Underworld Turns

Popular Hollywood hamburger destination is closing its doors

A popular hamburger destination inside Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel announced that it’s closing its doors for good. 25 Degrees posted the news on its Instagram page Wednesday, attributing the abrupt closure to the increasing difficulty hotel restaurants face to operate sustainably. “Rising costs, new regulations, and decisions made at the City Council level made it harder […]
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Unions push, grocers push back as another California city targets self-checkouts

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Employees could soon be required to monitor self-checkout kiosks in Santa Ana grocery and drug stores under an ordinance that passed its first reading Tuesday. It’s a move supporters say will protect jobs and curb theft, but critics warn it will raise operating costs and prices. At issue: should the government […]
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$50,000 reward offered after visiting Cubs fan killed in South L.A. hit-and-run

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a Chicago Cubs fan visiting Los Angeles for the Dodgers-Cubs series, LAPD officials announced Thursday. The victim, identified as 65-year-old Jose Melesio, was struck around 3:10 a.m. on April 27 […]
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Mr. Wonderful’s Utah Data Center Will Be More Than Twice as Big as Manhattan

Kevin O’Leary is best known as “Mr. Wonderful” on Shark Tank, or maybe as the bad guy from Marty Supreme. On Shark Tank, he invests in—or crushes the spirits of—small business owners. He describes himself as an “investor, chef, sommelier, collector, photographer, and musician.” But he might soon be able to add “AI infrastructure kingpin” […]
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Jury finds LAPD officer not negligent in shooting death of 14-year-old girl at department store

A Los Angeles County jury found that an LAPD officer was not negligent for the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl during a 2021 incident at a North Hollywood department store. Her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer, but State Attorney General Rob Bonta said evidence did not show beyond a reasonable […]
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Ventura County man sentenced to 11 years for killing girlfriend in Moorpark hotel

A Moorpark man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend, 36-year-old Sara Marie Goodwin, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, officials announced Thursday. William Justin Koznar, 38, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in March and admitting to special allegations that the crime involved great […]
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