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People pose for pictures on a cable car at the Hyde Street cable car turnaround in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The mayor announced Tuesday that the famed cable cars would be running again in August after being halted at the start of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Olga Rodriguez)
California marks reopening with jackpots, Hollywood flair

By Jocelyn Gecker And Stefanie Dazio Jun. 15, 2021 03:25 AM EDT

Sam Richardson arrives at "The Big Screen is Back" media event, including 10 studios convening to showcase a sampling of their summer movie releases, on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Schwarzenegger, Abrams make pitch for movie theater return

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. May. 19, 2021 09:04 PM EDT

Halle Berry arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
VIRUS DIARY: From red carpets to empty streets, and back

By Chris Pizzello Apr. 29, 2021 08:56 AM EDT

FILE - Caitlyn Jenner attends the Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sept. 7, 2019. Jenner says she will run for governor of California. Jenner says in statement posted Friday, April 23, on Twitter that she has filed initial paperwork to run. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a likely recall election this year. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Caitlyn Jenner adds celebrity to run for California governor

By Michael R. Blood Apr. 23, 2021 10:58 AM EDT

Actor Leslie Jordan poses for a portrait at Pan Pacific Park in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles on Thursday, April 8, 2021 to promote his new book "How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Leslie Jordan parlays Instagram fame with new book and album

By Alicia Rancilio Apr. 22, 2021 11:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice celebrates his reelection at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. While the United States doubled its population over the past seven decades, West Virginia headed in the other direction. With West Virginia poised to lose another congressional seat due to its long, steady population decline, Republican lawmakers are convinced a massive tax cut is the key to reversing the trend.(AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
Get a shot, play slots: Casino clinic lets in out-of-staters

By John Raby Apr. 21, 2021 02:54 PM EDT

Hollywood Bowl to reopen for 2021 season with capacity limit

Apr. 09, 2021 01:28 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Hollywood Bowl will reopen for the 2021 season with a limited-capacity audience due to COVID-19 concerns. The Los...

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, registered nurse Marife Edquilang, left, administers a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Anthony Monroe during a vaccination drive at Texas Southern University in Houston. At least 11 states opened vaccine eligibility to all adults this week in a major expansion of COVID-19 shots for tens of millions of Americans amid a worrisome increase in virus cases and concerns about supply and demand for the vaccines. States opening eligibility to anyone ages 16 and older on Monday included Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio and Kansas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
The Latest: Wyoming governor sticks with ending mask mandate

By The Associated Press Mar. 30, 2021 05:33 AM EDT

Hope of the Valley CEO Ken Craft, right, talks to resident Ted Beauregard outside of a row of tiny homes for the homeless, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
LA opens its first tiny home village to ease homeless crisis

By Christopher Weber Mar. 11, 2021 05:22 AM EST

Social media personality Justin Laboy poses for a portrait at The London West Hollywood hotel on Feb. 10, 2021, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Respectfully, Justin Laboy moves from online stardom to TV

By Jamia Pugh Mar. 09, 2021 10:18 AM EST

Tape on benches and dots on the floor mark the spacing for proper social distancing in a foyer at the IFC Center, Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. After growing cobwebs for nearly a year, movie theaters in New York City reopen Friday, returning film titles to Manhattan marquees that had for the last 12 months read messages like "Wear a mask" and "We'll be back soon." Cinemas in the city are currently operating at only 25% capacity, with a maximum of 50 per each auditorium. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York cinemas reopen, brightening outlook for theaters

By Jake Coyle Mar. 05, 2021 04:53 PM EST

A small group of onlookers look for celebrity arrivals outside the 78th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
The Latest: 'Nomadland' wanders into the Globe winner circle

By The Associated Press Feb. 28, 2021 10:57 PM EST

FILE - IN this Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, A family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney World in Florida, Mickey and Minnie are getting flashier threads and iconic structures such as Cinderella's Castle and the Tower of Terror are getting new lighting. Disney officials on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, unveiled the first details on how Disney World will celebrate its milestone anniversary.(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
Mickey's flashy dress, glowing castle mark Disney World 50th

By Mike Schneider Feb. 19, 2021 10:59 AM EST

People demonstrate at a rally organized by the association "Silent Protest" against the restrictions and measures taken against the coronavirus by the Swiss federal government, in Zug, Switzerland on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Large crowds with most wearing protective gear, gathered in Zug to highlight damage done to people's lives, by restrictions put in place by the government. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP)
The Latest: LA County says medical center broke virus rules

By The Associated Press Feb. 06, 2021 08:48 AM EST

FKILE - Cincinnati Reds' Trevor Bauer reacts after recording a strikeout against Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich during a baseball game in Cincinnati, in this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo. The Reds won 6-1. Trevor Bauer is coming home to pitch for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner announced his decision on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in a two-minute video posted to his Twitter account.(AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)
NL Cy Young winner Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers

By Beth Harris Feb. 05, 2021 03:26 PM EST

This image released by Netflix shows Zendaya, right, and John David Washington in a scene from "Malcolm & Marie." (Dominic Miller/Netflix via AP)
'Malcolm & Marie' director reveals origins of buzzy film

By Mark Kennedy Feb. 04, 2021 12:20 PM EST

This image released by Amazon Studios shows, from right, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge in a scene from "One Night in Miami." (Patti Perret/Amazon Studios via AP)
With ‘Mank’ and ‘The Crown,’ Netflix dominates Globes noms

By Jake Coyle Feb. 03, 2021 09:28 AM EST

Teo Perez, from left, works in the kitchen with Jorge Morales and Jaime Hernandez at Brenda's French Soul Food in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. In pre-pandemic days, Brenda's French Soul Food was always hopping, but everything came to a screeching halt on March 16, when San Francisco halted indoor dining to stop the spread of the coronavirus. It reopened for takeout and delivery, and Chef Proprieter Brenda Buenviaje is now shipping meals nationwide through a service called Goldbelly. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
From restaurants to retailers, virus transformed economies

By Paul Wiseman And Alexandra Olson Dec. 16, 2020 11:02 AM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

Jed Leiber shows photos of his grandfather Saemy Rosenberg's life at home Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
High court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in US court

By Jessica Gresko Dec. 05, 2020 08:13 AM EST