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With their life savings, childrens’ college funds and their own retirement prospects at stake, most people probably view investing in…

The News/Media Alliance, a journalism trade organization and advocacy group, on Tuesday asked federal government officials to investigate Google after…

There are four years remaining until the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles — lots of time to prepare for…

Tesla Inc. is laying off more than 10% of its workforce, Chief Executive Elon Musk wrote in an email to…

The American Heart Assn. calls them “game changers.” Oprah Winfrey says they’re “a gift.” Science magazine anointed them the “2023…

Dear Liz: My wife and I plan to leave our house to our four children. My concern is that one…

Right place, right time, with an eye for opportunity, a commitment to economic growth for all, and a will to…

After the epic storms deluged California in early 2023, the IRS and the state Franchise Tax Board gave most taxpayers…

The city of Los Angeles will provide informational resources to 99 Cents Only workers who are losing their jobs as…

Movie theaters need more movies. Will they ever get enough to truly thrive again? That was the central question overhanging…

With two major expansions of downtown Los Angeles cultural institutions in the works, Bunker Hill is primed to elevate its…

California cannabis delivery company Eaze may face a work stoppage next weekahead of the annual pot holiday 4/20, a peak…

In 2022, when legislation outlawing gender-affirming medical treatments erupted in mostly red-state legislatures across the land, California enacted a law…

“Barbie” star Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, has boarded Lionsgate and Hasbro’s “Monopoly” movie based on the classic game…

Forget what T.S. Eliot said about April. For the crypto community and its related scamsters, the cruelest month was March.…

Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like CinemaCon — where no matter how many hits the motion picture industry…

At 8:30 on Sunday morning, the parking lot at the 99 Cents Only store in Santa Ana was already beginning…

Imagine walking into a grocery store and seeing a single brand of each item. Identical squeeze bottles of “Ketchup.” One…

WASHINGTON —  When his entertainment industry clients want to hire foreign actors for a film shoot, Los Angeles immigration attorney Ally…

Late-night TV host Jon Stewart continued his headline-making streak this week by calling out his former employer, Apple, on his…

Dear Liz: I am the sole owner of a condo. I am getting ready to realize a dream of mine…

Walt Disney Co. is betting big on ESPN as the Burbank entertainment company bolsters its streaming options and charts its…

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to block a poultry processing plant in the city of…

99 Cents Only Stores will close all 371 of its stores and wind down its business operations after more than…

Here’s how the legal departments of two hospitals, legislators in two states and even the Supreme Court turned a pregnancy…

Angelina Jolie’s legal team filed a motion Thursday to acquire Brad Pitt’s communications stemming from an “all-encompassing” nondisclosure agreement he…

The owners of Television City have scaled back their plans to enlarge and modernize the landmark Los Angeles studio where…

Now that the smoke has cleared from the most expensive proxy fight in corporate history — the $600-million battle between…

When news broke that former president Donald Trump had managed to post a $175-million bond to prevent an asset seizure…

As advancements in artificial intelligence proliferate, talent agencies are bulking up their defenses to protect Hollywood stars against misleading, manipulated…

Question for Major League Baseball: How do you like your sports betting partnerships now? The question arises at this moment…

California’s mandatory minimum wage for fast-food workers took effect Monday, with $20 an hour now in place. Here is what…

Walt Disney Co. has settled a lawsuit with the Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed board that governs the area encompassing Walt Disney…

Artificial intelligence is coming to Hollywood — but is Hollywood ready for it? OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is meeting…

As hard as it may be to imagine, Californians have left millions of dollars in unclaimed tax refunds with the…

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill this month threatening to ban TikTok unless its parent company ByteDance sells…

Georgia lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have limited how much the state can spend on tax incentives for…

Climate change and extreme weather have contributed to catastrophic fires that destroyed thousands of California homes in recent years —…

AMC Entertainment shares plummeted Thursday after the theater chain indicated in an SEC filing that it might sell up to…

Gas Company Tower, a prominent office skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, faces foreclosure as landlords continue to struggle to keep…

Based on the conflicting pre-sentencing reports submitted to the judge who will sentence Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday on seven fraud…

Chipotle, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Jack in the Box and Shake Shack are planning to raise menu prices. Fast-food franchisees are laying…

Amazon will soon offer same-day delivery of several prescription medications in Los Angeles and New York, yet another example of…

After strippers at Star Garden, a topless dive bar in North Hollywood, won the right to unionize last year, the…

Paula Weinstein, an accomplished Hollywood executive and producer known for her work on film and TV projects such as “The…

After months spent on and off the picket lines, employees at about three dozen Southern California hotels, including some of…

Cheaper app subscriptions. Additional payment options. Greater freedom for app developers on the App Store. More consumer choice. Those are…

If you’re hitting the road for a spring break trip, be prepared to pay more at the pump. As of…

The headline Trump news on Friday was that investors in Truth Social, his money-losing social media platform, voted to take…

Research and development lab Aerospace Corp. moved its headquarters this week to Virginia from El Segundo but reaffirmed its commitment…

The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that at least 60% of the bargaining unit received layoff notices shortly after…

An attorney for Prince Harry accused Rupert Murdoch this week of knowing about News Group Newspapers’ alleged use of illegal…

After years of bureaucratic delays, the state board overseeing workplace safety standards was expected Thursday to adopt rules that would…

G. Roger King, a lawyer with the lobbying organization for big corporate human resources officers, assured the members of the…

The nation’s slow transition to electric vehicles got a boost Wednesday when the Biden administration announced it had finalized the…

TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has agreed to pay $335 million to settle two…

In the hierarchy of commercial real estate, office space has long been king. Developers and landlords lived by the conventional…

So long, 6% commission. For decades, real estate commissions have been somewhat standardized, with most home sellers paying 5% to…

Some lawsuits are won by smart lawyers and some on the facts. But nothing spells success as much as the…

In the days before the California Senate primary, political ads calling Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) a fake, an actor and…

OAKLAND —  Along gracious, leafy College Avenue, you can luxuriate with a traditional Thai massage, slip into an artisanal cocktail at…

As Congress weighs a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok, former Treasury…

The SpaceX rocket that is intended to take humans back to the moon and someday to Mars completed its third…

The photos and videos began flooding in Feb. 27. In a region of Oaxaca famous for its flavorful mezcal, a…

A section of a United Airlines aircraft was discovered missing upon inspection Friday afternoon in Southern Oregon, adding to a…

With home insurers scaling back coverage in the state, enrollment is surging in California’s backstop insurance plan — as is…

In just the last few days, a couple of developments involving TikTok have arisen to illustrate the right and wrong…

Are you an NBA center looking for a side hustle during the offseason? You might be qualified to apply for…

The House of Representatives’ lopsided vote Wednesday in favor of a bill banning TikTok in the U.S. unless it is…

After a two-year boycott, rocker Neil Young will bring his music back to Spotify. Young withdrew his catalog in 2022…

In recent months, rent has been on the decline in many corners of Southern California. The drops aren’t massive, but…

For the first time, the city of Los Angeles has levied penalties on a private business for violating local anti-discrimination…

Here are a few things we know about lead in drinking water: ◆ There is no known safe level. More…

Fifteen years ago, former Nebraska and Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller filed a class-action lawsuit that in 2013 resulted in…

Every once in a while, Shardreata Moore gets a Subway coupon in the mail, and she knows she won’t have…

The swing shift is about to start at a plant that is about to close. Late winter sunlight casts long…

Corporate managements nationwide undoubtedly breathed sighs of relief Wednesday, when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule mandating their…

Recently released government data hammered home what we have known for at least a year: A national housing shortage, not…

WASHINGTON —  U.S. employers continued hiring new workers at a brisk pace last month, providing fresh evidence that the overall economy…

Los Angeles commuters: Don’t be alarmed, but driverless taxis may soon become a more common site on local streets. On…

Walt Disney Co. has been accused in a lawsuit of systematically underpaying maintenance workers at its Southern California hotels. The…

WASHINGTON —  As if it weren’t worrisome enough that more highly skilled, highly paid workers have been leaving California for Texas,…

The pharmaceutical industry’s all-out attack on President Biden’s drug negotiation initiative for Medicare — comprising nine federal lawsuits (so far)…

Four years ago, Netflix was faced with a formidable challenge to its dominance. Competitors including Walt Disney Co. and Warner…

Target Corp. will launch a paid subscription program next month that offers same-day delivery service, joining an increasingly large field…

What are the chances that the noted anti-vaxxers Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would make common cause to…

If you’re a California resident and haven’t done your federal tax return for 2023, you now have another, more user-friendly…

JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines are ending their proposed $3.8-billion merger weeks after a federal judge blocked the the deal,…

As of this writing, the measles outbreak in Florida is up to nine cases, including the first one recorded outside…

It’s a bad time for lovers of big retail stores. As Macy’s announced plans to close 30% of its locations,…

If you are a Los Angeles County resident who gets electricity through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power…

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has told its employees that it could cut as many as 1,000 jobs in Southern…

Forget a bike or the city bus, California teens can now grab a solo Uber ride to their desired destination…

Insurance industry groups have called it a “bomb-throwing bogus advocacy” group, a “publicity-seeking, dark money front,” and an organization out…

The proxy fight between activist investors and the Walt Disney Co.’s current board is heating up as the heirs of…

Michael Suswal’s first eye-opening encounter with the vibrancy of San Francisco came in 2017. That’s when he and his fellow…

It was a typical Sunday at El Zarape. Families enjoyed Mexican food and good vibes at the East Hollywood restaurant…

If “Barbie” is awarded best picture at next month’s Academy Awards, it would only crown what has been an unprecedented…

This year’s destructive winter storms in California have prompted the Internal Revenue Service to once again push back its deadlines…

After Jan. 10, when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the first bitcoin exchange-traded investment products, the biggest investment firms…

Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to cover costs and damages from the 2017 Thomas fire, a…

Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in healthcare — and the…

WASHINGTON —  President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday that creates new rules to shore up security at American ports —…

Two men who are believed to have targeted employees and customers in dozens of massage parlor robberies have been charged…

The price of the turkey on rye half-sandwich from Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant in Los Angeles, purchased through the delivery app Grubhub,…

Remember when Los Angeles had only one area code? Of course you don’t. The area’s relentless growth forced regulators to…

California workers who believe they have been victims of wage theft or other workplace abuses have for more than two…

Rivian Automotive Inc. emerged as a darling of investors — a brand with promise of bringing the “cool” factor to…

In recent years, disinformation has seemed to be on an inexorable march across the scientific and medical landscape. Prominent politicians,…

The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission on Wednesday unanimously rejected a proposed settlement between the city and former CBS Chief…

For years the growth of warehousing in the Inland Empire was relentless. At the confluence of port-bound freeways and rail…

Capital One Financial Corp. announced Monday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Discover Financial Services for $35.3 billion,…

Los Angeles Lyft driver Shan Sedigh held out his phone. On the screen, Lyft’s app detailed a Feb. 9 ride…

Millions of Medi-Cal beneficiaries can now save for a rainy day, keep an inheritance, or hold on to a modest…

In a darkened Amsterdam conference hall this summer, a panel of industry and academic scientists took the stage to announce…

Joe Choi stood inside Aladdin Fullerton bookstore, flipping through “Introduction to Business Management” in Korean. Choi, 33, has lived in…

California drivers can now buy an auto insurance policy directly from Allstate again, after the company hit pause on selling…

It’s said that rain on your wedding day is good luck, but what about when a deluge of rain forces…

REI will close up shop in Santa Monica at the end of the month, marking the second move out of…

Over the course of an 11-week fraud trial before New York Justice Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump practically begged for a…

If you’ve been following the war between authors and the purveyors of AI chatbots over whether the latter are infringing…

Hip-hop impresario and entrepreneur Russell Simmons is being sued for defamation by Drew Dixon, a former Def Jam Recordings executive…

Andy Strehlow felt a deep and familiar sting when he saw the beehives were missing. Just days before, the bees…

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported sharply higher cargo traffic in January, part of a rebound from…

It’s indisputable that the decline of state fiscal management in California began with the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978.…

Disneyland’s costumed characters and parade performers have announced their intent to unionize. Calling themselves “Magic United,” cast members in the…

One of the major issues confronting scientists today — especially those working in the heavily politicized fields of global warming,…

Half a trillion dollars. That’s how large the creator economy, currently pegged at $250 billion, is predicted to grow in…

Being stuck in traffic is a familiar problem for many Californians, but state officials want to harness the power of…

Social media companies design their feeds to be as gripping as possible, with complicated algorithms shuffling posts and ads into…

Construction has begun on One Beverly Hills, a nearly $5-billion condominium and hotel complex that promises to transform the Beverly…

The turning point in Americans’ perception of the economy — that despite months of doom-colored predictions of a looming recession…

Mysheka Ronquillo works as a cashier and cook at a Carl’s Jr. in Long Beach, earning $16 an hour. She’s…

Five more Southern California hotels have reached tentative labor agreements covering about 650 workers, the latest settlements in a months-long…

The window to sign up for health insurance through California’s state marketplace, Covered California, ends Friday at midnight. The window…

If the effort to ban medication abortion now before the Supreme Court demonstrates anything, it’s that the damage caused in…

Veteran Los Angeles Times journalist Hector Becerra has been named managing editor of the newspaper. Interim Executive Editor Terry Tang…

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off hundreds of employees this week in anticipation of massive funding cuts in the…

Four bolts were missing from a door panel that blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight last month while the…

Few people outside the music industry may know the name Chuck Philips, but few inside the industry will forget it.…

This week’s rain is turning streets into creeks and hillsides into mudslides. Homeowners across Southern California are facing major damage…

For a moment, I fell under the spell of Bryan Johnson. Bathed in early-morning sunlight, the 46-year-old L.A.-based tech centimillionaire…

Retail drugstore chain CVS said it will close 25 of its in-store MinuteClinic locations in Greater Los Angeles by Feb.…

The house does not always win. Starting April 2, the Tropicana Las Vegas will shut its doors to make way…

With property tax bills as high as they are in Southern California, you’d think that homeowners would sign up for…

An environmental investigation by the San Francisco district attorney’s office that began in 2018 and spurred similar inquiries throughout the…

Two dozen UC Riverside students chanted “People over property” and carried signs that read “Crush the contract” and “Seize the…

In a span of just three weeks in the summer of 2022, Alice Lin was swindled out of her life…

On the face of it, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis achieved an important victory Wednesday in his two-year battle with Walt…

City National Bank was fined $65 million on Wednesday by federal regulators for failing to maintain proper risk management and…

Elon Musk may be learning the hard way that his streak of always having things his own way is coming…

Few business leaders have taken to heart more than Elon Musk the old lawyer’s saw that if you don’t have…

Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece of nuclear black comedy, ‘Dr. Strangelove,’ premiered 60 years ago Monday. It feels as fresh and horrifying…

This weekend Alaska Airlines and United Airlines resumed flying some of their Boeing Max 9 planes, all of which were…

As Californians do their taxes for 2023, an estimated 70% could qualify for free help online to prepare and file…

It’s back to regular IRS deadlines for California taxpayers this year, but with a new tool for many low- and…

The landing gear was stowed, the plane was climbing to cruising altitude, and then a segment of the wall exploded…

Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon has resigned as executive chairman of the board of TKO Group, the public company formed last…

For decades, Disneyland has been hampered from expanding its Anaheim resort due to streets, highways and businesses that encircle the…

Months of strikes have brought about more than two dozen new labor agreements between hotel operators and their workers, yet…

Nikki Haley blocked the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act while she was governor of South Carolina. Her…

It’s hard to think of a California company that carries more toxic baggage than Cadiz Inc. The Los Angeles firm…

Federal Aviation Administration officials have cleared the runway for Boeing’s 737 Max 9 to fly again, less than a month…

It used to be fairly easy to dismiss Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, as a clownish anti-vaccine quack…

Five suspects, including one juvenile, have been arrested and charged in connection with the Jan. 2 ransacking of Ruben’s Bakery…

Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on much these days. But despite the gridlock in Congress, both political parties…

Netflix added more than 13 million subscribers during the fourth quarter, the company said Tuesday, extending its lead in the…

Sunday was a tough day for those, like me, who get their entertainment jollies by watching losers try to redeem…

Nick Dunlap is the first winner of the American Express event on the PGA Tour who likely leaves home without…

Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk project the Soft Moon, and John “Juan” Mendez,…

A couple in Pomona who were selling an iPad were held at gunpoint and attacked during a meetup with a…

You walk into the office kitchen to heat up your lunch and are greeted by a mess. Your co-worker Bridget…

Diddy has withdrawn his racial discrimination lawsuit against Diageo after accusing the spirits company of marginalizing his Cîroc vodka and…

Gen Z hasn’t crossed over into the metaverse just yet. Retail experts say these young shoppers have helped malls bounce…

Macy’s is closing five stores, including the location at Simi Valley Town Center, and laying off 3.5% of the department…

I knew it was going to be bad. By the time I sat down to watch the thing, much of…

The owner of Vroman’s, a historic independent bookstore in Pasadena, is looking to sell both its locations in the city,…

Those of us who diligently follow financial forecasts know that the go-to place for mapping out the course of the…

The tech billionaires who for years secretly amassed land in the scrubby grasslands on the fringe of the San Francisco…

There was a time, I must admit, when the hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman was one of my Wall Street…

SAN FRANCISCO —  Far from the palm trees of Miami or Austin’s taco trucks, Catalin Voss has headquartered his literacy start-up…

Facing increased scrutiny over its social networks’ effects on teenage users, Meta announced Tuesday that teens on Facebook and Instagram…

Since her usual hazardous waste disposal site closed last year, Dashiel St. Damien has accumulated 20 pounds of batteries and…

If you’ve spent any amount of time on TikTok or talking to your 12-year-old niece, you’ve probably heard of the…

While expressing his regret that 500 workers would be laid off, the chief executive of the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch…

The American legal system has a message for women concerned about their abortion rights: Don’t make the mistake of thinking…

The new year has brought more progress in contract talks between Southern California hotels and the union that represents their…

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s largest cargo complex, are bracing for a business surge created…

This time in 2023, the world was in thrall to the rise of OpenAI’s dazzling chatbot. ChatGPT was metastasizing like…

A small uptick in the nationwide inflation rate last month was an unwelcome glitch for many consumers and for Washington…

Arezu Aghaseyedjavadi signed up for her first Barry’s class in 2017, motivated to give the high-intensity workout a try after…

January is the month to sign up for stuff you’re probably not going to keep doing later. Like cooking class…

Articles asking us to feel sympathy for families barely scraping by on healthy six-figure incomes may be staples of the…