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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 24: Nelly Anaya-Mena, a housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton, along with other Southern California hotel workers walk out and strike at the Beverly Hilton on Monday, July 24, 2023 in Beverly Hills, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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Four Southern California Hilton hotels reach deals with striking workers, suggesting momentum

The Beverly Hilton, Golden Globe Awards host, reached a deal with the hotel workers union. Waldorf Astoria, Hilton Anaheim and Hilton Costa Mesa followed.

Dec. 10, 2023

Technology and the Internet

File - The META logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday.(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Meta to encrypt all calls and messages on Facebook and Messenger

Dec. 7, 2023

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Ernie Field pushes the doorbell on his Ring doorbell camera at his home in Wolcott, Conn. Amazon says it has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras. The company said in a letter released Tuesday, Nov. 19 by U.S. Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras. The Massachusetts Democrat wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in September raising privacy and civil liberty concerns about Ring’s video-sharing partnerships with hundreds of police departments around the country. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Column: The worst tech of 2023 (an anti-gift guide)

Dec. 7, 2023

File - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., May 10, 2023. Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of a project called Gemini that's trained to think more like humans and behave in ways likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils. Google DeepMind is the AI division behind Gemini. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google ups the stakes in AI race with Gemini, a technology trained to behave more like humans

Dec. 6, 2023

Avenged Sevenfold records a virtual concert with AmazeVR in Culver City, CA on Friday, September 8.

Into the metal-verse: Why Avenged Sevenfold is doing virtual reality concerts

Dec. 6, 2023

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Real Estate

A stylish font marks the house number on home in Eagle Rock.

Black-trimmed homes, tiny libraries and other signs your neighborhood is about to be gentrified

Dec. 7, 2023

Santa Cruz, CA - November 21: The San Lorenzo River courses past Kaiser Permanente Arena, right, home of the the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G league, in an area where the city plans new high-rise development on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 in Santa Cruz, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Santa Cruz is California’s least-affordable housing market. Are high-rises a solution?

Dec. 7, 2023

Los Angeles, CA - November 28: Jovita stands outside her apartment unit in Koreatown on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. She fought against an Ellis Act eviction, which allows landlords to evict tenants if they are planning on going out of the rental business, and won. Now she is the only tenant left in a six-unit apartment complex in Koreatown. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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They fought an Ellis Act eviction and won. Now they’re the only ones left in a historic building

Dec. 6, 2023

File - A sign advertising residential units is shown in Los Angeles, on Oct. 19, 2023. On Wednesday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate falls to 7.29% in fourth straight weekly drop

Nov. 23, 2023

A man looks up at an ADU

Three rentals and an ADU? A narrow two-story in Venice makes the case for building up

Nov. 21, 2023

Company Town

A large group of demonstrators carrying picket signs that read, "SAG-AFTRA on Strike!"

Here’s how many jobs L.A. lost during the Hollywood strikes

The Otis College of Art and Design recorded a 17% employment drop in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles during the Hollywood strikes.

Dec. 7, 2023

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File - Credit card logos are displayed on a business's door, Monday, July 5, 2021, in Cambridge, Mass. As the Federal Reserve considers whether to raise interest rates again, credit card debt is already at record highs, and more people are carrying debt month to month. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Why debt settlement companies are the wrong way to deal with high credit card debt

Most people who struggle with credit card debt would be better off filing bankruptcy or using a credit counseling service’s debt management program.

GLENDALE, CA - Nov. 24, 2023: Shoppers at the Glendale Galleria on Black Friday. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times)

The holidays are expensive. Here are 5 steps to setting financial boundaries

Dec. 2, 2023

Close up of three credit cards with shallow depth of field

What happens to joint credit cards after your spouse dies?

Nov. 26, 2023

FILE - A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. A recent uptick in scams targeting older adults has seniors wondering who’s really calling them. As the most common type of reported Social Security scam, imposters fool beneficiaries into thinking they are providing information to the agency. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

How to spot Social Security scams and protect your identity

Nov. 25, 2023

Burbank, CA - November 14: A customers rolls her cart past shelves stocked with holiday items and Black Friday deals at the Walmart Supercenter on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023 in Burbank, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Want to buy now, pay later this holiday season? Ask yourself these 5 questions first

Nov. 24, 2023

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How to score an instant rebate on a new or used electric car in California

Nov. 21, 2023

Their variable-rate loan is out of control. What should they do now?

Nov. 19, 2023

These Airbnb horror stories can teach you what to watch for

Nov. 18, 2023

Want to know if your gas bill will increase this winter? SoCalGas can warn you with a text

Nov. 16, 2023

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