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More than 70 people interviewed during a three-year investigation by The 19th said their drinks were drugged at The Abbey in West Hollywood. In some cases, patrons provided medical documentation of hospitalizations, photos, text messages, videos or contacts for companions who cared for them, which were all reviewed by The 19th as a part of its investigation. Reporters also interviewed Abbey bartenders and other staff, West Hollywood City Council members, toxicology experts, and law enforcement officials in an effort to capture a full picture of the culture and allegations at the bar, The 19th said. Abbey management denied all the allegations. Photo: Q Voice News

With apparently no advance warning, Outfest has laid off all remaining employees, including those people who were placed on mandatory, unpaid leave last month by the organization. Photo: Outfest

workin’ 9 to 5, but Dolly Parton is making sure her employees are putting in the hard yards too. The country music icon — who boasts an array of businesses, ranging from the Dollywood theme park to the brand new “Scent From Above” fragrance — spoke out about being a boss in a new interview with People magazine.

Redline, photographed on August 5, 2020, is an LGBTQ bar located in downtown Los Angeles. It has been closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Richard Grant for Q Voice News.

Sheldon Adelson was a billionaire who owned casinos in Las Vegas and Asia, who was a prominent donor to Republican causes.Adelson grew up poor, born at the height of the Great Depression. But he hustled from a young age, selling newspapers and buying vending machines to place in factories and gas stations.

Gordon “Butch” Stewart was a Jamaican businessman who founded the popular all-inclusive resort chains Sandals and Beaches.Stewart was an entrepreneur from a young age as he grew up in Jamaica, buying a canoe at age 12 and using it to catch fish, which he sold. He later used his earnings to buy a larger boat, then beginning a business of ferrying rich tourists from their yachts to the shore and back.

Tony Hsieh was the longtime CEO of Zappos, who built the online shoe retailer into a billion-dollar business.Hsieh was a recent Harvard graduate when he founded LinkExchange, an early internet advertising network. In 1998, two and a half years after he founded it, Hsieh sold LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265 million.

El Gran Burrito, the East Hollywood Mexican restaurant, was a famous afterhours stop for many Latinos who had last call at any of the area’s LGBTQ nightlife spots: Circus Disco, Arena, or Club Tempo. But after 30 years of serving breakfast burritos and carne asada, the iconic space will be closing. Photo: Google Maps.

Robert W. “Bob” Gore was the former president and chairman of W.L.

Robert Trump was a businessman best known as the younger brother of President Donald Trump.Trump was the youngest of the five Trump siblings. He graduated from Boston University and worked as an investment banker for years before beginning to work for his brother, the future president, in 1989.