What's the Difference Between an Epidemic and Pandemic?

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"We assume with a pandemic that everyone can be potentially exposed," says Dr. Andres Romero, an infectious disease specialist at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Before a disease becomes a pandemic, it has to reach a few other levels, says Rodney Rohde, who is an honorary professor of international studies and ...
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Kelly Coffey To Join Snap Inc. Board of Directors

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) announced today that Kelly Coffey, Chief Executive Officer of City National Bank, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective on May 18, 2020. Evan Spiegel, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Snap Inc., said ...
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California City is Paying $42.6 M to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

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Santa Monica will pay $42.6 million to nearly two dozen victims of a city employee and former youth volunteer who killed himself after being charged with molestation, according to a newspaper report. The City Council on this week agreed to settle lawsuits brought by 23 people who claimed they were sexually abused by Eric Uller dating back ...
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Customer sues Starbucks for denying cash redemption of gift card under $10

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A Starbucks representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit filed Thursday. Paskey went to the location in the 8900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard on Dec. 26 and a clerk there denied him his request for the $1.70 cash redemption on his gift card, telling him the sales software system did not provide for cash ...
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WeHo’s Employees Only is now delivering cocktail kits, toilet paper and food

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The Mata Hari includes pomegranate juice, chai and lemon juice. (You’ll need to add one and a half ounces—or three tablespoons—of cognac and shake for eight seconds. Employees Only is located in West Hollywood at 7953 Santa Monica Blvd. Its new delivery menu launches tonight via Postmates, available starting at 5:30pm.
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A Guide to Daily Living During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Let me be clear, I am not an epidemiologist, and I do not work for the CDC. I am a nurse. I work with the general public in the city of Santa Monica. I have read the same news as you, so I know many are running for the hills panicking, while others are screaming at those first ones for creating hysteria over this. None of us quite know what to ...
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eOne Music's Chris Taylor On New Owner Hasbro, Rapid Expansion and Why They Won't Sell Death Row

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When Chris Taylor talks about Entertainment One Music (also known as eOne) becoming Hasbro's new plug-and-play music team, he sounds like a kid in a toy store. "The amount of opportunity that I was hoping would result from this deal is crystallizing now,
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The handshake deal is being tested by coronavirus

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“I’m just going to respectfully decline” any requests for a handshake, Devin Cardozo said as he and a colleague positioned cans and small cups on a table at Erewhon’s market on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica. They were preparing to offer free samples of Soul Grind, a new CBD-infused cold brew coffee drink made by Caliva, a San Jose ...
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