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An Apple employee has sued the company, alleging it improperly requires access to personal data that employees store on the…

Now that Donald Trump will be headed to the White House, it is all but certain that he will pursue…

Walt Disney Co.’s animated sequel “Moana 2” has navigated its way to No. 1 at the box office with a…

On a recent Friday morning, Alyssa Laxamana arrived at a laboratory on the UC Davis campus to continue California’s race…

The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size.…

State agriculture officials on Thursday banned Fresno-based Raw Farm from distributing its raw dairy products to retailers amid ongoing concerns…

Bustling crowds and early-morning lines were back as this year’s Black Friday weekend kicked off — a hopeful sign for…

More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars have been seized through the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex as part of…

Steep price hikes could be on the way if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose sweeping…

Hundreds of hospitality workers at a Las Vegas casino walked off the job Nov. 15, launching the first open-ended strike…

Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan had a simple plan after graduating from college: Write some software that could assist their…

Good news for bargain hunters: Gone are the days of having to stand in line at dawn and then elbow…

In 2019, unionized construction workers raised alarms about a company building luxury apartments in Oakland that appeared to be skirting…

Despite all the talk about Donald Trump being a unique political figure in American history, there’s one way in which…

California, home to a rich pool of talent in major industries such as film and tech, has lost thousands of…

Video game performers. Visual effects artists. Animation workers. Intimacy coordinators. More than a year after overlapping strikes by Hollywood writers…

Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” needed no lessons in how to be popular at the domestic box office this weekend, opening at…

Dear Liz: President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs have me wondering if now is the time to purchase new kitchen appliances,…

A plan by Advance Auto Parts to stem deepening losses by closing hundreds of stores will result “in a complete…

The text arrived midday, saying a delivery to me was on hold. To fix the problem, all I had to…

Regular visits to the dentist to fill cavities used to be a shared ordeal for millions of American children and…

The fate of TikTok in the U.S. has been up in the air since 2020, when President Donald Trump moved…

Google and federal officials are battling it out over a proposal that the tech giant be forced to sell its…

The return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2025 will spark a significant shift in U.S. economic policy…

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday postponed a vote on a major boost to wages for hotel and airport…

In any contest to name the cruelest and most useless healthcare “reform” favored by Republicans and conservatives, it would be…

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket system on its sixth test flight Tuesday, with Donald Trump in attendance at the company’s…

Dozens of tenants at an affordable housing complex for arts and entertainment workers are in rebellion amid a dispute over…

Radio and podcast giant iHeartMedia has laid off 13 employees at KFI-AM (640), cutting the news staff of the Los…

The snap judgment among legal experts was that a federal judge’s dismissal on Nov. 7 of a copyright infringement lawsuit…

Elon Musk is easily the world’s wealthiest man, with a net worth topping $300 billion. But even he stands to…

President-elect Donald Trump’s full-throated support for oil and gas drilling might be expected to send a chill through the electric…

A blizzard of lawsuits filed by its receiver reveals that the once-high-flying crypto firm FTX was even more crooked and…

Cargo traffic at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is at record highs. The two busiest ports in…

X, the social media app owned by Elon Musk, has sued California in an attempt to block a new law…

As people wind through the queue of the new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride, they’re greeted by a chalkboard message left…

It’s been 24 years since audiences first saw Ridley Scott’s vision of the brutality of Rome’s Colosseum. Twenty-eight years since…

Superheroes and animation packed a punch for Walt Disney Co. as “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2” propelled the…

Swedish streaming audio giant Spotify is courting more video creators, podcasters and influencers in an effort to step up its…

Fifty-five years ago, preschoolers were captivated by the TV performance of a fuzzy blue monster, two striped shirt-wearing best friends…

Intimacy coordinators have unanimously elected to unionize under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Members of…

When the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr told its staff last year that the days of fully remote work were over,…

The price of a bitcoin soared to a record high of more than $87,000 on Monday, continuing its surge in…

Toy manufacturer Mattel has apologized for a misprint that appeared on the packaging of its line of “Wicked” dolls and…

This postelection Veterans Day weekend saw two new films crack the top three box office slots, with “Venom: The Last…

Dear Liz: My wife, who turned 73 this year, worked for a company until Aug. 31. She started a new…

SAN FRANCISCO —  On election night, as Republican Donald Trump inched closer to reclaiming the U.S. presidency, some tech executives and…

The officials missed not one, but two apparent penalties on one key play late in the Cincinnati Bengals-Baltimore Ravens showdown…

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a second straight time Thursday in an effort to keep the economy sailing…

The Bay Area has long held the title for attracting the most venture capital funding in the nation, and that…

Electric vehicle maker Rivian missed Wall Street’s expectations for revenue on Thursday, with sales coming in lower than anticipated in…

It was perhaps natural that campaign coverage of the presidential candidates’ healthcare policies began and ended with abortion rights; since…

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved the county’s purchase of the Gas Company Tower, one of…

Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds during undergraduate and graduate…

LeBron James’ production company, the SpringHill Co., is in talks to merge with Fulwell 73, the London-based studio behind “The…

By any measure, the lawbreaking by the U.S. subsidiary of Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Bank was spectacular. The bank, which goes by…

Apple has been accused by the National Labor Relations Board of trying to prevent employees from discussing pay equity and…

Los Angeles County has filed suit against the world’s largest beverage companies — Coca-Cola and Pepsi — claiming the soda…

The most valuable piece of memorabilia from the Dodgers’ World Series championship run is easily identified. It’s the baseball struck…

NBCUniversal parent Comcast Corp. is considering spinning off its cable networks into a separate company as the media giant continues…

Carol Lombardini, who represented the major studios at the bargaining table during last year’s writers’ and actors’ strikes, is set…

If the new apartment tower had been planned for another plot of land, chances are good the concrete plant in…

Sony Pictures Television, producer of the long-running “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” TV programs, is suing CBS, the game shows’…

See if you can solve this arithmetic problem: Oliver picks 44 kiwis on Friday. Then he picks 58 kiwis on…

Dodgers fans were ready to celebrate the second Walker Buehler struck out Alex Verdugo for the final out of the…

On the corner of a busy intersection in Culver City, an oversize inflatable witch and racks of costumes draw in…

Apple’s new artificial intelligence tools are here. Now the company is trying to help customers understand them. The Cupertino, Calif.-based…

Mattel, the toy maker behind major brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels, is upgrading its real estate holdings, moving…

When Netflix releases big movies, even the ones that resemble Hollywood blockbusters, its approach is consistent: Get people to watch…

They’re hedge fund operators, cryptocurrency and AI promoters, scions of and heirs to family fortunes, and others who have it…

Amid mounting pressure from Hollywood to bring production and entertainment jobs back to California, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled plans Sunday…

The World Series betting odds might be in the Dodgers’ favor, but when it comes to the battle of the…

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal Sunday to more than double the annual amount of money allocated to California’s film…

MEXICO CITY —  If former President Trump is reelected and follows through with his promise to slap new tariffs on all…

Former “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” staffers have filed employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment after…

The Port of Los Angeles will get an amusement park with a large observation wheel as part of West Harbor,…

A decision by the owner of the Los Angeles Times not to endorse in the 2024 presidential race — after…

A Trump judge just declared ‘qui tam’ anti-fraud lawsuits unconstitutional. They’ve been around since 1863.

WWE and UFC owner TKO Group Holdings Inc. on Thursday said it will acquire three businesses from Beverly Hills-based Endeavor…

Deli meats, grab-and-go salads and frozen meals are staples of the modern American diet — convenient and inexpensive options that…

American political memories are notoriously short, so it’s unsurprising that our perception of abortion politics dates back only to 1973.…

Walmart will be liable for millions of dollars in civil penalties and costs for allegedly dumping hazardous waste and sensitive…

The ubiquitous and popular diner chain Denny’s will close 150 locations by the end of next year amid declining revenue…

“To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.” This warning from federal Judge Mark…

A Los Angeles-based production company has sued Tesla, its Chief Executive Elon Musk, and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging that the…

Since Cynthia Clemons’ employer announced last month that she was required to be in the office two days each week,…

Hollywood production was even slower this summer than it was during last year’s strikes because of a staggering decline in…

WASHINGTON  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a climate-change rule adopted by the Biden administration that…

The Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on businesses that deceptively market and sell subscription services, adopting a rule Wednesday…

The Universal Orlando Resort in Florida is gaining a fourth theme park next year that will feature areas dedicated to…

Tesla’s controversial “Full Self-Driving” mode is being investigated by U.S. authorities following a series of crashes, including one accident that…

Jeremy Hart played with Hot Wheels as a kid, but he eventually grew out of them, tucking the miniature cars…

After Wells Fargo was mired in a 2013 scandal over employees who opened millions of fake banking accounts, the bank…

As AI technology advances, industry observers expect to see more deals between tech companies, studios and talent. But major challenges…

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it will shut its historic Wilmington-area oil refinery complex but will work with the state…

Meat producer BrucePac is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products sold at Trader Joe’s, Target, Kroger…

Former President Trump said that any telephone conversations he may have had with Vladimir Putin since leaving office were a…

DIXON, Calif. —  Deep inside one of the world’s largest corn mazes, where the tri-tip sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream purchased…

Outfest, the struggling nonprofit that had hosted a prominent Los Angeles LGBTQ+ film festival, is facing a defamation lawsuit from…

WASHINGTON —  For a long time, Donald Trump derided electric vehicles as expensive and impractical. “Nobody wants them,” he charged, even…

In a major California workers’ comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of…

Construction is underway on a $300-million hotel next to SoFi Stadium, the latest addition to Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s sprawling…

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk presented a lofty vision for the future Thursday night, unveiling prototypes of a self-driving taxi…

Fisker Inc. will wind down operations under a bankruptcy plan approved Friday that should allow car owners to drive their…

California’s emergency ban on certain hemp products cleared a legal challenge Friday brought by cannabis businesses that sought to block…

When Joseph Feminella matched with his would-be wife on Hinge in 2020, he was already growing tired of traditional dating…

McDonald’s is putting Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken McNuggets on its French menu, marking an expansion of the El Segundo company’s…

Which of California’s economic initiatives droves conservatives batty the most? No question: It’s the state’s $20 minimum wage for fast…

FilmLA, the organization that handles film permits and tracks on-location production in the Los Angeles area, is urging California to…

Albertsons is paying $3.9 million to settle a federal-state lawsuit that accused it of ripping off shoppers. What does that…

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and several other state attorneys general filed a coordinated blitz of lawsuits Tuesday against TikTok,…

If you are wired into the flow of campaign news — as I am, for my sins — you will…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear appeals from ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, which were asking to block…

Heath Evans really needed his Sonos speakers to work. He and his wife counted on one of the three wireless…

An unexpectedly large surge in job creation last month, coupled with a downtick in unemployment, was good news for the…

Dear Liz: I’m way behind on retirement funds. I did get pension funds from my employer after 25 years of…

Walt Disney Co. has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing the Burbank-based entertainment giant of negligence, breach of…

Electric vehicle maker Rivian saw its shares dip Friday after the Irvine-based company cut its production targets amid ongoing supply…

In April 2022, a Starbucks barista and union organizer was invited to meet with the company’s upper management in Long…

“When will I see the doctor?” Most female doctors have been asked this question many times. It feels like a…

Oasis fans are looking back in anger at their experience trying to purchase tickets for the act’s highly anticipated reunion…

The Polaris Dawn mission that will feature the first civilian space walk is set for Friday after the Federal Aviation…

A public battle has broken out among the titans of Silicon Valley. One side, led by Elon Musk, PayPal co-founder…

San Francisco —  For years, Yelp has complained about Google’s practices, alleging that the tech giant placed its own products above…

Walt Disney Co.-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC stations, were knocked off DirecTV platforms Sunday after talks to reach a…

Dear Liz: My mother died last year. I discovered she had two old life insurance policies written by companies that…

These are tough days for pharmacy chains. From Gardena to Venice to Koreatown, storefronts that used to be Rite Aid…

Days after Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidential bid, a video — created with the help of artificial intelligence…

The Shohei Ohtani bobblehead doll, with the Japanese star holding his dog, Dekopin, was free when the Dodgers handed it…

When fast-fashion retailer Fashion Nova was searching for a new headquarters, the pull of Beverly Hills was strong. The city…

Stephen Curry signed a one-year, $62.6-million extension Thursday, keeping him with the Golden State Warriors through the 2026-2027 season and…

SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets have been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration for the second time in two months…

Performers union SAG-AFTRA is celebrating a key victory this week: the passage of a bill that would regulate the use…

A funny thing happened after July 21, when President Biden ended his campaign for reelection. It’s not merely that Kamala…

The estate of mega-selling author Michael Crichton filed suit against Warner Bros. Television, actor Noah Wyle and producer John Wells…

The reincarnation of a shuttered Los Angeles retail mecca as a sprawling UCLA research center has received a major boost…

A SpaceX rocket was set to blast off early Tuesday morning on a mission to reach a new milestone in…

A Los Angeles appeals court has denied an attempt by Michael Jackson’s mother to prevent the singer’s estate from selling…

That fetid gust of hot air you may have detected wafting from Republican and conservative social media postings over the…

Workers at a company that delivered packages for Amazon are considered employees of the e-commerce giant, the National Labor Relations…

SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for the last two months because of…

Troubled electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc. has reached a settlement with creditors that will allow it to liquidate its assets…

Cal/OSHA has fined Disney $36,000 in connection with the death of Juan “Spike” Osorio, a lighting technician who fell through…

After a near-textbook campaign to rein in inflation by raising interest rates, the head of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H.…

After losing its California operating license last year over safety concerns, the autonomous vehicle company Cruise will soon partner with…

On a spring day last year, representatives from dozens of Los Angeles-area hotels gathered for a meeting with the union…

Morgan Stanley executive James P. Gorman will chair the succession planning committee tasked with finding and vetting Walt Disney Co.’s…

The patriotic image shows megastar Taylor Swift dressed up like Uncle Sam, falsely suggesting she endorses Republican presidential nominee Donald…

Hiding in plain sight in the first annual report issued by the parent company of Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform…

Former top Seagram and Warner Music executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. has entered the fray to acquire Paramount Global, throwing an…

A New York Supreme Court judge on Monday denied motions by talent agency CAA, Walt Disney Co. and Miramax to…

In a cavernous, 50,000-square-foot industrial event space in Culver City stand the charred remnants of six cars destroyed by rocket-propelled…

The morning along the San Pedro docks began typically enough, summery but cool, as the first shift powered up the…

Dear Liz: You recently answered a question about whether to finance a car purchase. I bought a car in 1963…

The company whose data breach potentially exposed every American’s Social Security number to identity thieves finally has acknowledged the data…

A controversial bill that seeks to protect Californians from artificial intelligence-driven catastrophes has caused uproar in the tech industry. This…

Fisker Inc. has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating the bankrupt Southern California electric vehicle maker…

Businesses both small and large are fleeing California in search of friendlier pastures. From 2018 through 2021, 352 companies relocated…

Longtime YouTube and Google executive Adam Smith will join Walt Disney Co. as chief product and technology officer for Disney…

Here’s an indisputable fact about the theory that COVID originated in a laboratory: Most Americans believe it to be true.…

Walt Disney Co. is asking a Florida state court to toss a wrongful death lawsuit because the plaintiff agreed to…

LL Flooring, the flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close…

Every four years, the just-toss-an-idea-out-there phase of the presidential race precedes the serious campaigning that starts after Labor Day. The…

About four months after a notorious hacking group claimed to have stolen an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information from…

Let’s play a parlor game titled “What’s the dumbest thing Elon Musk has ever done?” Is it promoting tweets from…

Dear Liz: My father-in-law, age 100, has more than $1 million in stocks and bonds purchased in the 1980s and…

Clad in a two-tiered ruffled dress, Minnie Mouse ears and a folding fan, all made of recycled Disney parks merch…

A battle of the celebrity spouses unfolded at the box office this weekend as Sony Pictures’ “It Ends With Us,”…

When August rolls around, Gloria Ponce braces for the line she knows she’ll need to add to the family budget.…

The state insurance commissioner took action Friday to speed up reviews of rate hikes sought by home insurers after efforts…

A security breach at one of Netflix’s production partners caused yet-to-be-released episodes of popular shows to leak online this week.…

In an effort to crack down on shared memberships and prevent nonmembers from sneaking in, Costco is installing card scanners…

A private judge, not a Los Angeles jury, will render a verdict in the lawsuit seeking more than $770 million…

The online-payment platform Zelle is extremely popular with consumers, which helps explain why it’s also become a hit with scammers.…

A Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of…

After years of losses totaling billions of dollars, Walt Disney Co.’s overall streaming business has reached profitability for the first…

The last year hasn’t been a very happy period in the cryptocurrency world. News about the asset class has been…

In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by…

It’s nail-biting time on Wall Street. Stocks had been dropping at worrisome rates for several days, but on Monday things…

TANGERANG, Indonesia —  Late last year Chinese automaker BYD surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles. But you…

Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” extended its domination of the box office, bringing in $97 million in its second weekend of…

WASHINGTON —  U.S. job growth slowed sharply last month and the unemployment rate rose to a nearly three-year high of 4.3%,…

A coalition of labor unions representing drivers, location managers, animal trainers, electricians, plumbers and other Hollywood crew members have ratified…

It was peak 1990s when Cher Horowitz, the fashionable teen queen in the hit film “Clueless,” needed her “most capable-looking…

The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its…

Chevron, the oil giant that was born in California some 145 years ago, said Friday that it is relocating its…

It was déjà vu in Burbank on Thursday as hundreds of striking video game actors carried picket signs and marched…

The county of Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to buy the Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown…

Walt Disney Co.’s television division is laying off about 2% of its workforce, or 140 people, as the Burbank media…

Some of L.A.’s poorest families received cash assistance of $1,000 a month as part of a 12-month pilot project launched…

Fred Segal, once a centerpiece to the Los Angeles fashion scene, closed its two remaining stores Tuesday, bringing a quiet…

Harmony has been restored to the “happiest place on Earth.” Thousands of workers at Disneyland voted on Monday to ratify…