Category: Business

The movie “The Big Short” — dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the…

Federal Communications Commissioner Anna M. Gomez traveled to Los Angeles this week to sound an alarm that attacks on the…

The firestorms that swept through Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other communities Jan. 7 not only devastated thousands of homeowners but…

Elyse Walker made a bet in 1999: that residents of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood would rather shop for designer fashions…

Plummeting sales at Target show that DEI is a lot more popular than businesses think.

Software company Salesforce said Tuesday it’s buying Informatica, which provides businesses with artificial-intelligence-powered data management tools, for $8 billion. The…

MOUNTAIN VIEW — For decades, Hollywood directors including Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron and Alex Garland have cast artificial intelligence as a villain…

In the last several years, YouTube has become an increasingly formidable competitor to streaming services and entertainment studios, providing videos…

At the top of a hill in a sprawling Santa Clarita industrial park in the shadow of Magic Mountain’s roller…

A chaotic blue alien and the high-flying escapades of Tom Cruise propelled the Memorial Day weekend box office to record…

Dear Liz: I inherited my mother’s Roth IRA when she died in 2015 and have been taking yearly required minimum…

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook can’t seem to catch a break. Last month, Apple appeared to secure a major win…

Carolyn Bennett remembers flipping through a yellow telephone book in the 1980s to find carpet stores and workers who refinished…

In a room inside a North Hollywood warehouse, dozens of pets are ready for their owners to take them home.…

Louis Vuitton is gearing up to go over the top again in Beverly Hills. With plans for an ultra-opulent hotel…

State waste officials have taken another stab at rules implementing a landmark plastic waste law, more than two months after…

Breea Milburn has been a Stitch fan since the beginning. As a child, she got hooked after seeing the mischievous…

Jony Ive, a former Apple executive known for designing the iPhone, is joining forces with OpenAI, the San Francisco startup…

Edison International officers and directors misled the company’s investors about the effectiveness of its efforts to reduce the risk of…

Director Darren Aronofsky has pushed artistic boundaries with movies including “Requiem for a Dream” and “Mother!” Now his production company…

Picking out the worst performer among Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees is a tough job — it’s a competitive race, after…

Coinbase on Monday became the first cryptocurrency exchange to join the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, marking a pivotal moment…

Dear Liz: There is a lot of dysfunction and drama in my family so in my will, I’ve named a…

The state law that shielded Southern California Edison and other utilities from liability for wildfires sparked by their equipment came…

SEOUL — In South Korea, the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on imported cars has sent local automakers Hyundai and Kia scrambling to…

Charter Communications and Cox Communications plan to merge in a $34.5-billion deal that would unite Southern California’s two major cable…

When Los Angeles City Council members took up a plan to hike the wages of tourism workers this week, they…

Epic Games on Friday said that its popular game “Fortnite” will be offline on Apple devices because the iPhone maker…

A locally owned grocery store fed up with a rise in theft in its Inland Empire community is trying to…

Microsoft is slashing its Silicon Valley workforce. The tech giant, which is based in Washington but also has Bay Area…

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to approve a sweeping package of minimum wage increases for workers in the…

As the box office improves, will a steep discount on tickets bring more people to the multiplex this summer? That’s…

Pete Rose was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list Tuesday, making the all-time hits leader eligible for…

Google agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the search engine giant was racially biased against Black…

So-called Hollywood ambassadors Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone joined with a coalition of entertainment industry groups for a letter delivered…

WASHINGTON — China and the United States retreated from an emerging economic crisis on Monday, agreeing to drastically reduce tariffs on each…

After fielding a storm of complaints at a community meeting about how State Farm General is handling Los Angeles wildfire…

Dear Liz: My husband and I built a home on a hillside over 30 years ago in a desirable neighborhood…

SALINAS, Calif. — Every year, farmers in this fertile valley dubbed the “salad bowl of the world” rely on tens of thousands…

Three Democratic U.S. representatives for California visited the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday to voice their…

President Trump’s tariffs are upending crop trading, delaying tractor purchases and constraining imports of chemical supplies into the United States.…

It’s been a chaotic week in Hollywood. Less than a week ago, President Trump called for 100% tariffs on movies…

Southern California Edison was hit with another lawsuit in the wake of the Eaton fire Wednesday, with lawyers claiming families…

The Vernon plant where Farmer John hot dogs were once made will soon be cranking out millions of pounds of…

With Paramount Global’s sale stuck before federal regulators and a potential settlement looming with President Trump in a dispute over…

Walt Disney Co. plans to expand its empire to the Middle East with a new theme park in Abu Dhabi,…

Shortly after President Trump stunned Hollywood with his call for tariffs on films produced overseas, California Gov. Gavin Newsom waded…

A chair of a trial committee of the Writers Guild of America West has called out the union’s handling of…

Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent kicked off Michael Milken’s annual financial bash in Beverly Hills by doubling down on President Trump’s…

Looking to boost the production of Hollywood movies in the U.S., President Trump on Sunday announced a new 100% tariff…

They may not be the Avengers, but the motley crew of Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” punched their way to the top…

Dear Liz: I’m engaged to someone who just confessed that they have not filed tax returns for the last several…

Amid a wave of unprecedented tariffs, anxiety is running high for truck drivers like Helen, who makes her living delivering…

A decades-old shipping loophole that made imported goods cheaper for customers and boosted foreign e-commerce platforms such as Shein and…

SAN FRANCISCO  — Apple Inc. suffered a major blow this week when a federal judge ruled that the iPhone maker violated…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards,…

Electronic Arts, the global video game company, is slashing its workforce again. The company, based in Redwood City, Calif., has…

An Assembly committee backed away on Wednesday night from a controversial provision in a proposed bill to end solar credits…

The chief executive of Southern California Edison’s parent company said Tuesday that the company was likely to suffer “material losses”…

As CBS-owner Paramount Global enters mediation this week to resolve President Trump’s $20-billion “60 Minutes” lawsuit, one question looms: How…

The White House on Tuesday blasted Amazon over a proposal to show the cost of President Trump’s tariffs next to…

Juanita’s Foods, a prominent manufacturer of Mexican food products, announced that it has sold a majority stake in the company…

Elon Musk and his companies faced at least $2.37 billion in potential federal fines and penalties the day President Trump…

For two decades, Jim Sanfilippo has designed high-wattage, specialized LED lights for stadiums, the U.S. House of Representatives and Hollywood…

Dear Liz: I lived in a house for 45 years. During that time, my daughter and her family moved in…

Canada’s largest Asian grocery chain is continuing its expansion into California with plans to open a new location in Irvine…

Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical…

Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser…

DoorDash Inc. asked a California judge to dismiss Uber Technologies Inc.’s anticompetition lawsuit against it, arguing that Uber is using…

Salinas-based produce supplier Taylor Fresh Foods is facing lawsuits from nine victims of a November E. coli outbreak that was…

If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth-largest of any nation in the globe,…

A bill to sharply reduce the energy credits given to homeowners with rooftop solar panels is pitting union electrical workers…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is looking for an off-ramp from the trade war it started with China earlier this month, calling…

Tesla is off to a bumpy start this year. The electric vehicle giant’s profit plunged 71% in the first quarter…

A number of otherwise skeptical senators took at face value the pledge by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate hearings…

Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department after allegations that…

NEW DELHI — Vice President JD Vance held trade talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday as…

A planned new residential skyscraper for downtown Los Angeles has cleared a key regulatory hurdle to be built in an…

Want to make a living with your delicious cooking? Check out Hotplate, a site that helps professional chefs as well…

A group of property owners affected by the January wildfires is suing major California insurer carriers, including the state’s largest,…

This Easter weekend, theaters from Torrance to Temecula will be showing films such as “A Minecraft Movie” and Ryan Coogler’s…

The long-awaited Porto’s Bakery & Cafe is one step closer to serving up its pastries, cakes and famed potato balls…

Trader Joe’s, the grocery chain popular for its unique products and affordable prices, will soon open five new locations in…

Three congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are raising concerns over data privacy weeks after the genetic…

A group of planners, designers, and field technicians at Southern California Edison on Thursday filed a petition for a union…

Sebastien Lagree would like to make one thing clear: “This. Is. Not. Pilates.” Signage at the West Hollywood location of…

In so many ways the Trump administration has given us a window into a dystopian world — flouting a unanimous…

Zoox, the autonomous driving technology company owned by Amazon, is preparing to begin testing its vehicles in Los Angeles this…

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Washington this week, testifying in a landmark trial that could force the world’s…

WASHINGTON — American technology companies hoping for relief from President Trump’s trade war with China grappled with further uncertainty Monday, left to…

Production of television shows, feature films and commercials all declined in the Los Angeles area during the first three months…

QUANG NINH, Vietnam — When Le Ngoc Tram became sales manager for a new industrial park in northern Vietnam, the goal was…

When Fang Chen was growing up in the wealthy city of San Marino in the 1980s, it was still a…

Dear Liz: I am an 80-year-old female in generally good health. My only family is my unmarried 54-year-old son. The…

The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from “reciprocal” tariffs, a move that…

Dani Schlarmann, a recruiter, noticed something fishy about the job applicants. Cover letters and resumes sounded identical. Candidates embellished their…

Warner Bros. Discovery struggled throughout 2024, but there were few headwinds for Chief Executive David Zaslav’s pay package, which increased…

A robot on wheels could serve up your next meal thanks to a partnership between DoorDash and Coco Robotics that’s…

Demand for warehouses used to move goods through Los Angeles County ports is expected to fall if widespread tariffs take…

SAN FRANCISCO  — A coalition of California nonprofits, foundations and labor groups are raising concerns about ChatGPT maker OpenAI, urging the…

WASHINGTON — President Trump partially backed down Wednesday on his plan to hike tariffs on countries around the world, with the exception…

WASHINGTON — Canada will begin imposing 25% tariffs on select U.S. car imports Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Ottawa as…

California lawmakers are pursuing legislation that could give drivers for apps like Uber and Lyft the ability to form unions,…

WASHINGTON — As the fallout over President Trump’s tariffs continues to roil the world economy, a few Republicans in Congress have begun…

Jay North, who starred as the blond, mischievous troublemaker Dennis Mitchell on the popular CBS comedy “Dennis the Menace,” has…

Stay in LA, the grassroots campaign aimed at boosting film and television production in Los Angeles, held a rally in…

“A Minecraft Movie” injected some much-needed life into the slumbering box office with a record-breaking $157-million domestic opening and $144…

SAN FRANCISCO  — The iPhone is a quintessentially 21st century product — Californian in its creation and design and now enmeshed…

Dear Liz: I have a retirement account at work and a stock portfolio. Both are down significantly this year and…

WASHINGTON — A second day of market devastation shook Washington on Friday, vanishing more than $5 trillion in value in one of…

With a deadline to sell itself or be banned in the U.S. just hours away, TikTok got another last-minute reprieve…

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has avoided the worst of the Trump tariff onslaught. At least for now. That was the message of…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing global blowback after announcing a dramatic series of tariffs on countries around the world, with…

After getting into a car accident last month, Debbie Boyd held out hope that her Chevy Volt could be repaired.…

It started on Jan. 31, when someone named Mike Russo showed up at the Social Security Administration offices outside Baltimore…

The day after the Palisades fire broke out, luxury staging company Vesta began manufacturing beds around the clock. Vesta produced…

Director Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi thriller “Mickey 17” had a slow start in theaters this weekend, amid a sluggish last…

Dear Liz: My mother passed away a little over a year ago, and my father about 18 months prior to…

A top State Farm executive was fired this week after saying the insurer’s California rate hikes are “kind of” orchestrated…

Two months after twin fires destroyed large swaths of two Southern California communities, many of the businesses left behind are…

Search giant Google still faces a potential break up under President Trump’s administration. The Department of Justice on Friday reaffirmed…

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to establish a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” and a stockpile of U.S. digital…

Stater Bros. Markets has laid off dozens of clerks in its Southern California stores for the first time in its…

As robotaxis become a more familiar sight on the streets of Los Angeles, Tesla has taken a step that could…

In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a series of lawsuits against financial…

To address the most important point up front: The wildfires currently spreading across North and South Carolina are tragic. Thousands…

MEXICO CITY — Sweeping tariffs imposed Tuesday by President Trump are sending shock waves through global supply chains, roiling markets and shaking…

California lawmakers will consider a bill intended to expand protections for migrant workers who come to California through temporary work…

Serena Williams is expanding her portfolio of professional sports organizations to include a WNBA team. The tennis legend was announced…

Mattel has reclaimed highly coveted rights to create action figures and collectibles based on DC characters such as Batman and…

When the Lakers acquired Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks this month, fans in Los Angeles knew they were getting…

Technicolor Group, the storied visual effects, motion graphics and animation company behind some of Hollywood’s most memorable films, is shuttering…

For more than 20 years, Sherman Oaks florist Mark’s Garden has designed the towering greenery and blooming displays seen at…

MEXICO CITY — Facing a Tuesday deadline, the government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is once again mounting a full-court press to…

Another round of layoffs hit the San Francisco Bay Area’s volatile tech industry. HP Inc. plans to lay off up…

Just as uncontrollable financial, demographic and other forces have wreaked havoc in Hollywood, California’s wine industry is now reeling from…

Los Angeles County could lose $4.6 billion to $8.9 billion in economic output over the next five years from the…

Striking a distinguished look in a gray suit with coiffed white hair, Vincent Teixeira stepped up to the podium, standing…

Ursula Boschet, the iconic Hollywood costume designer, whose shop draped celebrities and civilians for more than half a century, has…

Fashion retailer Forever 21 is preparing to close at least 200 stores and lay off more than 350 employees in…

State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, estimated Tuesday that it will cost $7.6 billion to settle its Los Angeles-area…

When her teen with autism suddenly became angry, depressed and violent, the mother searched his phone for answers. She found…

An Arizona woman has been awarded $7.25 million by a federal court in California after a day of magic at…

Calling the trend of children buying antiaging skin care “ridiculous and a paradox,” a state legislator has introduced a bill…

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms said it’s working on the world’s longest undersea cable as part of the social media…

Farmers Insurance, the state’s second-largest home insurer, said it expects to lose at least $600 million from the Los Angeles…

Nikola, the startup that sought to build fleets of electric heavy-duty trucks, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to shut…

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and…

Can prefab homes accelerate the rebuilding of Altadena and Pacific Palisades? The new foundation launched by Rick Caruso is hoping…

Trader Joe’s has recalled a popular frozen dish over possible plastic contamination, the grocery chain said. The organic acai bowl,…

Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Park Service — and a relentless media campaign from…

By the time “Emilia Pérez” had garnered 13 Oscar nominations, including for best picture, Netflix’s Spanish-language musical about a transgender…

Herbalife has named a new chief executive, marking a new chapter for the Los Angeles nutrition products company as it…

People who toil on the Universal Studios lot out of the public eye recently got an upgrade to their workplace…

A group of Los Angeles fast food workers walked off the job Tuesday to urge city officials to approve a…

Thousands of University of California healthcare, research and technical employees voted to authorize a strike, citing what they described as…

Apple and Google have restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores after President Trump delayed enforcement of a law that…

California’s insurance commissioner on Friday turned down a request by State Farm General for an emergency 22% hike of its…

Google’s YouTube and Paramount Global have struck a new distribution contract, averting a threatened blackout of CBS and other television…

Russia. China. Venezuela. Iran. More than a dozen countries make gasoline at state-owned refineries. Could California be next on the…

More than a decade ago, outcries about the lack of diversity in the tech industry reverberated across major Silicon Valley…

Los Angeles County’s sizable Asian immigrant communities are bracing for disruption and heartache as rumors swirl of mass deportations to…

The feud between Elon Musk and rival Sam Altman took a new turn on Friday when OpenAI’s board rejected a…

Minutes into the first fight scene of the new “Captain America: Brave New World,” a foe quips that the Captain…

After filing for bankruptcy protection twice in less than a year, the crafts and fabric retailer Joann is moving to…

For the better part of a century, generations of the Nakai family have kept the shelves at Hawthorne Nursery stocked…

Amazon is gearing up for a hiring spree in the Inland Empire. The e-commerce giant plans to hire more than…

Last July, San Diego resident Trisha Malone applied for a disability exemption at a booth just outside the Disneyland and…

The California FAIR Plan received approval Tuesday from the state’s insurance commissioner to assess its member companies $1 billion to…

As Los Angeles grapples with the fallout of last month’s destructive wildfires, one question looms: What does it mean for…

Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom brick-and-mortar stores, known for their beach and outdoor apparel, are closing. Costa Mesa-based Liberated Brands, which…

BODEGA BAY, Calif. — It was a calm January morning, the waters off Bodega Bay unusually smooth, but crab fisherman Dick Ogg…

At least 22 parcels totaling more than 100 acres in and around Whispering Pines area within Joshua Tree National Park…

Dear Liz: I was married for 33 years and divorced 4 years ago. We have reconciled and are now back…

WASHINGTON — U.S. job growth slowed at the start of the year, the government said Friday, as business services, manufacturing and other…

After going dark in the early days of the pandemic, a former ArcLight theater in El Segundo will reopen with…

It’s probably too soon to claim Elon Musk has babies’ blood on his hands for effectively shuttering America’s most consequential…

It was easy to think that the diatribe about school transgender policies Donald Trump voiced during his presidential campaign was…

Sonos, which pioneered affordable home speaker systems, announced this week it is cutting 200 jobs in an attempt to restructure…

Here’s a phrase — three words, only eight syllables in all — that’s going to gain paramount importance in the…

President Trump’s tariffs could reshape one of retail’s most booming sectors: fast fashion. Hefty taxes on imports from the U.S.’…

Demand for new electric vehicles has flattened in California, new sales figures show, raising questions as to whether automobile manufacturers…

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers posted some well-chosen words Saturday about Donald Trump’s bewildering and pointless tariff war, which…