I visited Mr.Charlie's, billed as the 'Vegan McDonald's.' The Golden Arches spoof was cute, but its plant-based meals missed the mark.

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Business Insider food reporter Nancy Luna visits the Vegan McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles dubbed Mr.Charlie's.
Business Insider food correspondent Nancy Luna visits Mr.Charlie's, a plant-based fast-food chain in California whose sandwiches look like they could be found on the menu at McDonald's.

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In Los Angeles, a 49-unit apartment complex is taking 17 years to complete, the result of complex laws that exacerbated California's affordable housing crisis

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Los Angeles.

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Luxury grocer Erewhon sells 40,000 of Hailey Bieber's Strawberry Skin Glaze smoothies a month

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Hailey Bieber Erewhon $17 strawberry glaze skin smoothie TikTok food trend
Hailey Bieber took to TikTok to promote her strawberry glaze skin smoothie from Erewhon.

@haileybieber/TikTok; @tylercomo/TikTok

People are fleeing California. Here's where they're plotting to move to.

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Californians are eyeing Las Vegas and Seattle as possible landings spots after leaving the Golden State.

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Los Angeles is defined by its deep-rooted car culture. Could the recent I-10 freeway fire make Angelenos rethink that relationship?

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In this aerial view, a key stretch of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles is empty due to a closure in the aftermath of a fire.

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I'm a supercommuter and it takes me 14 hours to get to and from work. I do it because I'm passionate about the job, but it's stressful when things go awry.

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Left: a man on a plane taking a selfie. Right: A view out of a airplane window with a wing in view.
Malick Mercier, left, commutes across the country for work.

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'Selling Sunset' agents are freaking out about LA's new mansion tax — but it's not just millionaires who should be worried

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Chrishell Stause in season 7 of Selling Sunset.
Chrishell Stause in season 7 of Netflix's "Selling Sunset."

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Here's one area of California where people aren't leaving and the population is actually growing

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Former Bay Area residents are flocking to new developments in Central Valley cities like Stockton.

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Is shoplifting getting worse? It depends on how you measure it.

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Courtroom with piles of personal care items stolen in organized retail crime
Some of the more than $200,000 in stolen retail goods seized by the San Francisco Police Department from a man who was reselling them online.

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I moved to LA at 18 with the dream of being an influencer. I lost myself, and I can't wait to leave.

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Girl with long black hair and white headphones taking a selfie. She wears a long-sleeve red top and behind her is a lake and some trees.
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