TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

with plans to service rooms in cities including Boston, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (expanding from its bases in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Miami, Denver, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.). But Butler, intent on expansion, continued to take on expensive new hotel restaurant leases.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

While he passed away nine years ago, his spirit is with me everyday - especially when the Los Angeles Dodgers win! She is a regular contributor to several national blogs that provide insights about marketing and leadership, and she's been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Branding Experts" to follow on Twitter/X at @DebbieLaskeyMBA.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. This all started with one guy in Los Angeles thinking, "I have to do something.". From there, I moved into the position of National Outreach Coordinator. His campaign was successful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The National Retail Federation expects online holiday sales in the United States to shatter previous records by reaching at least $218.3 Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. billion in 2021.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Around the world, a Barbie doll is sold every three seconds, and March 9th is celebrated annually as National Barbie Day. She is a regular contributor to several national blogs that provide insights about marketing and leadership, and she's been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Branding Experts" to follow on Twitter/X at @DebbieLaskeyMBA.

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Tableau

MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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MAY 3, 2021

Their ongoing efforts focus on breaking down the direct line from school to prison that forms when students are referred to law enforcement from an early age, and investing funds in resources that improve students’ experience. White students are most likely to attend school in districts with no referrals to law enforcement or arrests.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

I asked Shannon Lin, a podcast producer at the Los Angeles Times , to expand on her tweet. “I How can we expect to bring in ppl from diff backgrounds to our newsrooms if lack of access is a major barrier [link] — Shannon Lin ??? LinshannonLin) January 1, 2021.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

Photo by Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images. percent in 2020 from the year before, hitting a 13-year high, even though people weren’t driving as much, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Road deaths jumped 7.2

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. And it'll probably be to Southern California, Los Angeles, next.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

First reported by the Los Angeles Times , the company agreed to pay the fine and improve the way it tracks cases and notifies workers and local health agencies. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Amazon has been ordered to pay a fine of $500,000 for hiding the number of COVID-19 cases at its California workplaces from employees.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 10, 2025

The Mojave Micro Mill just broke ground in the Mojave Desert about 85 miles from downtown Los Angeles. million tons of scrap metal is shipped out of state to other mills in the Southwest, and then trucked back to big markets like Los Angeles. Mojave Micro saves emissions in other ways, too. Most of Californias 4.3

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

The wildfires that blazed through Los Angeles earlier this year, some of the fastest-spreading fires on record, underscored the risk of living in homes known to be at high risk for future fires. One national homebuilder, KB Home, believes that risk can be reduced by building a wildfire-resilient neighborhood.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Ivanic and the four travelers were planning to go hiking in Colorado and then visit Los Angeles and San Francisco. The federal government’s National Travel and Tourism Office released preliminary figures Tuesday showing visits to the U.S. national parks, for example. and choosing to travel elsewhere.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 17, 2025

A consumer advocacy group filed a lawsuit this week to block insurers from charging California customers for $500 million in costs associated with the deadly Los Angeles fires. The order allows insurers to recoup half the cost from its policyholders in the form of a one-time fee. The commissioner must approve the costs.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things. Webby Award for Law : Knight First Amendment Institute Website by Tierra Innovation. Webby People’s Voice Award for Law : Urban Justice Center by Superunion.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online-focused institutions like Southern New Hampshire University and National University lead in advertising spend, investing heavily in student acquisition through marketing channels. Louis Yeshiva University A.

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TechNode

APRIL 8, 2025

to comply with the law was basically finalized on Wednesday. Other companies expressing interest in bidding include Amazon, former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, and the founder of OnlyFans.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The law firm involved in the suit was also part of a similar suit against Facebook, Wong reported. The company is prompting every person in the United States to register to vote Tuesday, which was National Voter Registration Day. Kevin Rector and Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times ). Jessica Guynn / USA Today ).

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Of even greater concern, though, is the speed and scale at which the attack unfolded — and the national security concerns it raises, which are profound. The National Weather Service in Lincoln, IL, for example, had just tweeted a tornado warning before suddenly going dark. And at press time, we don’t know. Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET).

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday targeting tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google and the pivotal internet law that provides them broad legal immunity over content posted by their users. That’s a big deal. They have a shield. They can do what they want,” Trump said Thursday.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In another move from the Trump administration aimed at disrupting climate science, the Commerce Department has ordered NOAA , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to search grants for climate-change-related terms , signaling that it may work to cancel that funding.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2020

Others, such as President Trump’s Muslim ban, took a few tries — but eventually became law. And after Hong Kong passed a new national security law giving vast new surveillance powers to the Chinese Communist Party, TikTok led all social networks in pulling the app from Hong Kong. But the regulatory pressure is piling up anyway.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 5, 2025

Ever since the United States governments unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American 40 acres and a mule after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing land to redress the nations legacies of slavery. Members include Los Angeles; Austin; and Asheville, North Carolina.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Law enforcement officials say the group’s adherents used Facebook to plan the murder of a federal agent. It’s one thing to ban an app for content hosted within the app — YouTube has been blocked in various countries over the years for just that reason — and quite another to ban it as part of a game of brinkmanship between nation-states.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

The phenomenon was on full display at this week’s Republican National Convention. One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. Tracy Brown / Los Angeles Times ). Charlie Warzel / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Eventually the transparency center will be a physical location that invited guests can visit, likely both in Los Angeles and in Washington, DC. Facebook reviews user data requests through its law enforcement portal manually, without screening the email address of people who request access. Microsoft said. Industry. ?

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Just yesterday, Los Angeles county said stay-at-home orders would likely continue through August , albeit with some restrictions lifted. Democratic lawmakers proposed a new law to make it illegal for telecom providers to end internet or phone service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

On a gray March afternoon at the Port of Los Angeles, the largest in the U.S., The landmark climate law championed by former President Joe Biden earmarked $3 billion to boost those efforts. Decades of pollution The nations 300 public and private shipping ports have been centers of pollution for decades.

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

For example, on July 5th, when the top CrowdTangle links came from Franklin Graham, Ben Shapiro, and Breitbart, the links with the most reach came from the Los Angeles Times , MSNBC, and something called Ranker.com (“the weirdest small towns in the United States”). Those good tweets. ggooooddddoogg) July 20, 2020.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

on national security grounds, but Trump moved unilaterally to extend the deadline to this weekend, as he sought to negotiate an agreement to keep it running. Trumps delay of the ban marks the second time that he has temporarily blocked the 2024 law that banned the popular social video app after the deadline passed for ByteDance to divest.

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

And the president signed it, reports Chris Megerian at the Los Angeles Times : The order directs Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to request new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission to determine whether a social media company is acting “in good faith” to moderate content. . | Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

More than 160 groups nationwide rely on federal funding to investigate and file complaints on behalf of people who think they have been denied housing because of disability, race, sex, national origin, religion, or because they have children. But the law has no teeth if advocates dont have the resources to enforce it, Peattie said.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

Is it national unity? They found that affective polarization had increased faster in the United States than anywhere else — but that in several large, modernized nations with high internet usage, polarization was actually decreasing. Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times ). One-party rule? Virus tracker.

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