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Tyre company director nailed for fire safety failings

The director of a scrap tyre yard has been handed a suspended prison sentence for a series of fire safety offences after an emergency fire door was nailed shut in a building where workers were living




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Property company fined for fire safety breaches after resident unable to escape during blaze

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging from guttering and had to be rescued by firefighters




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London Fire Brigade welcomes publication of new Bill to improve fire safety

The Bill will amend the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) and will provide greater clarity on the additional areas which fall to the responsible person or duty-holder for multi-occupied residential buildings




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Fires are coming. But PG&E and some cities are holding up battery backups

Some solar workers have been ordered down from rooftops after neighbors called the police, solar industry officials say.




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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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Inside this scrappy Silver Lake mask emporium

Laura Howe repurposed fabric from her Matrushka Construction boutique to make masks for the coronavirus outbreak. She's sold 8,000.




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How budget cuts and restrictive policies hobbled the unemployment insurance system

Problems from the surge of jobless claims reflect years of cutbacks and greater restrictions on eligibility.




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Column: How Cedars-Sinai got sucked into the battle over Trump's claim of a COVID-19 treatment

Cedars-Sinai is embroiled in a political battle over Trump's remarks on a potential virus treatment.




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Gig workers are now eligible for special unemployment benefits. But many won't get them

A catch in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program could disqualify many workers.




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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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Column: Trump again demands an absurd and harmful payroll tax cut

Trump again demands a payroll tax cut, but it makes no sense.




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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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From hospital bed, Ginsburg challenges Trump plan to limit Obamacare's birth-control coverage

Justices hear a dispute over Trump administration rules to limit contraception requirements. Hospitalized Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls in.




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Elliott: Olympian Mirai Nagasu finds hope in fight to keep parents' restaurant from closing

Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu, who grew up in her parents' restaurant in Arcadia, is determined not to let the coronavirus close the family business.




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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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Milo & Olive Garlic Knots

This garlic knots recipe from Milo & Olive is easy: Stuff pizza dough with garlic confit, brush with garlic oil and bake until golden.




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SOS: How to make Milo & Olive's addictive garlic knots

Milo & Olive gives us the recipe for their giant garlic knots, which the restaurant now also offers as a take-and-bake item




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Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown

Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Keep meatloaf classic and simple for the best recipe

Just a few simple tweaks are all it takes to make a classic meatloaf more appealing than its name gives it credit for.




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The official Ben & Jerry's ice cream power rankings

One opinion on the best (and worst) Ben & Jerry's flavors




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Surviving the Shutdown: San Pedro Fish Market has sold over 15,000 shrimp trays since stay-at-home started

San Pedro's historic waterfront market is offering discounted shrimp trays to draw in customers




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Indie bookstore Powell's Books rehires more than 100 employees as online orders soar

Portland's beloved indie bookstore Powell's Books rehired more than 100 employees after seeing a surge in online orders.




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Q&A: Author Cynthia Ozick will spend her 92nd birthday 'contemplating mayhem'

Cynthia Ozick, essayist and acclaimed novelist, shelters from coronavirus and discusses anti-Semitism, the Spanish flu and longevity.




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Q&A: What do people ask a librarian in a pandemic? L.A. Library's InfoNow has the answer

With libraries closed, L.A. librarians now work from home to help people find free ebooks, music and movies during the coronavirus crisis.




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Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy

Walter Thompson-Hernández's "The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland" tells a grand story in granular detail.





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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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Letters to the Editor: How can Trump's critics possibly get through to his supporters?

People are making valid points about Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, but the president's supporters aren't listening.




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Letters to the Editor: A memorable Passover celebration at 'Temple Beth Zoom'

With social distancing a must, this year's virtual celebration will be long remembered.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump is No. 1 in headlines that start with 'president lashes out'

This is what happens when we elect a failed-businessman-turned-reality TV star as president.




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Letters to the Editor: I had to make many, many calls about my unemployment benefits. This is a crisis

Countless people have applied for unemployment benefits they cannot get. This can create a crisis worse than the coronavirus outbreak.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump punishes the World Health Organization for his own mistakes

Halting funding of the WHO is another in a long line of decisions made by the Trump administration abdicating U.S. leadership on science.




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Letters to the Editor: Being a scientist while placating a narcissist — Anthony Fauci's impossible job

Dr. Anthony Fauci deserves something like combat pay for guiding the nation with his scientific expertise while also doing enough not to get fired.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump didn't prepare for the coronavirus, and neither did you

People who blame the president for failing to prepare the country ignore an important fact: We didn't want to believe America was vulnerable to COVID-19.




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Letters to the Editor: Yeah, Trump is lazy, but underestimating him is dangerous

The president might not like to work, but the people who think and act for him are very effective at their jobs.




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Letters to the Editor: 'Liberate' protests show why Trump is such a dangerous president

Protesters violating every rule on fighting COVID-19, with the support of the president, show how badly we need competent leadership.




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Letters to the Editor: Democrats were impeaching Trump when action against coronavirus was needed

No Democratic candidates called for social distancing before Super Tuesday, and now the left is Monday-morning quarterbacking the president.




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Letters to the Editor: Dealing with coronavirus was Trump's job, even during impeachment

Even when he was being impeached, Trump still had a job to do. Nothing justifies his failure to take early action against the coronavirus.




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Letters to the Editor: Enforcing Trump's anti-immigrant policies makes no sense in a pandemic

The spouses of immigrants need economic help too so they can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Opinion: These protestors crying oppression get almost no sympathy from readers

Rarely does any group of people draw so many howls of protest from readers as the anti-lockdown demonstrators.




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Letters to the Editor: It's finally time to demand Trump's resignation over coronavirus

It's too dangerous to have Trump remain president for another eight months during a pandemic. Let Mike Pence take over.




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Letters to the Editor: Don't forget the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis in COVID-19 death comparisons

We're comparing the number of Americans to have died from COVID-19 to war casualties. Why not consider AIDS?




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Letters to the Editor: Trump can't handle a pandemic because he doesn't care about other people

The fact that Trump refuses to wear a mask, a precaution meant to protect other people, is evidence of his lack of empathy.




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Letters to the Editor: An absurd, insulting comparison of social distancing to Nazi Germany

A second-generation surivivor whose grandparents died in the Holocaust blasts a newspaper publisher for comparing coronavirus restrictions to Nazi Germany.




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Letters to the Editor: Car crashes aren't contagious. Stop comparing coronavirus to them

Why the argument that we should reopen the economy because we don't shut it down over the thousands of car deaths every year is wrong.




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Letters to the Editor: Trump is behaving exactly like the autocratic Chinese leader he opposes

The president brooks no criticism and disregards inconvenient facts, much like the Chinese government he opposes.




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Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say

Letter writers who criticize the president are brushing off accusations from Trump's defenders that they suffer from some kind of insanity.




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Is Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas a 'person of color'? It's complicated

Hispanic, Latino or both? White or a person of color? The identity debate sparked after some declared Banderas a "person of color" when the Oscars' overwhelmingly white acting nominations were announced.




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¿Es el nominado al Oscar Antonio Banderas una "persona de color"? Es complicado decirlo

¿Hispano, latino o ambos? ¿Blanco o de color? El debate sobre la identidad se desató después de que algunos declararan a Banderas como "persona de color" cuando se anunciaron las nominaciones de los Oscars de actuación abrumadoramente blanca.