Opinion: Coronavirus Exposes a Worrisome Digital Divide in California

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The good news is we do have the ability to connect everyone. Cities like Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Pasadena already provide free universal Internet. Los Angeles provides pockets of free WiFi, including specific parks, Los Angeles International Airport, parts of downtown L.A., Staples Center and Dodger Stadium, and the Convention Center.
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GumGum Partners with Ad Council on Campaign to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GumGum, Inc., an artificial intelligence company specializing in solutions for advertising and media, today announced that it is working with the Ad Council on its efforts to communicate messaging that will help slow the spread of COVID-19. The company teed off the Ad Council’s coronavirus messaging ...
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How Have You Upgraded Your Makeshift Home Studio?

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For the first installment of our #AskNewsers feature, we caught up with newscasters and producers who had just started working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and got their advice on best practices and their overall experience during that first week. Last week, we spoke with a number of newsers who continue to work in the office or ...
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Coronavirus Quarantine Playlist; Fashion Designer Makes Face Masks, Hospital Gowns

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Chris Douridas, a DJ at KCRW in Santa Monica, shares some timely hits from Willie Nelson to Diana Ross to help shake the quarantine blues away. Also, fashion designer Brandon Maxwell and his team are creating face masks and hospital gowns for health care workers fighting the coronavirus. We talk to Maxwell about creating protective wear amid ...
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Bulls mailbag: Will Jim Boylen return? Will Zach LaVine get traded?

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I wrote a feature on Williams for the Chicago Tribune during the Bulls’ 1997 title run and had a number for his mother, Patricia Phillips, who lived in Santa Monica, California. When he originally disappeared, I called her and, following a long phone conversation, she agreed to an in-person interview. If memory serves, she was talking ...
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