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Jobseekers interested in breaking into the film and television industry may have a harder time this year and even in the coming years. The summit covered the media's job landscape at large and how educators can create pathways for young people in it. It's part of Reel Works, an organization that offers an assortment of educational and training programs in the field for underserved youth. U.S. film studios will see a 14% year-over-year decline in content investment in 2024 as a result of the 2023 strikes and the changing film market post pandemic, according to analytics company Ampere Analysis. Ampere also found that the number of scripted TV releases in the US fell from 633 in 2022 and 2021 to 481 in 2023.
Persons: Jobseekers, Tommy O'Donnell, O'Donnell, John Gibson, Kwame Amoaku, David Haddad, Irene Phan, Ampere, we've Organizations: Theatrical Teamsters, Paramount Global, Works, Motion, Association, Haddad's Inc, MBS, CNBC, Writers Guild of America, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Otis College of Art, City, Teamsters, International Alliance, Employees, Ampere, Ampere Analysis Locations: York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, City and County, New York, U.S
Hollywood's newest star is the Waymo robotaxi
  + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Waymo can now operate its Waymo One service in Los Angeles. AdvertisementWaymo is now approved to operate its driverless vehicles in Los Angeles and additional parts of the Bay Area. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass expressed concern about Waymo vehicles blocking the roads when emergency vehicles are trying to pass, which has happened several times in San Francisco. Waymo vehicles have been filmed cutting off road access and blocking public transport and emergency vehicles. There are also a few incidents of Waymo vehicles injuring people.
Persons: , Waymo, Julia Ilina, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Ilina, Illina, Tilly Chang, Cruise Organizations: Service, California Public Utilities Commission, Los, San, Los Angeles Mayor, Cruise, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, DMV Locations: Los Angeles, Bay, California, San Francisco, San Mateo, San Francisco Peninsula, San Francisco —, San Francisco County
As the oldest GenZers reach marrying age in their mid-20s, they’re increasingly putting their own spin on nuptials, which includes letting go of some antiquated traditions. The Knot, a top wedding planning and wedding vendor marketplace, surveyed more than 9,000 couples in the US who either took the plunge last year, or are planning to in 2024, to understand evolving approaches that couples are taking to wedding planning. In terms of the total cost of the wedding, couples said they spent an average of $35,000 on their ceremony and reception in 2023, up from an average of $30,000 the prior year, according to The Knot. “Millennials and Gen Z are getting very creative in making these celebrations their own in new and interesting ways,” Chi said. Candles instead of flowers on the tables added elegance and also helped control costs, Dylan said.
Persons: New York CNN —, they’re, Gen, , Tim Chi, Ed Sheeran’s, Elvis Presley’s, , ” Osama Zayed, Ingrid, Helen H, Richardson, Elvis ’, ” Chi, RSVPs, “ Millennials, Caitlin, Dylan Spain, ” Caitlin, “ Dylan, ” Dylan, Dylan, Haley Richter, Caitlin didn’t, Edwin Torres, DeSantiago, Ricardo DeSantiago, Torres, Edwin, ” Edwin Torres, Maria Argueta, ” Edward, Edward, Harry Potter, ” chimed Ricardo Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, City, MediaNews, Denver Post, Central America, Mill City Museum, Historic Locations: New York, Denver , Colorado, Sea Isle City , New Jersey, Sea Isle City, Cape, Central, Minnesota, Mill, Minneapolis
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. district judge in California dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to force the Biden administration to do all it could to make Israel stop bombing Gaza. It also asked the court to order defendants to stop obstructing attempts by the international community to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Corrie was run over and killed in 2003 while trying to stop the demolition of a house in Gaza. Still, the lawsuit has brought fresh attention to the thousands of Palestinian Americans and other advocates calling for a cease-fire. Israeli authorities say the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas resulted in about 1,200 people dead and another 250 kidnapped as hostages.
Persons: Biden, Jeffrey White, White, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Defense Lloyd Austin “, ” White, Waeil Elbhassi, Israel's, Rachel Corrie, Corrie, Laila El, Haddad, Omar Al Organizations: OAKLAND, , Hamas, Defense, United, Defence, Children International, West Bank, United Nations, U.S, Circuit, Caterpillar, San Francisco Chronicle Locations: Calif, U.S, California, Israel, Gaza . U.S, Oakland, Gaza, United Nations, Ramallah, West, San Ramon, Maryland, Rafah
Oregon Leaders Declare Drug Emergency in Portland
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Michael Corkery | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Portland used to be known as one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. The emergency declaration is part of a broader plan announced late last year by Oregon’s governor, Tina Kotek, to curb public drug use and crime in Portland and re-establish a sense of security for workers and visitors. Kotek cited the “economic and reputational harm” that the fentanyl problem was inflicting on Portland and the state. Background: Oregon decriminalized most public drug use in 2020. State officials said a “command center” would be set up in central Portland, where various agencies from the state, city and county would coordinate their responses to the fentanyl problem.
Persons: REI, Oregon’s, Tina Kotek, Kotek Locations: Portland, United States, , Oregon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to confront the crisis of tens of thousands of people living on the streets. Up to 6,000 volunteers with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority fanned out for the effort’s main component, the unsheltered street tally. About 46,200 were within the city of Los Angeles, where public frustration has grown as tents have proliferated on sidewalks and in parks and other locations. City Hall, the City Council and the LA County Board of Supervisors have said they intend to work together to tackle the crisis. The results of the LA County homeless count are expected to be released in late spring or early summer.
Persons: Karen Bass, Bass, hasn’t Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Democrat, City, City Council, LA County, Supervisors, LA Locations: Los Angeles, LA County, North Hollywood, LA’s San Fernando Valley, California
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe Bainbridge facility would provide a domestic source of monkeys to offset imports, the company said. “PETA urges Bainbridge officials to withdraw their support and shut down this project before a shovel hits the dirt," she wrote. The company and local officials said the nonprofit and community's concerns are baseless. Local officials in December agreed to property tax breaks for the project — waiving them for the first 10 years and then gradually decreasing tax breaks until they end after 20 years.
Persons: didn’t, Charles River, we’d, ” Ted Lee, Lisa Jones, Engel, ” Jones, Bainbridge, Rick McCaskill, ” McCaskill Organizations: Council, Medicine, Charles River Laboratories, PETA, Development Authority of, Local Locations: BAINBRIDGE, Ga, Georgia, Bainbridge, Cambodia, Brazoria County , Texas, Houston, U.S, Development Authority of Bainbridge & Decatur County
[1/6] North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un casts his ballot during a local election, in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in this picture released on November 27, 2023. The North's parliament and regional councils serve as a rubber stamp to the ruling Workers' Party, with their elections usually registering over 99% voter turnout. This month's election marks the first time North Korea has referred to dissenting votes in local polls since the 1960s, an official at South Korea's unification ministry handling relations with the North said. Held every four years, the latest regional election was also the first polls since North Korea revised its election law in August to allow multiple candidates. "The portrayal of a more democratic society, particularly in comparison to South Korea and the U.S., is aimed at reinforcing the regime's legitimacy and authenticity on the world stage," think tank, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, said in a report.
Persons: Kim Jong, Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Soo, hyang Choi, Josh Smith, Ed Davies, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Workers ' Party, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Thomson Locations: South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, Rights SEOUL, North, Korea, South Korea, U.S, Pyongyang
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway, causing major traffic headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters, California authorities said. Los Angeles residents were urged to avoid travel to the area Monday and to work from home if possible. Ertugrul Taciroglu, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of California, Los Angeles, said part of the challenge is how expensive real estate has become. The city and county of Los Angeles in 2020 agreed to provide housing for almost 7,000 people living under freeways and near exit and entrance ramps. Associated Press writer Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Persons: Gavin Newsom, , ” Newsom, Crews shored, Joe Biden, Karen Bass, ” Bass, Newsom, , it’s, Shailen Bhatt, we’re, ” Bhatt, Blair Besten, Kristin Crowley, Daniel Berlant, They’ve, Mainak, ” D’Attaray, Ertugrul Taciroglu, ___ Watson, Christopher Weber, McMurray Organizations: ANGELES, Gov, ” LA, Associated Press, Business, Flames, California Fire, Apex Development, Inc, University of California, Transportation Locations: Los Angeles, California, LA, Long Beach, Angelenos, , Angeles, Philadelphia, downtown, She’s, , San Diego, Chicago
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate is poised to approve a plan to spend more than half a billion dollars of public funds to help the Milwaukee Brewers repair their stadium over the next three decades. The Senate is expected to vote on the proposal during a floor session set to begin Tuesday morning. As of last week, Republican Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu was still trying to lock down enough votes to push the package. Brewer officials initially said the team might leave Milwaukee if they didn't get public dollars to help with the repairs. The Assembly last month approved a plan that calls for the state to contribute $411.5 million and the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to contribute a combined $135 million.
Persons: Devin LeMahieu, Julian Bradley, Steve Nass, Van Wanggaard, Sen, LaTonya Johnson, Robin Vos, Tony Evers, Evers, Britt Cudaback, Brewer, Rick Schlesinger, Mark Attanasio, Vos Organizations: Milwaukee Brewers, Republican, GOP, Milwaukee Democrat, Gov, Brewers, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Legislative, Milwaukee, Major League Baseball, Republicans Locations: MADISON, Wis, The Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
By some estimates, there are tens of millions of surveillance cameras in the United States. "In most of the US, CCTV cameras have proliferated over the past few decades," an expert told Insider. There are tens of millions of surveillance cameras in the United States alone, by some estimates, with some of the most populated cities in the country more heavily surveilled than others. There could be up to 100 million surveillance cameras in the USPeterson, an adjunct professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that there could be up to 100 million surveillance cameras in the US, but it's impossible to say for sure because "many public and private entities own and deploy their own surveillance systems." "Between Ring cameras, security cameras, store cameras, red light cameras, cameras on the highway, you are always under surveillance," Stanton, who authored the book, "Prepared Not Scared," told Insider.
Persons: it's, Lauren Boebert, vaping, Dr, Bryce Peterson, Peterson, John Jay, Denver's, , Boebert, Boebert vaping, Bill Stanton —, Stanton Organizations: Denver, Service, GOP, CNA, New, John, John Jay College of Criminal, , Buell Theater, Colorado, Denver Arts, Buell, DC's Kennedy, Radio City Music Hall, MSG Entertainment, Garden, Chicago Theatre, New York Police Department Locations: United States, Wall, Silicon, Denver , Colorado, New York, Madison
(AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, which are both majority-Black. Tate Reeves were usurping local autonomy in Jackson and Hinds County, which are governed by Democrats. Circuit judges hear criminal cases for felonies such as murder and aggravated assault. In May, Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas dismissed the Jackson residents’ lawsuit days after he removed Randolph as a defendant. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate temporarily put the law on hold, which has blocked Randolph from appointing the four temporary circuit court judges.
Persons: JACKSON, Critics, Jackson, Ann Saunders, Dorothy Triplett, Jackson aren’t, Triplett, Tate Reeves, Hinds, , Mike Randolph, Dewayne Thomas, Randolph, Thomas, Henry Wingate, Wingate, “ Jackson, Organizations: Mississippi Supreme, Capitol Police, Republican, Republican Gov, Democrats, Jackson, NAACP, Mississippi ., District Locations: Miss, Mississippi, Jackson, Hinds, Hinds County, Mississippi . U.S
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said he wouldn't live in San Francisco with kids due to crime. Graham, who lives in the UK, said he was out for dinner when masked men fired gunshots nearby. Robotaxi companies Cruise and Waymo recently got the go-ahead from the city to offer fully driverless rides 24/7 in San Francisco. Graham and the San Francisco Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment about the incident. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that some of this feeling may be down to the public and "brazen" nature of the crimes.
Persons: Paul Graham, Graham, Y, Waymo, Elon Musk, Nordstrom, Bob Lee Organizations: Morning, San Francisco Police Department, City, San Francisco Chronicle, Old Navy, Foods, New York Times, Times Locations: San Francisco, Francisco's, City and County
The owner of luxury San Francisco retailer Gump's warned that this holiday season "may be our last." He said San Francisco is "unlivable for its residents, unsafe for our employees, and unwelcoming to visitors." Gump's is located just off Union Square in downtown San Francisco. Chachas made his remarks in an open letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in which he criticized their leadership, published as a paid-for ad in Sunday's edition of The San Francisco Chronicle. "Such abject disregard for civilized conduct makes San Francisco unlivable for its residents, unsafe for our employees, and unwelcoming to visitors from around the world."
Persons: Gump's, John Chachas, Chachas, Gavin Newsom, unlivable, San, Newsom Organizations: Service, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, San Francisco, of Supervisors, San Francisco Chronicle, Census Bureau, San, City, Statistics, San Francisco's Department of Public Health, Public, Whole Foods, Navy, Supervisors, Chachas Locations: San Francisco, Francisco, Wall, Silicon, downtown San Francisco, California, New York, Texas, Florida, San Francisco's, City and County
Who Gets to Wear G-Strings Now?
  + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Mya Guarnieri | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The court ruled on G-strings in the case of Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc. in 1991 and in City of Erie v. Pap’s A.M. in 2000. In both cases, exotic dancers who wanted to completely strip down argued that laws requiring them to wear G-strings infringed on their First Amendment rights. In recent years, a number of North Carolina municipalities have loosened restrictions and enforcement of nudity laws to accommodate an increase in scantily clad beachgoers. Thong bikinis are legal in most parts of the United States, but laws vary by city and county. In Florida, for example, thong swimwear is prohibited in state parks, including some portions of the state’s beaches.
Persons: Gernreich, Barnes, Amy Adler, Ms, Adler, Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Glen Theatre Inc, New York University Locations: City, Erie, North Carolina, South Carolina, Carolinas, United States, Florida
New York CNN —A union representing 15,000 workers at 65 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties are set to go on strike early Saturday in a push for significantly improved wages. In 2023, hotel profits in Los Angeles and Orange County exceeded pre-pandemic levels according to Unite Here Local 11, the union representing the workers. But the union said hospitality workers continue to struggle to afford a place to live in the cities where they work. Hotel workers priced out of LA“Hotel workers who work in the booming Los Angeles’ tourism industry must be able to live in Los Angeles,” said union Co-President Kurt Petersen. “Workers are ready to strike until they get what they are asking for,” said union spokesperson Maria Hernandez.
Persons: JW, Beverly Hilton, Seasons Regent Beverly Wilshire, , Kurt Petersen, Maria Hernandez Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ritz, Carlton, JW Marriott LA, Anaheim Hilton, Seasons Regent, LA “, Westin Bonaventure, Coordinated, Management, City, “ Workers, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Los Angeles Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Orange, Fairmont Miramar, Anaheim, LA, Angeles, City and County, Orange County, Southern California
The increase in Los Angeles mirrors trends playing out in cities across the country, including Phoenix, as a housing shortage has led to rising costs, squeezing families. In Los Angeles, volunteers fan out over a couple of nights each January to visually count people who appear to be living outdoors or in vehicles. Washington, D.C., has already reported an increase of 11 percent, while the Phoenix area said its homeless population was up 7 percent. Los Angeles is hardly the only American city to struggle with homelessness, but its homeless population is disproportionately large, and about 30 percent of the nation’s homeless population lives in California. As a result, Los Angeles is a kind of large-scale test case for which solutions work and which don’t.
Persons: Karen Bass, , Adams, Bass, ” Ms Organizations: University of California, Homeless, Washington , D.C Locations: Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, California, Washington ,, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles County
State and local officials have touted the settlements as providing desperately needed relief to communities hit hard by the crisis. But when the money will be paid out, and who will get it, remains far from clear, Reuters has found. Among the states where money is already reaching organizations on the ground are Massachusetts, Kentucky and Arizona. Most states share a significant portion of their total settlement funds with their city and county governments, which make their own independent decisions about how to spend. But in May, the board overseeing the state’s opioid settlement denied a joint application by Challenges and a county health department to fund harm reduction efforts, without explaining its decision.
Persons: Johnson, , Brandon Marshall, Julie Burns, Chris Bryan, Glenn Hegar, Lisa Ruzicka, , Ruzicka, “ I’ve, drugmakers Johnson, Lauren Kestner, Tricia Christensen, , we’re, ” Marc Burrows, Brendan Pierson, Disha, Alexia Garamfalvi, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Johnson, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Reuters, District of Columbia, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics Reuters, Brown University School of Public Health, Rhode, Texas, Hope Foundation, Walgreens, Alliance, state’s Department of Health, Human Services, Prevention Services, Community Education Group, Alabama Attorney, University of Mississippi Medical, Inc, Thomson, & $ Locations: Massachusetts, Texas, United States, Maryland, Illinois, . Arkansas, Kentucky, Arizona, Rhode, RIZE Massachusetts, RIZE, Kansas, North Carolina, Charlotte, Appalachia, Mississippi, Alabama, New York
The Cinemark in San Francisco's Westfield mall is closing due to "local business conditions." Major retailers have been pulling out of San Francisco, and many have attributed it to crime levels. The 52,000-square-foot site in the Westfield San Francisco Center will have its final screenings on Thursday, SFGATE reported. The operator announced the closure in an email to patrons on Wednesday, The San Francisco Examiner reported. The announcement came just days after The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Westfield had stopped paying its $558 million mortgage on the San Francisco mall – the city's biggest – and was surrendering it to lenders.
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Los Angeles CNN —Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, you are allowed to sleep in a vehicle on some streets. She was elected last year on a platform dripping with intent to handle the various homelessness issues plaguing Los Angeles. “We have not resolved the RV issue yet,” Mayor Karen Bass told The Los Angeles Times in March. And for now, for thousands of people, an RV’s roof over their heads is all they can afford in Los Angeles.
Persons: Anderson Cooper, Jasmine, ’ ”, LaTonya Smith, Traci Park, Joseph, , Smith, “ I’m, “ vanlords, , ” Park’s, “ It’s, Dmitry Korikov, ” Korikov, Karen Bass, Bass, Joseph Center, ” Bass, RVs, ” Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, ” Smith Organizations: Los, Los Angeles CNN, LAPD, Catholic Church, Joseph Center, , CNN, “ Staff, Angeles County, American National Standards Institute, Fire Protection Association, ” CNN, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Homeless Services Locations: Los Angeles, Jasmine, RVs, Los Angeles County, St, Angeles, City, California, Russia, Ukraine, Venice
The scenes come as Title 42 is set to expire just before midnight on Thursday. But Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council representing U.S. border agents, confirmed that agents distributed the handouts. Judd said border officials were working to process as many migrants as possible before Title 42 ends. The flyer also said migrants must report to border authorities before accessing El Paso shelters, an assertion advocates said was not true. But hours later, after seeing other migrants return with U.S. paperwork, he lined up at a border patrol station.
The dispute concerns Minnesota's tax regime under which the state takes "absolute title" of a property if an owner fails to pay property taxes for five years. Tyler's attorneys said in a court filing that 13 other states have similar policies that let government or private investors benefit when collecting delinquent property taxes. She owed $15,000, including roughly $2,300 in property taxes, as well as penalties, interests and costs. States have long permitted forfeitures of an entire property for neglecting to pay taxes, which are a reasonable condition of property ownership, the county said. Rulings in this case and any others not yet decided by the Supreme Court are due by the end of June.
Entities connected to Elon Musk and his companies have reportedly been acquiring thousands of acres of land in Texas with the hope of starting a town where his employees could live and work, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal Thursday. (CNN has not reviewed all of the land and other records cited in the Journal report.) By building out a company town of his own, Musk could take that approach even further. Incorporating a town might also give Musk, who has been known to clash with state and federal regulators, more say over how things are run. The Journal reported that Musk’s team has discussed incorporating the town in Bastrop County.
Fighter jets escorted an aircraft to an airport in London after it lost communications, per BBC News. This came shortly after people heard a "loud bang," which some thought was a sonic boom. Some plane spotters believe it might have been a sonic boom caused by the fast movement of the RAF jets. Essex Police tweeted that a plane heading from Iceland to Nairobi, Kenya was escorted into Stansted at about 12.50pm UK time. Departures from another London airport were reportedly suspended for around 15 minutes, per BBC News.
The Supreme Court will hear two challenges to Biden's student-debt-relief plan on Tuesday. But the Biden administration has defended its legal authority and expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will uphold the plan. Prominent figures in the legal and political worlds have weighed in on the two high-profile Supreme Court cases in dozens of briefs filed to the Supreme Court. More than 170 Republican members of Congress have argued against Biden's relief, along with 17 Republican-led states, the US Chamber of Commerce, and over a dozen conservative-leaning advocacy groups. Millions of student-loan borrowers' financial futures hang in the balance.
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