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London Fire Brigade issues warning after cooking fire on ITV’s This Morning

MasterChef’s John Torode narrowly avoided disaster after a tea towel placed near to a stove caught alight during his cooking segment on ITV’s This Morning.




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Dirty money piling up in L.A. as coronavirus cripples international money laundering

With storefronts closed, supply chains in disarray and the global economy in peril, money laundering schemes are hobbled and cash is piling up in L.A., the city's top drug enforcement official said.




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3 million coronavirus masks arrive in California as part of quiet deal with Chinese company

In all, the state received some 3 million surgical masks made by BYD, a company known for building electric vehicles with an assembly plant in Los Angeles County.




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California attorney general sues gas trading companies, alleging price manipulation

California on Monday sued two gasoline trading firms, alleging they took advantage of a 2015 refinery explosion in Torrance to improperly drive up the price at the pump.




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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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A California law may help travelers recoup money they've lost

An L.A. woman was to fly from LAX to Toronto and back. The airline canceled the flight. It won't give her a refund nor will the booking agency.




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Ronald Birtcher, who helped build modern-day Orange County, dies at 89

Along with Henry Segerstrom and Donald Bren, he helped make the OC more cosmopolitan.




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California effort will employ restaurant workers to provide meals for seniors amid coronavirus crisis

The program will provide $66 a day per senior in funding for daily meals. Newsom said the effort will launch immediately, focused on seniors who are at risk for COVID-19 or have limited income.




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California to provide more food benefits for schoolchildren during the coronavirus crisis

Newsom says low-income families will receive $365 per child to buy food to make up for the loss of free and reduced-priced lunches provided by schools.




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Tasting-menu gem Auburn closes for good, the latest restaurant casualty of the coronavirus shutdown

Chef Eric Bost's Melrose Avenue restaurant opened just 13 months ago.




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This couple turned their taqueria into a food bank

Revolutionario North African Tacos has become a food bank feeding Asian American and African American seniors and L.A.'s skid row.




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Patricia Bosworth, actor turned celebrity biographer, dies of coronavirus

Patricia Bosworth, an actor who went on to chronicle lives including Jane Fonda's, Marlon Brando's and her own, died from coronavirus. She was 86.




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Review: A western romance novel about a brawling Texas fiddler pulls its punches

Paulette Jiles delighted with her convention-breaking western romance, 'News of the World.' Her follow-up, 'Simon the Fiddler,' is just old-fashioned.




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How language can destroy or rebuild, per Times Book Prize fiction winner Ben Lerner

The author of "The Topeka School," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for fiction, speaks on poetry, debate, citizenship and crisis homeschooling.




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Journal the pandemic and those weird grocery store trips — with help from Michelle Obama

Writer turns to guided journal for Michelle Obama's "Becoming" to grapple with anxiety and cabin fever during coronavirus crisis.




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Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel

Rishi Reddi's "Passage West" plumbs an important story of Indian immigrant farmers, but isn't quite up to the task as fiction




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Bookshop.org earns more than $1 million for indie bookstores

Earlier this week, Bookshop.org hit $1 million in earnings that will go to bookstores endangered by the coronavirus outbreak.




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Letters to the Editor: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to stop calling California a 'nation-state'

Gov. Newsom has taken to calling California a "nation-state" when discussing its efforts to fight the coronavirus. Constitutionally, that's not true.




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Letters to the Editor: How will Newsom protect Calfornia if other states end coronavirus restrictions?

Trump can't 'reopen' the economy, but Republican governors can follow his lead. If they do, Newsom must continue to protect Californians.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus kills the delusion that government should be like a business

Trump justifies his actions on coronavirus by saying he's a businessman who doesn't like having a lot of employees. But government is not a business.




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Letters to the Editor: Treat clean energy like fossil fuel by giving it plenty of government money

Clean energy wants a level playing field with fossil fuels and nuclear power. It needs government funding for that to happen.




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Letters to the Editor: State governors, listen to your mayors who don't want to reopen

State preemption has been used against local governments on a number of issues; it would be a mistake for that to happen now amid coronavirus fears.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus stirs readers' patriotism — for California

A call to split the U.S. into separate republics based on our deep political divisions draws support from readers.




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Letters to the Editor: Stubborn enough to go see the poppy bloom? At least stay on the trails

Publishing photos of maskless tourists romping in poppy fields does not help the cause of social distancing.




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Letters to the Editor: Newsom's right. Crowding beaches in a pandemic is not your birthright as a Californian

Calls to open all beaches because Californians have a right to them are silly and dangerous. Gov. Newsom is making the right call.




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Letters to the Editor: Start reopening California by rationing access to beaches and trails

Californians feel hopeless, so some are protesting. The solution is to limit access to public spaces without completely closing them.




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Letters to the Editor: Coronavirus protesters turn the American flag into a symbol of selfishness

The people waving the American flag at lockdown protests are using it as a symbol of selfishness.




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That dramatic 'Marriage Story' speech that Laura Dern makes? Here's how it came about

As a divorce lawyer in 'Marriage Story,' Laura Dern calls out societal bias against mothers. She helped craft the speech with writer-director Noah Baumbach.




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Can 'Parasite' parlay the international Oscar into a best picture prize?

If an international film, like 'Parasite,' wins best picture, it only seems fair that a different film, like 'Pain and Glory,' gets the international Oscar.




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How I learned to stop worrying and ... ahem ... love the Oscars' best picture choice

We can't control what wins best picture at the Academy Awards. Can we control our emotions when our favorite movie doesn't win?




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How Netflix's 'I Lost My Body' turns animation on its head, with the story of a severed hand

The team behind Netflix's unique adult animated feature "I Lost My Body" celebrates their Oscar nomination, and redefining what's possible in animation.




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Elton John picks up his second original song Oscar, this one with Bernie Taupin

It's only fitting that Elton John shares the Oscar song award with Bernie Taupin for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from "Rocketman," the movie largely about their 50-year collaboration.




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Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh and others celebrate 'Parasite's' historic Oscar win

Ava DuVernay, Olivia Munn and Jon M. Chu were among the celebs celebrating "Parasite's" historic win for best picture at the 2020 Oscars.




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Sign of the times: 'Ford v. Ferrari' producer Peter Chernin will make Netflix movies now

Peter Chernin, producer of the Oscar-nominated 'Ford v. Ferrari,' strikes a movie deal with Netflix.




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Pyramid house in Malibu sells to former Warner Bros. executive

Malibu's offbeat pyramid house has sold to a former Warner Bros. executive for $2.02 million.




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Warner Records chief Aaron Bay-Schuck eyes a deal above the Sunset Strip

Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO of Warner Records, is asking $5.9 million for his stylish architectural abode in Hollywood Hills.




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Remains of Sèbastien Izambard's Malibu estate that burned listed for $4.5 million

The site of French singer-composer Sébastien Izambard's Malibu home, which was destroyed in the 2018 Woolsey fire, is for sale at $4.5 million.




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NBA players, referees to wear black band honoring David Stern


The Dianne and David Stern Foundation philanthropy included a number of Jewish causes, according to Inside Philanthropy.




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Boris Johnson names his newborn after doctors who saved his life


Nicholas was a nod to Nick Price and Nick Hart - two doctors who the couple have praised for saving Johnson's life at St Thomas' hospital last month.




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Kiss frontman Gene Simmons learns of his Holocaust survivor mother’s life


Kiss frontman Gene Simmons said his mother almost never spoke about her Holocaust ordeal, including time in Nazi camps.




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Coronavirus: 100 million European air passenger journeys 'lost' during pandemic

Heathrow, previously the busiest airport in Europe, did not even make the top three on 14 April




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Richard Branson says 'Virgin Atlantic needs government loan to survive'

Airlines around the world are asking for support




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'Self-isolate for two weeks': What a new government quarantine policy for arrivals to the UK could mean

At present there are no health checks on passengers arriving at British ports and airports




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Former Abta board member warns of 'zombie travel companies' – and threatens to sue holiday firms

Refund row intensifies as London ski company claims any customer who declines a 'Refund Credit Note' loses financial protection




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Coronavirus: Foreign Office indefinite travel warning branded 'absurd'

Exclusive: 'The FCO has to alter this Orwellian nonsense, and it must become country-specific,' said Paul Goldstein, owner of a camp in Kenya




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France quarantine will not apply to Britons after diplomatic u-turn

'People entering French territory from European countries (EU/Schengen and United Kingdom) will not be affected by the quarantine measure,' says French consulate




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Coronavirus: 'UK aviation is facing a death spiral', pilots' union warns

Balpa calls on government to bring in a moratorium on job cuts




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British Airways says no 'meaningful' return to service before July

'We will adapt our operating procedures to ensure our customers and our people are properly protected in this new environment,' said Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive