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Eminem’s mother, Debbie Nelson, died this week of lung cancer, a representative for the rapper confirmed to The Times. Nelson was 69.
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“The nature of an entrepreneurial journey is there’s going to be a lot of ups and downs and you really need to have your cheerleaders surrounding you when you hit those hard times.”
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Tyka Nelson, the Minneapolis singer and only full sibling of music legend Prince, has died. She was an heir involved in the legal battle over Prince’s estate.
California
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Politics
Harris and former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff met with Los Angeles County firefighters and volunteers distributing free meals in Altadena.
The traveling Outlaw Music Festival with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson reached the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday night. Read about the 10 best moments.
In California, voters younger than 25 made up 10% of the November electorate, but had nearly 3 in 10 of the ballots set aside for signature problems, a new survey shows.
An Orange County judge barred a former boyfriend of Rep. Katie Porter from contacting her or her children for the next five years.
Nearly half of California voters would be very or somewhat likely to support Kamala Harris if she were to run for governor in 2026, according to a UC Berkeley poll.