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New Matthew Perry documentary exposes celebrity drug ring in Hollywood
3 months, 1 week ago

New Matthew Perry documentary exposes celebrity drug ring in Hollywood

Daily Mail  

The doctors who are accused of enabling Mathew Perry's dangerous drug addiction may be a part of a larger problem in Hollywood. High-profile stars like Kelly Osborne and Brandon Novak came forward to discuss the Hollywood doctors loosely prescribing addictive drugs in a TMZ tell-all documentary. Brandon Novak told TMZ that he used to trade 'swag' for drugs at doctors' …

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Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed
4 months ago

Matthew Perry's doctors charged in connection with his death have ability to prescribe medications REVOKED - but they're still licensed

Daily Mail  

Dr. Salvador Plascencia could face up to 120 years in federal prison if convicted Perry's two doctors had their registrations to prescribe canceled last week Two doctors charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry can no longer prescribe medications. Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plascencia had their registrations to prescribe medications revoked last week, the US Drug …

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Matthew Perry's tragic last days: Friends star was injected 21 times with drugs in final week of his life, called a 'moron' and charged $2,000 for vial that cost $12 as his addiction was preyed upon
4 months, 1 week ago

Matthew Perry's tragic last days: Friends star was injected 21 times with drugs in final week of his life, called a 'moron' and charged $2,000 for vial that cost $12 as his addiction was preyed upon

Daily Mail  

Harrowing new details about the tragic final days of Friends star Matthew Perry have been revealed as doctors and drug dealers were charged over his ketamine overdose death. Friends star Matthew Perry, seen here stepping out for dinner in Los Angeles October 21 last year, was found dead at his home a week later The actor came to fame in …

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Matthew Perry 'froze up' after predatory doctor injected ketamine
4 months, 1 week ago

Matthew Perry 'froze up' after predatory doctor injected ketamine

Daily Mail  

The doctor accused of supplying the ketamine that killed Matthew Perry realized the actor could die when he saw him 'freeze up' from an overdose just days before his death, prosecutors have claimed. Iwamasa would relay Perry's requests in coded language, referring to bottles of ketamine as 'Dr Pepper', 'cans', and 'bots' via encrypted messaging apps. 'We allege each of …

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When anti-luxury ingredients are more lavish than caviar
10 months, 3 weeks ago

When anti-luxury ingredients are more lavish than caviar

LA Times  

The luxury of humble ingredients. “Everything else in the salad is just there to balance that.” Mosqueda put together a guide to 10 of the many reimagined Caesar salads that are being served across L.A. and Orange counties right now. “Cardini envisioned his a subtle salad,” I wrote at the time, “but as Rosa pointed out, subtle is exactly what …

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The original Caesar salad has been made this way for 100 years in Tijuana
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The original Caesar salad has been made this way for 100 years in Tijuana

LA Times  

The original Caesar salad, from Hotel Caesar on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana, where it was invented. On it sit all the elements required to prepare a beloved salad that was invented right here, according to the lore, at the restaurant inside the Hotel Caesar in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In 2010, then-rising Tijuana star Plascencia took control of the restaurant …

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Tourists are flooding Mexico’s wine country. They’re also destroying it
1 year ago

Tourists are flooding Mexico’s wine country. They’re also destroying it

LA Times  

Sunset closed in on the 70-year-old vines at Vinicola Mogor Badan on a spring afternoon. “You need strong authorities enforcing the laws and that’s not happening.” Government officials with the municipality of Ensenada acknowledged that there are several establishments operating in Valle de Guadalupe without the required permits — from use of land, construction and operation to those needed for …

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‘CannaJefas’ and ‘MotaMamis’ find community at the Latinas in Cannabis Summit
1 year, 2 months ago

‘CannaJefas’ and ‘MotaMamis’ find community at the Latinas in Cannabis Summit

LA Times  

Three years ago, Latinas in Cannabis spearheaded International Latinas in Cannabis Day on Sept. 30, marking the midpoint of Hispanic Heritage Month. “We really wanted to create that space that was missing in this industry, topics that speak to the Latina and cannabis experience,” Plascencia said. Three years after Latinas in Cannabis launched, Plascencia believes they are making history with …

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How a stripper, a barista and an electrician ended up at a ‘Troublemakers School’ for L.A. labor activists
1 year, 8 months ago

How a stripper, a barista and an electrician ended up at a ‘Troublemakers School’ for L.A. labor activists

LA Times  

There were buttons: “Eat the Rich” and “We Want Bread and Roses Too.” There were T-shirts: “Fight the Boss, Build the Union,” depicting a muscular woman wielding a slingshot. And there were more than 400 activists pouring onto the campus of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College for a daylong “Troublemakers School,” put on by Labor Notes, a Detroit-based nonprofit that is …

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The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Speculative Fiction
1 year, 8 months ago

The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Speculative Fiction

LA Times  

For our Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf, we asked writers with deep ties to the city to name their favorite Los Angeles books across eight categories or genres. Dana Gioia singles out Matheson’s classic vampire thriller — set on Cimarron Avenue in mighty, perennially undervalued Gardena — as “the first post-apocalyptic zombie novel.” Matheson was speculative fiction’s dime-store Camus, the existential pulp …

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Amazon workers at Moreno Valley warehouse file for union election — a first in California
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon workers at Moreno Valley warehouse file for union election — a first in California

LA Times  

A group of workers at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Moreno Valley is pushing for a union and has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board. Amazon workers at a fulfillment center in Moreno Valley filed a petition for a union election, the National Labor Relations Board confirmed Tuesday. The workers are seeking to join the upstart Amazon …

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Amazon workers at fulfillment center in Moreno Valley announce union drive
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon workers at fulfillment center in Moreno Valley announce union drive

LA Times  

A coalition of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Moreno Valley announced Friday a push to join the Amazon Labor Union, which mounted the first successful unionization effort at any Amazon warehouse in the United States. Plascencia was joined by Chris Smalls, who led a group of workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island to a historic win when in …

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Will California’s $4.1-billion bet on ‘community schools’ transform K-12 education?
2 years, 5 months ago

Will California’s $4.1-billion bet on ‘community schools’ transform K-12 education?

LA Times  

Eugenia Plascencia teaches a math class at Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando in 2021. Humanitas’ strength is rooted in its 11-year stature as a “community school” — a model that could take hold at many more California K-12 campuses in the coming years. Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando is a community school that integrates academics, health …

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