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LOS ANGELES, CA - - SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 - People observe check out the flying taxi created by Joby Aviation at The Grove in the Fairfax District in Los Angles on September 25, 2024. Joby Aviation, Inc., is one of a handful of companies racing to be the first to make flying taxis a reality in Los Angeles. The California-based transportation company has developed the all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi which it intends to operate as part of a fast, quiet, and convenient service in cities around the world. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Joby Aviation is teaming up with Toyota to create air taxis.

SAN GABRIEL, CA - AUGUST 02: Exterior of 99 Ranch Market in 99 Ranch Market on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 in San Gabriel, CA. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

Feds accuse 99 Ranch of discriminating against non-Chinese employees

Los Angeles, CA - March 07: An aerial view of the area neighboring Central Avenue and 4th Street downtown Los Angeles where Gov. Gavin Newsom is attempting to expedite construction of a $2-billion residential and commercial megadevelopment. The 7.6-acre project, named Fourth & Central, would bring 1,500 new homes, 410,000 square feet of office space along with retail, restaurants and a 68-room hotel to what's now a collection of cold storage facilities, parking lots and warehouses in Skid Row near its boundary with the Arts District. Photo taken in in Los Angeles Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

City approves mega development that will alter downtown L.A. skyline

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 12: Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, speaks via video before the ringing of opening bell at the Nasdaq Marketsite at the launch of the company's initial public offering (IPO) on June 12, 2026 in New York City. SpaceX is set to begin trading under the ticker SPCX following what is expected to be the largest initial public offering in history. Elon Musk, who also serves as chief executive of Tesla, could become the world's first trillionaire. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it plans to raise $75 billion by selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27, 2026: The World Trade Center in Los Angeles, CA will be converted to affordable housing by a new real estate partnership formed to add 4,000 affordable housing units to LA through such conversions and new construction. Photographed on Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Downtown L.A. World Trade Center to become affordable apartments

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speak onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. NYT columnist Sorkin hosted the annual Dealbook summit which brings together business and government leaders to discuss the most important stories across business, politics and culture. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Manhattan Beach, CA - March 24: An aerial view of Manhattan Beach at sunset
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Inglewood, CA - September 01: A view of the main stage (one of five stages) featuring a 360-degree experience. at the new offices of National Football League offices at the National Football League offices in Inglewood Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The NFL moving its west coast and NFL Media headquarters into a state-of-the art office tower and studio space in Inglewood, next to So Fi Stadium, in Hollywood Park. The move comes this week after NFL Media, which includes the NFL Network and NFL.com, worked from a non-descript Culver City office building for 18 years. The NFL custom-designed its new building, recognizing the threat of COVID and also recognizing that NFL media will likely expand its presence - so it will need the capacity for additional studio space, podcast booths and the ability to easily upgrade its technology from 4K to 8K. The building, designed by the architectural firm Gensler, has NFL-esque touches, such as ceiling lights that appear to be hash-marks on a football field and "Huddles" conference rooms named "flea flicker," and "stiff arm." The control rooms are eye-popping, the latest in editing and switching equipment. The main new stage (one of five stages) is a 360-degree experience. There is also a striking mural of NFL legends, called "Gamechangers Hall," featuring the work of 22 different street artists. The space includes art by former NFL players too and more than 800 flat-screen monitors. The building was designed to take in the natural lighting and have a California vibe, including surf boards hanging from the ceiling of the common area/lunch room. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

ESPN is moving its L.A. operations to Hollywood Park in Inglewood

The Disney-owned sports media company is exiting its downtown Los Angeles facility.

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Many indie festival films struggle to get distribution. Alamo Drafthouse is trying to change that.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Paula Reid attends the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Legal correspondent Paula Reid expected to join MS NOW after CNN departure

FILE - Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

After Amazon drops OpenAI movie ‘Artificial,’ film finds new home at Neon

A statue of Walt Disney holding hands with Mickey Mouse at the center of a garden by Aurora's castle in Disneyland

Disneyland to offer $59 evening tickets next month

Hollywood, CA - June 05: Paramount Pictures studio lot at 5555 Melrose Ave. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in Hollywood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

British regulator may challenge Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

Podcaster Kara Swisher speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Kara Swisher stakes her podcast power in the 2028 campaign

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iHeartMedia lays off on-air personalities nationwide, including at Riverside-based KGGI

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BURBANK, CA - June 9, 2026: Noah Wyle, star of HBO Max TV hospital drama, "The Pitt," is photographed at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA, NOVEMBER 5, 2025: Mohammad Honarkar is photographed at Hotel Laguna on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: Pedestrians at Figueroa and 7th streets in downtown Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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Uber signage on a vehicle at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Uber Technologies Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 4. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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SAN JOSE, CA, UNITED STATES - MAY 18, 2026: Basem Istanbouli (center - in black) organizes hikers into groups before the hike starts. Basem Istanbouli leads a main hike with unPTO, an organization that coordinates hikes for the community of laid off tech workers to network and support each other in search of a career transition, at Quicksilver McAbee Loop on Monday, May 18, 2026 in San Jose, CA. Major tech companies such as Meta, Coinbase and others continue to lay off employees, citing the way artificial intelligence is reshaping the way people work. Some tech workers are finding it's taking a longer time to land their next job while others are stepping back to ponder their next career move. (Carolyn Fong / For The Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 04: An aerial of the Metro E Line as it passes the intersection of W Exposition Blvd and Buckingham Rd near the Expo/Crenshaw metro stop on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Los Angeles, CA. A new state law that allows denser housing development near major transit stops goes into effect in July, opening the door to construction of more than 1 million new units in California's urban centers. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times)

California’s historic housing bill is here. See which neighborhoods are getting upzoned

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Beach Boys’ Mike Love selling Lake Tahoe mansion for $43 million

Los Angeles, CA - December 10: Sofia Mendoza, 50, holding a sign stands a press conference about how Measure ULA (the Mansion Tax) funds will be used to promote affordable housing, tenant protections, at City Hall Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Ringo Chiu / For The Times)

Voters nearly had a chance to gut the ‘mansion tax.’ Now, L.A. approves $544 million in spending

MT. WASHINGTON, CA - MAY 20, 2026: In this drone view, architect Diego Cano Lasso and wife Belen Rodero, left, purchased two contiguous vacant lots in Mt. Washington and recently completed construction, as an owner-builder, on the second of the two homes, right, which they rent out. Photographed in Mt. Washington, CA on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
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LAGUNA BEACH, CA - October 06: As the oil spill spreads across Orange County, an aerial view of Laguna Beach Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Environmental cleanup crews are spreading out across Orange County to cleanup the damage from a major oil spill off the Orange County coast that left crude spoiling beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local wetlands. The oil slick is believed to have originated from a pipeline leak, pouring 126,000 gallons into the coastal waters. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Laguna Beach mansion sells for $110 million, shattering O.C. price record

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