Council backs historic status for just two L.A. Times buildings, clearing way for redevelopment

The Los Angeles City Council granted historic-cultural monument status to two former Los Angeles Times buildings in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday — rejecting a bid by preservationists to include a third structure standing in the path of a proposed real estate development.

The unanimous decision…

L.A. Times – Business

Bus Carrying Dozens of Kids Flips ’15 or 20 Times’ in Crash

A third grader was killed and at least 45 people were injured when a charter bus carrying youth football players from Tennessee rolled off an interstate and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas, authorities said. Arkansas State Police said about 25 miles southwest of Little Rock. Police said most…
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The times of day you burn the most calories

Our internal body clock doesn’t necessarily follow the clock on our wall. And, for some people, that can lead to weight gain.
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Technology may help cut airport wait times, but you will have to do a bit more work

With forecasts predicting that airline travel worldwide will grow steadily over the next 20 years, airports are turning to technology to try to ease the inevitable human crush that could lead to long wait times and frustrated passengers.

But to curb those queues, airports plan to ask travelers…

L.A. Times – Business

LoanMe stops offering personal loans in Wisconsin following Times report

LoanMe, a high-interest lending company in Anaheim, has stopped making personal loans in Wisconsin after a Times report that drew connections between the company and a legally troubled firm that was not permitted to make loans there.

LoanMe no longer advertises loans to Wisconsin residents on its…

L.A. Times – Business

Drunk pilot admits being 10 times over limit

Nervous fliers, stop reading now.
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Suspect in Deadly Calif. Attacks Was Deported 6 Times

A Texas man suspected of killing three people and seriously injuring four in a string of attacks on sleeping southern California men—most of them homeless—had a long criminal history and had been deported from the United States six times, immigration officials said Tuesday night. Ramon Escobar, 47, believed…
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Cultural Heritage Commission supports monument status for former L.A. Times buildings

The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission on Thursday recommended that the city grant historic cultural monument status to a downtown office complex formerly occupied by the Los Angeles Times.

Preservationists applied for monument status for the three main buildings last July. If their application…

L.A. Times – Business

City officials recommend monument status for three Los Angeles Times buildings

A campaign by preservationists to garner monument status for three buildings the Los Angeles Times occupied for decades will have the support of city staff when the Cultural Heritage Commission meets next week to consider the issue.

The Office of Historic Resources recommended in a recent report…

L.A. Times – Business

Marc Thiessen: To the New York Times op-ed writer: If you can’t serve honorably, don’t serve at all

The “deep state” exists after all. But it turns out that deep state is not made up of the permanent bureaucracy, shadowy intelligence officials, or even Obama administration holdovers; rather it is made up of President Trump’s own senior appointees.
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