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California's free prison calls are repairing estranged relationships and aiding rehabilitation

California's free prison calls are repairing estranged relationships and aiding rehabilitation

Los Angeles Times — California is the second state to mandate free calls in state prisons. The move is restoring frayed family relationships and may reduce recidivism rates.
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Disneyland workers could get a pay hike to nearly $20 an hour after living-wage win

Disneyland workers could get a pay hike to nearly $20 an hour after living-wage win

Los Angeles Times — A California appeals court ruled that Disneyland Resort workers are covered by Anaheim's 2018 voter initiative requiring Walt Disney Co. to boost wages.
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Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job

Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job

Los Angeles Times — With hotels packed for the holiday weekend and the Anime Expo in full swing, a massive strike gets underway in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
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As a Southern California hotel workers' strike looms, Anime Expo attendees sound off

As a Southern California hotel workers' strike looms, Anime Expo attendees sound off

Los Angeles Times — Anime Expo is one of the events likely to be disrupted if thousands of hotel workers strike as early as Saturday in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
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Disneyland says renovation plans could bring $253 million annually to Anaheim's economy

Disneyland says renovation plans could bring $253 million annually to Anaheim's economy

Los Angeles Times — While Walt Disney Co. laid out a robust economic pitch to the city of Anaheim for plans to redevelop its existing theme park footprint, the company did not specify what exactly it wants to build.
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How R. F. Kuang turned every recent book scandal into the satirical thriller 'Yellowface'

How R. F. Kuang turned every recent book scandal into the satirical thriller 'Yellowface'

Los Angeles Times — In 'Yellowface,' R. F. Kuang has traded in fantasy fiction for a wild satire on literary scandals over appropriation and plagiarism. How and why she did it.
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The Times podcast: The music genre Korean elders 'trot' to

The Times podcast: The music genre Korean elders 'trot' to

Los Angeles Times — "Trot" is a Korean music genre that has been around for decades. But in recent years, it has exploded in popularity in Southern California. The biggest fans? Immigrant seniors.
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Hand injury forces UCLA gymnast Ciena Alipio to find creative ways to help her team

Hand injury forces UCLA gymnast Ciena Alipio to find creative ways to help her team

Los Angeles Times — Swinging on the bars, Ciena Alipio suddenly peeled off during her dismount. Her right hand was caught behind her shoulder as she landed on the ground, pushed farther into the mat by a leg ramming into her elbow. Her thumb swelled. It was only the fourth practice since her arrival at UCLA.
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The Times podcast: Who suffers if the U.S. bans TikTok

The Times podcast: Who suffers if the U.S. bans TikTok

Los Angeles Times — Democrat and Republican lawmakers are pushing for a U.S. ban on TikTok, arguing the Chinese-owned social media app is a national security risk. But many of its users argue that will severely harm their businesses.
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The Times podcast: How NCAA athletes cash in on name, image and likeness

The Times podcast: How NCAA athletes cash in on name, image and likeness

Los Angeles Times — For over 100 years, college athletes couldn't make money competing in their sports. A new NCAA rule around name, image and likeness, or NIL, has changed that. The biggest winners? Gymnasts. Today, we talk to a few current and former gymnasts at UCLA, including Olympians Jordyn Wieber and Jordan Chiles, about how this rule change has affected their lives.
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'RRR's' 'Naatu Naatu' made Oscars history. But South Asian dancers feel betrayed

'RRR's' 'Naatu Naatu' made Oscars history. But South Asian dancers feel betrayed

Los Angeles Times — After a milestone night for Asian and Asian American inclusion at the 95th Academy Awards, one community is still feeling the sting of being left out. Sunday's performance of the viral heel-tapping hit "Naatu Naatu," which became the first tune from an Indian film to win the Oscar for original song, was meant to be a celebration of Telugu-language blockbuster "RRR's " unlikely road to the Oscars.
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The Times podcast: Why hotel rooms for L.A.'s homeless sit empty

The Times podcast: Why hotel rooms for L.A.'s homeless sit empty

Los Angeles Times — The historic Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles reopened in 2021 with a commitment to make it easy for unhoused people to stay there. So why are so few doing so?
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Michelle Yeoh says she finally gets to be herself: 'Thank you for seeing me'

Michelle Yeoh says she finally gets to be herself: 'Thank you for seeing me'

Los Angeles Times — Academy Award nominee Michelle Yeoh has been a worldwide movie star for decades, known for action-packed roles in films such as "Supercop" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and as a Bond girl in "Tomorrow Never Dies." But it's her leading role in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" that Yeoh says finally let her show what she's capable of.
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L.A. artist commemorates Monterey Park victims with portraits: 'Remember them as they were'

L.A. artist commemorates Monterey Park victims with portraits: 'Remember them as they were'

Los Angeles Times — When Jonathan D. Chang visits the 626, he often wears a black hoodie emblazoned with a colorful print of Guangong on the back. A military general from the Three Kingdoms era turned Taoist guardian deity , Guangong, or Guan Yu, is known throughout China and parts of Vietnam as a symbol of wealth and protection.
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The Times podcast: What's up with eggs?

The Times podcast: What's up with eggs?

Los Angeles Times — All across California, people are asking the same question: Why are eggs so expensive? Californians walk into grocery stores only to find them sold out, or that they're going for $7 or more a dozen. Thanks to inflation, everything is more expensive right now. But when it comes to eggs, there's more to the story.
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'He took on the father role': Half Moon Bay shooting victims are remembered by loved ones

'He took on the father role': Half Moon Bay shooting victims are remembered by loved ones

Los Angeles Times — Marciano Martinez Jimenez had lived in Half Moon Bay for 25 years and was an active member of the Oaxacan community and a father figure to many who loved him. Ye Tao Bing was a family man and thoughtful friend who possessed incredible expertise in mushrooms, especially white button, shiitake and oyster mushroom production.
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'舞蹈是她的生命' 缅怀Monterey Park枪击案受害者

'舞蹈是她的生命' 缅怀Monterey Park枪击案受害者

Los Angeles Times — 1月21日，在Monterey Park的'舞星'舞厅发生了加州近几年来最严重的大规模枪击事件之一，使大众震惊不已。许多受害者都是舞厅的常客，他们因对舞蹈的热爱而相聚。这是他们的故事。
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With choir performance canceled, moms debate how to talk to their kids about Monterey Park shooti...

With choir performance canceled, moms debate how to talk to their kids about Monterey Park shooti...

Los Angeles Times — As the children ran around the Playa Vista park on Sunday morning, their satiny red qipaos, or traditional Chinese dresses, signaled that this was no ordinary day. They are members of a chorus that was scheduled to sing at the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival.
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Chinese in Southern California are sympathetic, worried for protesters back home

Chinese in Southern California are sympathetic, worried for protesters back home

Los Angeles Times — Zi Yuen has been taking her lunch breaks later to coincide with morning in Beijing. She scrolls through WhatsApp and WeChat messages on her iPhone, looking for the latest news about the protests that have erupted in cities across China, where people are increasingly frustrated after nearly three years of extreme COVID-19 prevention measures.
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Fintech in Latin America and Africa Is Breaking the Mold

Fintech in Latin America and Africa Is Breaking the Mold

WIRED Magazine — This rings true for a country like Brazil. In 2019 the Central Bank of Brazil created Pix, an instant payment ecosystem that allows people, companies, and government entities to send and receive payments in a matter of seconds, 24/7 and 365.
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Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed

Cannabis Banking Startups Want to Make It Easy to Buy Weed

WIRED Magazine — Physical safety is also a concern that fintech startups are trying to address. The more banks that go online and enter the space, the safer the people involved in the industry will be. With Mastercard and Visa out of the game, newer software startups have stepped in to ensure that small and large cannabis retailers show transparency at each step.
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How to Tell the Difference Between Prop 26 vs. 27, the Two 'Sports Betting' Propositions on the B...

How to Tell the Difference Between Prop 26 vs. 27, the Two 'Sports Betting' Propositions on the B...

KCET-TV (Burbank, CA) — Props 26 and 27 are both on the ballot for the midterm elections, and they both relate to sports betting - making it easy to confuse the two. Here's where they're similar and where they differ - including which could benefit tribes and which could fund homeless initiatives.
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Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

Prism — On the eve of the scheduled union election on Aug. 25 and 26, Keenan Dailey, 35, and the rest of the Trader Joe's Boulder, Colorado, organizing committee faced some difficult decisions.
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Space Nerds at the Beach: A Dispatch From the Aerospace Games

Space Nerds at the Beach: A Dispatch From the Aerospace Games

WIRED Magazine — The annual competition is more than just a field day. For workers from NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and more, trophies and glory are on the table.
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