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Disrupting the upfronts -- are the upfronts a bad buy
Last week networks wrapped up the upfronts, a time where advertising execs act like baseball scouts looking for the next big thing in which to sink millions of dollars. And like baseball scouts, the ad execs are advising their brands to invest big money into gut feelings. Networked Insights, which counts Samsung and GE among its clients, is asking advertisers why they're sinking money into ...
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California Considers Oil Tax to Fund Schools
education funding flows out of the ground. The idea of an oil severance tax has been bubbling for years, but proponents have been unable to surmount intense lobbying from the energy industry. That hasn't deterred a state senator from coming up with a bill and a University of California, Berkeley, undergraduate from circulating a ballot initiative, both of which would impose a tax on ...
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Dude California Beach Parking Plan Making Waves
Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less-developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long defined the state's disparate beach culture may soon fade. In search of new revenue, the state parks system ...
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May 21 Election Find Polling Place
Election day features the race for LA mayor involving councilmember Eric Garcetti and city controller Wendy Greuel. The candidates, vying for the seat vacated by outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, were the top two vote-getters in the March primary ...
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Santa Clarita Valley will be hit by 45-mph gusts
LOS ANGELES - Winds blowing at speeds of between 15 and 30 miles per hour and gusting at between 40 and 45 mph will sweep the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Gabriel mountains Monday morning, forecasters said. A wind advisory signifying an expectation of 35-mph winds or 45-mph gusts will be in effect in the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Gabriels in both Los Angeles and Ventura counties from ...
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Gardena Make It Quick bandit strikes for the 10th time
The so-called "Make it Quick" bandit, who hadn't been heard from in nearly nine months, struck again last week in Gardena. The bandit believed responsible for nine previous South Bay and Harbor Area bank robberies since 2009 hit a U.S. Bank branch on Friday. All of the robbers 10 crimes have occurred at U.S. Bank branches, the FBI said. Friday's crime was the fourth at the ...
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East Africa Two California Men Sentenced for Rhino Horn Trafficking
Washington - The sentencing May 15 of two California businessmen in Los Angeles for trafficking in rhino horn will send both to prison and ensure that $800,000 of their illegally acquired "profits" end up helping protect rhinos in Africa. Vinh Chung "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha pleaded guilty in September 2012 to federal felony charges brought as a result of Operation Crash, an ...
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Injured Workers Opioid Use on Rise in California Washington
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp Washington and California are among states in the U.S. Western Region that have publicly struggled with opioid abuse in workers' compensation. In California, home to one-in-eight Americans, just 3 percent of the state's doctors prescribe 55 percent of the opioids, according to findings from the California Workers' Compensation ...
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California Health Exchange Also Will Offer Voter Registration
California will become the first state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this year. Millions of Californians will get the chance to register at the same time they are buying insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment begins in October. The Secretary of State formally designated Covered California as a voter registration agency this ...
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California Farmers Explore Water-Conserving Agriculture For A Drought-Filled Future
serious water shortage for huge swaths of California’s farmland, some farmers are investigating an ancient technique called ';dry farming.'; As ...
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A taxing summer for residents of Berkeley California
How about a tat tax? The City Council in Berkeley, Calif., is expected to raise fees Tuesday on tattoos and homemade cupcakes, among other fun stuff, in an attempt to offset the city's $5.1 million deficit over the next two years. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the taxes, if approved, would go into effect July 1, making the summer a bit more ...
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Planned Walkout By UC Hospital Workers Awaits Judge’s Ruling
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- A Sacramento judge was expected to rule Monday on how many essential workers must be kept from a series of planned strikes at University of California medical centers statewide. As many as 30,000 nurses and technical workers at medical centers at UC Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego were expected to take part in a two-day walkout from Tuesday through Thursday. ...
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Huntington Beach Porch Theft Caught On Camera
The theft took place just before 3 a.m. May 10 on Oceanridge Drive in Huntington Beach, the Huntington Beach Independent reported. The video depicts a woman getting out of her black, four-door convertible, running to the porch and grabbing several packages. The suspect is described as a Hispanic woman with shoulder length hair, about 25 to 30 years old, police said. No arrests have been ...
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California suspects accidentally dial 911 during crime
FRESNO, Calif.-Two suspects arrested for breaking into a car in Central California accidentally called 911 on a cellphone, which led police to them. KXTV in Sacramento reports ...
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Proposed California measure requires doctor drug tests
SAN FRANCISCO-A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the "Pee in the Cup" initiative is being pushed by Bob Pack, a technology mogul and former executive at AOL Inc. and NetZero Inc. His young son and daughter were killed a decade ago by a driver under the influence of ...
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Big Rig Carrying Grapes Crashes Into Freeway Divider
A big rig carrying about 35,000 pounds of grapes crashed into the center divider on the 210 Freeway early Monday in Monrovia, leading to a traffic backup affecting both sides of the road during the morning ...
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Man jumps to his death from Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro
A man jumped to his death from theVincent Thomas Bridge Sunday night. (Staff File Photo) SAN PEDRO - A man drove up to the apex of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro Sunday night, scaled the security fence, and jumped to his death, a Port of Los Angeles official said. Witnesses on the bridge saw the man -- believed to have been in his 40s -- drive his car up to the apex just after 8 p.m. ...
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Weekend box office Star Trek misses jump to warp speed
"Star Trek Into Darkness" grossed an estimated $70.6 million over the three-day weekend and $84.1 million over the four-and-a-half-day frame. Star Trek Into Darkness ousted Iron Man 3 from the top spot at the box office over the weekend, but the sci-fi sequel fell short of both Paramounts and industry observers $100 million forecast. J.J. Abrams sequel to his 2009 reboot of the iconic ...
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DirecTV wants a piece of Hulu
DirecTV CEO Mike White is reportedly considering making a bid for Hulu. Another cable television provider has tossed its hat into Hulus ring. According to Bloomberg, DirecTV is considering buying all or part of the video streaming service. The report follows similar interest from Time Warner Cable. The U.S. largest satellite TV provider considered acquiring Hulu back in 2011. DirecTV decided not ...
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Beach Boys Croon California Girls Live on Reunion Tour
expressed doubt regarding another full-fledged Beach Boys reunion in February. The Beach Boys' next tour date is set for September 27th in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, led by Love and ...
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Report Knicks’ Anthony To Have Shoulder Re-Examined Prigioni’s Wife Wants Out
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Knicks star Carmelo Anthony won’t need surgery on his troublesome knee, and the team hopes it’ll be the same for his injured shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. Anthony will have his left shoulder ...
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Analyst doubts governors budget for business
California's Legislative Analyst Office agreed with Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to gradually cut the state's enterprise zone program, but has doubts about plans for its replacement, a recruiting and retention fund. As you might have heard, the states Legislative Analyst Office disagreed with Gov. Jerry Brown version of Californias finances last Friday, predicting Californias tax ...
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Poll Garcetti Leads Greuel By 7 Points 1 Day Before Mayoral Election
Los Angeles mayoral candidates City Councilman Eric Garcetti (L) and City Controller Wendy Greuel (R) pose for a handshake with moderator Warren Olney, of radio station KCRW, after a debate hosted by Zocalo Public Square and KCRW at the Petersen Automotive Museum on May 7, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Garcetti and Greuel are preparing for a May 21 runoff vote to determine which will be the ...
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Covered California to release list of health plans rates
Covered California, the new state health benefit exchange, will release a tentative list of health plans and rates for the program at a board meeting in Sacramento Thursday. Covered California, the new state health benefit exchange, will release a tentative list of health plans and rates for the program at a board meeting in Sacramento Thursday. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in ...
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Yahoo makes Tumblr deal official vows not to screw it up
This is a screenshot of on an animation that ran on Marissa Mayer's Tumblr about buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, which included a promise to run the blogging service as a separate business and "not to screw it up." Click the next panel to see the rejoinder to this acknowledgment about Tumblr users' unease over the deal. Yahoo confirmed that it will pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr on ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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