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Warner Bros. eyes the future through its 'tech ops'
The lobbies of most Hollywood offices are decorated with movie posters and Academy Awards. But on the sixth floor of a building on Warner Bros.' Burbank lot, the lobby is decorated with patents — 24 of them, for things such as "a method and...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Ben Fritz, Google Inc., Politics, Lobbying
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Howard Berman campaign to gain two GOP senators' support
Rep. Howard Berman, gripped in a tough reelection battle with fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman for the same San Fernando Valley congressional district seat, is expected to get endorsements Monday from two prominent Republican U.S. senators. Sens. John...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Brad Sherman, Elections
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New train safety system unveiled with '08 Metrolink crash in mind
Transportation officials are scheduled to unveil a safety measure Monday morning designed to keep trains from colliding even in case of human error. The system uses global positioning system technology to keep track of trains, and if two get too close or...
Tags: Amtrak, Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad, Jason Song
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Burbank couple on Supreme Court same-sex marriage review: 'This is what we've waited for'
Burbank residents Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were catapulted onto the national stage Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would rule on constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the voter-approved same-sex marriage ban that...
Tags: Social Issues, Adam Schiff, Google+, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Burbank among cities nationwide with lightest tax burden on travelers
Chicago, the city that brought us deep-dish pizza, Oprah and "da Bears," is also home to the nation's highest tax burden for travelers. The lowest taxes imposed on travelers can be found in the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and West...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Transportation Industry, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Rentals
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Do state film tax credits really help the economy?
As Gov. Jerry Brown mulls whether to sign into law another round of subsidies for local production companies, the question that confronts him is how much each job on a movie set is worth to taxpayers. In Massachusetts, lawmakers recently discovered a...
Tags: Cinema Industry
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Campaigns against Prop. 8 fined $80,000 for reporting violations
Three political committees that fought a 2008 ballot measure banning gay marriage in California have agreed to pay $80,000 in fines to the state ethics agency after admitting they violated campaign finance rules. The fines come less than a month after...
Tags: Elections, Punishment, Same-Sex Marriage, Patrick McGreevy, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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Senate votes to extend state film tax credit
The state Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill to continue funding California's film and television tax credit. The Senate vote last week was 32 to 2 in favor of extending two more years of funding for the tax credit. California sets aside $100...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Cinema Industry, Jerry Brown, Richard Verrier
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Berman draws on D.C. insiders to boost self, slam rival Sherman
It's always nice when you can get others to make your points for you, and Rep. Howard Berman has found some help among Washington insider organizations in his election battle with fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman. Foreign Policy magazine's website has...
Tags: Rachel Maddow, Hillary Clinton, Elections, MSNBC (tv network), Howard Lawrence Berman
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Water board wraps chromium 6 investigation at Walt Disney Studios
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has concluded an investigation into contamination on the site of the Walt Disney Studios, a senior board official said. The agency’s decision comes a day after The Times reported the board, along...
Tags: Cancer, Environmental Politics, Metal, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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California Assembly approves state film, TV tax credit extension
The California Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill that would preserve funding for the state's film and television tax credit. The Assembly voted 70-4 in favor of the bill, which extends funding for the program another two years, according to The...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Tax Credits, Taxation, Richard Verrier
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State lawmakers in D.C. for meetings on bullet train, other issues
With the state Legislature on summer recess, a bipartisan delegation of 10 Assembly members is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting with federal officials on issues including healthcare reform, veterans’ disability benefits and immigration....
Tags: Patrick McGreevy, Jeff Gorell
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