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From a parking lot on the corner of 12th and Figueroa streets, Michael Lopez carefully commandeered his drone through the skyline around LA Live.A video screen showed the drone’s slow ascent. Up and up it went, until it framed a shot almost straight out of Ansel Adams. The cloud-covered San Gabriel Mountains. Green foothills glimmering from recent rains. And an abandoned, half-finished skyscraper plastered in bright, bubbly graffiti. Two other towers were similarly hit, virtually every floor of each 20-plus-story…

Two people were arrested, cited and released this week in connection with spray painting graffiti across more than two dozen stories of an unfinished skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, according to authorities.On Tuesday around 12:43 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a vandalism call on South Figueroa Street, the site of the unfinished and long-idle Oceanwide Plaza development, the department said in a news release. The LAPD’s Air Support Division reported seeing more than a dozen suspects…

Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion (roughly Rs. 49,714 crore) below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit.This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts' targets, powered by iPhone growth, sending Apple shares down 3 percent in after-hours trade.The results confirmed some analysts' concerns that the company's signature product is losing ground in the key Asian market where consumers are buying foldable phones and…

A Starbucks store stands in Manhattan on January 30, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesWall Street is shaking off Starbucks' weak quarterly report, seemingly taking executives at their word that the company's challenges are "transitory."The coffee giant's stock ticked higher in morning trading, hours after it reported fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue that missed Wall Street's estimates and lowered its full-year sales outlook. Including Wednesday morning's move, shares have fallen about 13% over…

Bebe Wood, Renee Rapp and Avantika Vandanapu star as The Plastics in the 2024 adaptation of "Mean Girls."ParamountParamount is making a habit of greenlighting low- to mid-budget films for its streaming service, only to about-face and send them to theaters first.As the media company and its rivals try to claw their way to higher profits, the strategy could gain traction."Smile," a horror film with a $17 million budget, was supposed to go straight to Paramount+ in 2022, but strong results from test screenings brought the…

Rebellion can be an art form. And what's a more 'F You, I Won't Do What You Tell Me' art form than graffiti? It's not simply about 'sticking it to the man,' either – it is a legitimate kind of art. Some of the most famous contemporary artists also dabbled in graffiti and street art, from Keith Haring and Jean Michel-Basquiat to Shepard Fairey and Banksy.So, this time, we're dedicating some time to explore the depths of graffiti and street art. The community r/Graffiti is a place for enthusiasts and appreciators alike.…

FONTANA, Calif. — At meeting after meeting, activists, social justice groups and residents took their turn at the lectern in the Fontana City Council chambers in the fall to sound off against Mayor Acquanetta Warren. Their denunciations of the city’s first Black mayor were relentless, and their anger resonated beyond the council chambers. For months, Warren had been the driving force behind a crackdown on street food vendors selling goods without proper permits. Under a series of regulations approved by the City Council,…

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple plans to add new fees and restrictions after allowing app downloads outside the App Store in the EU, including reviewing apps downloaded by users — Meta, Spotify and other companies are weighing new options for customers as Apple makes changes to comply with new European law Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple plans to add new fees and restrictions after allowing app downloads outside the App Store in the EU, including reviewing apps downloaded by users …

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA —  Good luck finding Bill Woo’s house. Ask for directions, and he will say: “Brown shingle house with the stop sign and the fire hydrant by the driveway.”He’s on Junipero Avenue, two or three houses north of an intersection — depending on where you start counting. Woo expects you to get lost. Like everyone else in Carmel-by-the-Sea, he does not have a home address. Retired software engineer Bill Woo, 76, believes that addresses are needed in Carmel-by-the-Sea. “If I called an…

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