- L.A.'s Asian immigrant communities prep for raids, brace for deportations
Asians make up a large and diverse portion of undocumented immigrants in L.A. County. Community leaders say they are prepping for disruption and heartache as rumors of mass deportations swirl.
- 4 days ago 15 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Google and Meta used to champion DEI efforts. Why Big Tech is pulling back
Tech companies, facing legal risks and a new political climate, are scaling back, cutting or rethinking efforts focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
- 4 days ago 15 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- OpenAI's board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group
OpenAI's board rejected a $97.4-billion bid by an Elon Musk-led investment group to buy the San Francisco startup. OpenAI's board chair said the company is not for sale.
- 4 days ago 14 Feb 25, 7:30pm -
- Insurance commissioner rejects State Farm's request for 22% emergency rate hike
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday rejected State Farm General's request for an emergency 22% home insurance rate hike due to the Los Angeles fires unless the insurer can provide more evidence it is warranted.
- 4 days ago 14 Feb 25, 3:50pm -
- TikTok is back on Apple and Google app stores in the U.S.
Apple and Google have restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores after President Trump delayed enforcement of a law that requires the popular video app to divest or face a nationwide ban.
- 4 days ago 14 Feb 25, 2:54pm -
- Your Igloo cooler may cause a fingertip amputation. Company recalls 1 million ice chests
Igloo recalls 1 million coolers manufactured before 2024 that are posing hazards to your fingers.
- 4 days ago 14 Feb 25, 1:52pm -
- Thousands of University of California healthcare, research employees vote to authorize strike
The University Professional and Technical Employees CWA Local 9119, representing approximately 20,000 UC healthcare, research and technical employees, announced the results of a strike authorization vote.
- 4 days ago 14 Feb 25, 11:33am -
- Marvel's new 'Captain America' is a risky superhero handoff. Is it the reset Disney needs?
After ending the storyline for Chris Evans' Captain America, Marvel now looks to actor Anthony Mackie to don the superhero's mantle with a fresh perspective but familiar face.
- 5 days ago 14 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Paramount and YouTube TV extend deadline for a new carriage deal
The eleventh-hour reprieve spared about 8 million YouTube TV customers from losing access to nearly two dozen networks, including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and TV Land.
- 5 days ago 13 Feb 25, 10:17pm -
- Joann plans to close roughly half its stores after bankruptcy filing
Crafts and fabric retailer Joann plans to close around 500 stores, or roughly half its total, as part of its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
- 5 days ago 13 Feb 25, 2:20pm -
- California is at the center of the country's egg mess. Here's why and what's coming
The price of a dozen eggs has nearly doubled since last year and hit a record high in January. An outbreak of avian influenza in primarily to blame, experts said.
- 5 days ago 13 Feb 25, 12:17pm -
- Their grandfather came to America and opened a nursery. A century later, it's closing
Hawthorne Nursery, one of the last Japanese American-owned plant nurseries established before World War II in Los Angeles, will close at the end of February.
- 6 days ago 13 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Column: Trump's assault on science will make Americans dumber and sicker
Donald Trump has always posed as someone smarter than scientists. Does that explain why so much of his dismantling of the federal government is aimed at scientific agencies?
- 6 days ago 13 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Amazon looks to hire 2,000 new workers in Inland Empire
Amazon plans to hire more than 2,000 full-time and part-time workers to staff two new 'inbound cross dock' facilities in Fontana and Jurupa.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 4:29pm -
- Canned tuna sold by Trader Joe's, Costco and others recalled for botulism risk
Several brands of canned tuna, including Trader Joe's, Costco and Genova, were recalled due to a risk of botulism after the manufacturer said they had defective pull tabs that may cause leaks.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 3:46pm -
- Disneyland visitor launches class-action suit over new, stricter disability passes
A San Diego resident filed a class-action complaint claiming Disney is in violation of state law because its Disability Access Service pass excludes some disabled guests.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 2:56pm -
- FCC launches effort to 'root out' DEI programs, beginning with Comcast
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is concerned that diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast and NBCUniversal fostered discrimination, which is forbidden under FCC rules and federal laws.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 12:38pm -
- Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue
Several film and TV writers say they are horrified their scripts are being used by tech companies to train AI models without writers' permission. They are pressuring studios to take legal action.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 12:20pm -
- Behind the staggering economic toll of the L.A. wildfires
The fires will have a deep and lasting impact on construction, entertainment, retail and other sectors of the Los Angeles economy while creating a construction boom.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 11:25am -
- High-rise condo tower proposed for Beverly Hills
A $450-million residential tower has been proposed on the eastern tip of Beverly Hills. Millennium Partners Los Angeles said the 34-story high-rise would be called the Eastern.
- 6 days ago 12 Feb 25, 10:56am -
- The '51st state'? Canadians say no, thanks. They don't want U.S. products either
President Trump has turned Canada into a punching bag. In response, a Canadian boycott on U.S. goods is gaining ground.
- 7 days ago 12 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- FAIR Plan to assess insurers $1 billion for L.A. fires; consumers may be on the hook for nearly half
The California FAIR Plan, the insurer of last resort, received approval to assess member carriers $1 billion to help pay its L.A. fire losses -- with consumers possibly on the hook for nearly half.
- 7 days ago 11 Feb 25, 5:33pm -
- Tesla fined for 'serious' heat violation at California plant
Tesla has been fined for violating California's workplace heat protection rules at its Fremont plant. The findings stem from a failure to provide employees working outdoors with adequate cooldown breaks in shaded areas.
- 7 days ago 11 Feb 25, 3:51pm -
- Disney softens DEI efforts with Trump back in office
Walt Disney Co. said it would change an internal performance standard focused on diversity and inclusion for executive compensation, saying it would focus on how the initiatives helped the business.
- 7 days ago 11 Feb 25, 3:34pm -
- What the Eaton fire could mean for Edison's bottom line
Edison generates billions of dollars in revenue every year and has a history of passing along the costs of disasters to customers. How will it handle the financial fallout of the Eaton fire remains an open question.
- 8 days ago 11 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Column: Trump's move to kill federal consumer watchdog will protect Big Business but cost consumers billions
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saved consumers money but enraged businesses. Now Trump has moved to kill it.
- 8 days ago 11 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- California loves Dungeness crab. But concerns over whale safety put industry in peril
California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in fishing gear. With a truncated season and sharp limits on gear, crabbers wonder whether the fishery can survive.
- 9 days ago 10 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- A divorced couple considers retying the knot to maximize Social Security payments
After a divorce, a couple reconciles but doesn't remarry. Should they retie the knot to maximize Social Security payments?
- 10 days ago 9 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Column: Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim
The Trump administration's attack on the key foreign aid agency undermines U.S. influence, pleases autocrats in Russia and China, and could help Tesla's overseas business.
- 11 days ago 7 Feb 25, 5:02pm -
- After shuttering in the pandemic, an ArcLight theater gets a second act
After going dark early in the pandemic, a former ArcLight theater in El Segundo will reopen as a luxury cinema intended to get movie viewers off their couches.
- 11 days ago 7 Feb 25, 11:39am -
- U.S. hiring cools in January; California's outlook is dimmed by looming cuts in government and aid
U.S. job growth slowed at the start of the year as employers held back on hiring amid increased uncertainty about the economy and Trump policies.
- 12 days ago 7 Feb 25, 9:17am -
- Column: Trump's all-out assault on transgender rights isn't a sign of strength, but cowardice
Trump's talent for attacking the most vulnerable targets has brought him to attack transgender rights, because he knows his victims are the most powerless Americans
- 12 days ago 7 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Meet the New Owners in Whispering Pines
At least 22 parcels totaling more than 100 acres in and around Whispering Pines area within Joshua Tree National Park have changed hands since 2021, spurring concerns among neighbors over potential development.
- 12 days ago 7 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- All Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom stores to close amid Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Parent company Liberated Brands blamed fast fashion and e-commerce moving too quickly to sustain its outdated brick-and-mortar stores in bankruptcy filings.
- 12 days ago 6 Feb 25, 7:54pm -
- Sonos lays off 200 employees amid ongoing troubles
Audio manufacturer Sonos laid off 200 employees Wednesday. The layoffs come weeks after its CEO was removed and a controller app update went awry last year.
- 12 days ago 6 Feb 25, 1:32pm -
- Allstate expects $1.1 billion in losses from Los Angeles fires
Allstate Corp. said it expects about $1.1 billion in losses from the wildfires that destroyed Los Angeles County communities in January.
- 12 days ago 6 Feb 25, 11:07am -
- Column: These are the legal obstacles that could stop Trump's assault on government in its tracks
Efforts to overturn existing government regulations must pass the 'arbitrary and capricious' test. Trump failed it, big-time, throughout his first term.
- 13 days ago 6 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Opinion: Trump wants to extend the 2017 tax cuts. Here's how that would affect regular Americans
Especially if they come with reductions to Medicaid, food stamps and other safety net programs, the policy will make the rich richer and leave most worse off.
- 13 days ago 6 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity
Google is the latest company to roll back DEI efforts amid more political pressure to do so under President Trump.
- 13 days ago 5 Feb 25, 7:52pm -
- A tariff loophole is closing. Why that matters for Shein, Temu and other Chinese online retailers
A decision by President Trump to close a tariff loophole could change the landscape of online shopping, particularly for the Chinese e-commerce companies behind wildly successful sites, such as Shein and Temu.
- 13 days ago 5 Feb 25, 11:45am -
- L.A. city attorney alleges mega real estate firm Blueground engaged in price gouging
The Los Angeles city attorney's office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated anti-price-gouging rules in place because of the fires.
- 14 days ago 4 Feb 25, 8:33pm -
- In L.A. County, price-gouging landlords could soon face fines of $50,000
County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, who both saw swaths of their districts decimated by fire, asked county lawyers to draft a resolution that would increase the maximum penalty for price gouging across L.A. County from $10,000 to $…
- 14 days ago 4 Feb 25, 7:48pm -
- L.A. to bar landlords from evicting tenants for welcoming fire refugees into their homes
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ban on evictions for unauthorized occupants if those extra residents were displaced by the Palisades, Eaton or other January fires.
- 14 days ago 4 Feb 25, 5:52pm -
- Gov. Newsom lifts price caps for new rental homes in wealthy L.A. neighborhoods
In response to concerns that price-gouging laws were restricting the availability of housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom waived limits for high-end home rentals.
- 14 days ago 4 Feb 25, 1:55pm -
- After the fire, a crisis for Altadena's small-business owners: 'Who is going to want to come here?'
Some small businesses burned down in the Eaton fire. Others are 'silent casualties': Intact but out of commission as the community rebuilds.
- 15 days ago 4 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Column: Did business leaders do enough to head off Trump's tariff saber-rattling? Obviously not
Business leaders wrung their hands over the prospect of a tariff war started by Trump, but they didn't take a strong enough stand
- 15 days ago 4 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- EV demand stalls out in California as automakers face zero-emission sales mandate
Aside from Tesla, no other major manufacturer will meet the state's 35% threshold for zero-emission vehicles in the 2026 model year, a trade group leader says.
- 15 days ago 4 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- Column: Many will lie about the consequences of Trump's tariffs. The markets won't
When the president announced tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, stocks tumbled, responding to economic realities that politicians and their supporters often ignore.
- 15 days ago 4 Feb 25, 5:00am -
- State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires
State Farm General asked Monday for an emergency rate increase averaging 22%, saying the Los Angeles County fires have put California's largest insurer in dire financial straits.
- 15 days ago 3 Feb 25, 1:38pm -
- California breathes sigh of relief with delayed tariffs on Mexico and Canada. China remains in play
Stocks largely recover from an early tumble after Trump confirms one-month delay in imposing tariffs on Mexico. But tariffs on China remain in play.
- 16 days ago 3 Feb 25, 10:28am -