California’s petroleum market watchdog is warning about price gouging at some gas stations charging over $7 or $8 dollars a gallon as the Iran war sends oil prices soaring.
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ICE agents pulled a man out of a downtown federal courtroom after a pre-trial hearing, surprising the judge and defense attorneys.
Plainclothes agents didn’t identify themselves or display a warrant before removing the defendant, his defense attorney says.
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Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Larry Ellison family would control two historic Hollywood film studios, dozens of cable channels, HBO and two legendary newsrooms, CBS News and CNN.
Concerns about the potential loss of more Hollywood jobs, and questions about newsroom independence dominated a hearing Friday to address Los Angeles’ crisis of shrinking film and TV production jobs.
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After chef René Redzepi stepped down, the controversial Noma pop-up has responded to protesters' demand to meet. Meanwhile, former employees dispute a key burning incident cited by activists.
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Hundreds of dogs and cats were found in a home in Lake Hughes Friday morning, in what officials called the largest animal rescue in the county, and possibly the country, ever.
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The Pentagon is reportedly sending three California-based warships and roughly 2,500 Marines to the Middle East, the second significant deployment in a week.
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Tom Brady’s beef with Logan Paul, Paul’s beef with Rob Gronkowski and Brady’s beef with WWE all are as fake as plant-based meat. And so much fun. Fanatics is the ringleader. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Three L.A. theater leaders —Danny Feldman at Pasadena Playhouse, Tarell Alvin McCraney at Geffen Playhouse, and Snehal Desai at Center Theatre Group — are rethinking the regional theater model to survive economic collapse and cultural shifts. latimes.com/entertainment-…
In a stunning move, CBS News is shutting down its radio division, getting out of the medium where its storied history began nearly 100 years ago.
CBS News Radio will stop offering its service to its 700 affiliate stations on May 22.
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Chuck Norris, the legendary martial artist and “Walker, Texas Ranger” star, has died at 86 after a medical emergency in Hawaii.
Days before his death, Norris posted an 86th birthday video sparring with a trainer, saying “I don’t age. I level up.”
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