Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for more than five months, said it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Beverly Hilton that covers more than 500 unionized workers. The Beverly Hills hotel, longtime host of [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has initiated discussions about selling insider shares at a price that values the closely held company at $175 billion or more, according to people familiar with the matter. The most valuable U.S. startup is discussing a tender offer that could range from $500 million to $750 million, [...]
This week, Simon & Schuster finally published “The Book of Animal Secrets: Nature’s Lessons for a Long and Happy Life,” the highly anticipated book by USC’s Dr. David Agus whose release was suspended after the manuscript was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism. The new version of the book [...]
Ganesha Statue Ganesha, the elephant-headed god of luck and good fortune, is an icon revered around the world. His image is ubiquitous in popular culture from the covers of albums to tattoo studios to film, showcasing his deep spiritual significance. His unique features are a symbol of man’s eternal struggle [...]
When Sam Altman was abruptly fired last month as CEO of artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI, the rupture left him with a lot of thinking to do. But looking back on the experience, Altman told comedian Trevor Noah in a video podcast released Thursday morning, there may have been some upside. [...]
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — You can sense it in the ubiquitous “Help Wanted” posters in artsy shops and restaurants, in the ranks of university students living out of their cars and in the outsize percentage of locals camping on the streets. This seaside county known for its windswept beauty and easy [...]
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the complex bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma, whose owners, the Sackler family, have become synonymous with the carnage wreaked on American families by the profligate and dishonest marketing and distribution of OxyContin and other opioids. In exchange for giving up ownership of [...]
The unionization wave has come to Los Angeles’ homegrown coffee franchise Go Get Em Tiger. More than 70% of the company’s over 100 workers have signed union authorization cards. This includes eight retail locations — seven Go Get Em Tiger shops and its flagship G&B Coffee inside Grand Central Market [...]
A group of federal lawmakers is urging the U.S. Department of Labor and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to investigate some prominent Los Angeles hotels and their contracted staffing agencies for possible labor violations in their treatment of migrant workers. Local hotels — or staffing agencies operating on their behalf [...]
Here’s a pair of handy rules of thumb to know we’re heading into a major election cycle: (1) Republican candidates start talking about the need to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and (2) none of them bothers to say how that will make American healthcare better. Sure enough, in just [...]