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Newsom exempts fire-torn areas of Los Angeles from controversial duplex law
The Gazette - Colorado
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued an executive order on Wednesday that exempts fire-torn areas of Los Angeles from a landmark housing law that allows property owners to build duplexes on land reserved for single-family homes. Newsom's executive...
Santa Monica Creates Film Office to Streamline Permitting and Production Services
Santa Monica Mirror - California
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August 2, 2025
New Agency Will Take Over From FilmLA After More Than a Decade Beginning September 1, 2025, film permit coordination in Santa Monica will shift to a new locally managed entity, Film Santa Monica, established by the Santa Monica Travel & Tourism...
Consumers want to spend, but they can't, said El Pollo Loco CEO
Restaurant Business Magazine
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El Pollo Loco is hoping to double unit growth next year, mostly outside California. | Photo: Shutterstock. El Pollo Loco’s rebrand and new menu items helped improve sales through the second quarter. But, as CEO Liz Williams put it: “Progress take...
Chino food hall modeled after shipping containers
Champion Newspapers - California
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Chino residents used to seeing shipping containers being transported on freeways may be surprised to see similar containers in a new food hall that will replace the 62-year-old Gateway Karis Church on the southwest corner of Schaefer and Oaks...
Understanding the California Prop 65 Label Seen on Indonesian Spice Product
Tempo.co
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August 2, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A video circulating on social media shows an Indonesian spice product bearing the Prop 65 or Proposition 65 label from California. The label warns consumers about potential cancer-causing substances found in the product. What...
Subway® Teams Up with Netflix for Immersive ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Pop-Up Experience in Los Angeles
Food & Beverage Magazine - Nevada
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July 31, 2025
In an era where experiential marketing reigns supreme, Subway® is driving innovation by transforming a standard restaurant visit into an immersive cinematic adventure. On August 8, 2025, the sandwich giant will convert its Santa Monica location...
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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August 1, 2025
California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript July 31, 2025 California Water Service Group beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.708, expectations were $0.46. Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Directly (And Finally) Parodies The Original Series
/FILM - Indiana
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August 3, 2025
This post contains spoilers for season 3 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." After three seasons spent both earnestly and playfully building up to the events of "The Original Series," Paramount+ prequel "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" has finally...
California imports Saudi gasoline for first time since 2022
The New Arab
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August 1, 2025
Three gasoline shipments totalling about 886,000 barrels from Saudi's Jubail Industrial Port have been discharged in recent months at Southern California's Olympus Terminals, according to Kpler [GETTY] Fuel importers in California have received...
AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 4:11 p.m. EDT
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charge during a traffic stop LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police confirmed that Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday following a traffic stop on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a...
"An untouched film market": "The Bench" movie wraps Grand Junction production
The Daily Sentinel - Colorado
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When Robert Galinsky experienced homelessness in the 1980s and brought his experience to an off-Broadway one-man show called “The Bench”, all of it happened in New York. An upcoming movie adaptation reframes the story as taking place in modern-day...
Harsh Goenka Slams Hotmail Founder For ‘Lecturing A Billion Indians’ From California
News18
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August 2, 2025
Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 14:30 IST Indian-origin Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia had shared a post suggesting that anyone who speaks about issues in India is branded as 'anti-national'. Some internet users supported Harsh Goenka’s view while...
Dubai outstrips San Francisco for AI adoption and usage, report finds
The National News
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Dubai ranks in the top five world cities in a new report on the adoption of artificial intelligence, beating San Francisco, widely considered the birthplace of the modern tech industry. Singapore took the top spot, according to Counterpoint...
California Moves Against State's Insurer of Last Resort Over Smoke Policies
Newsweek
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August 1, 2025
California regulators have announced legal action against the state's fire insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, over its systematic denial of smoke damage claims to hundreds of wildfire victims. On Thursday, the California Department of...
An Epic Christian Bale War Movie Almost Starred Matt Damon Instead
/FILM - Indiana
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August 3, 2025
Werner Herzog's film "Rescue Dawn" (which hit U.S. theaters in the summer of 2007) was a semi-fictionalized retelling of his own 1997 documentary "Little Dieter Needs to Fly." The documentary followed Dieter Dengler, a German-American pilot whose...
Why it's cheaper to film in Ireland than Los Angeles (for now)
RTE Ireland
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July 31, 2025
Analysis: Over 850 productions have claimed Irish tax relief since 2016 showing Ireland is a major player in the global film industry Hollywood actor Rob Lowe is perhaps best known for his role as White House speech writer Sam Seaborn on the TV...
10 Most Explosive Action Movie Endings in Cinematic History
Movie Web
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August 3, 2025
"A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater," said Walt Disney, once upon a time. Truer words have never been spoken. A movie might be highly engaging,...
The Taylor Swift Movie That IMDb Considers One Of The Worst Ever Made
/FILM - Indiana
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August 3, 2025
It's not news that "Cats" is a bad movie. Directed by Tom Hooper (a man who, between this disaster and his 2012 big-screen adaptation of "Les Misérables," should be required to return his directing Oscar for "The King's Speech" to the Academy),...
Widespread Panic Asheville Run Generates $8 Million For Local Economy
Live For Live Music - Michigan
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August 3, 2025
Nearly one year after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, Asheville continues to feel the economic fallout. Downtown visits are down by over 16% compared to last year, according to the Asheville Downtown Association, and vacation...
'The Holiday' Is Getting a TV Remake After 20 Years Without Any Original Cast or Crew
Movie Web
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August 3, 2025
The hit holiday classic The Holiday is the latest in a long line of 2000s media getting a revival, as AppleTV+ has ordered a miniseries based on the 2006 hit film. Directed by Nancy Meyers, The Holiday revolves around Iris (Kate Winslet), a London...