Category: Business

Quiksilver, Billabong and Volcom brick-and-mortar stores, known for their beach and outdoor apparel, are closing, their parent company said. Costa…

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

Google is the latest tech company rethinking how it approaches diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace as businesses face…

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…

The blackened remains of the neighborhood pet store next to a bank untouched by the fires. A burned-down museum of…

State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, asked state officials for an emergency rate hike averaging 22% Monday, saying the…

Before Donald Trump kicked off his second term as president, Meta Platforms Chief Executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg took another…

As Mario Ramos pushes his ice cream cart through the city, worries course through his mind. A street vendor in…

It seemed like the death knell. The state of California failed to get required federal permission from the Biden administration…

MEXICO CITY — President Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, sending shock waves through the…

With thousands of houses and apartments lost to wildfires in an already tight housing market, landlords in downtown Los Angeles…

A Malibu homeowner is suing travel website Tripadvisor and two subsidiaries along with a Venice woman, alleging they were responsible…

The California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to allow Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it…

A new online tool that tracks insurance payouts stemming from wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles County shows more…

WASHINGTON —  After three successive interest rate cuts, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday made no change in its benchmark lending rate…

Indie studio Neon has acquired worldwide rights to the horror film “Together” at the Sundance Film Festival, marking the first…

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling nearly $2.4 million to customers of fast fashion retailer Fashion Nova. The…

Gov. Gavin Newsom is tapping Magic Johnson, Dodgers Chairman Mark Walter and 2028 Olympics organizer Casey Wasserman to lead a…

Major U.S. tech stocks, including Nvidia, Oracle and Broadcom, plummeted Monday after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek unveiled a system…

Residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the Los Angeles firestorms are being offered mortgage relief by nearly 270…

Hundreds of workers at a Las Vegas hotel and casino who have been on strike for more than two months…

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger received a $41.1-million pay package last year, according to a filing Thursday with…

Over his seven years on the federal bench, James C. Ho has acquired a reputation as one of the most…

Shel Singh has gone all-in on electric vehicles in recent years. The 36-year-old business owner currently drives an electric Porsche.…

Spirit Airlines customers could be removed from flights for dressing “inadequately” or having offensive tattoos, the airline announced this week…

As raging wildfires continue to torment Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss have ballooned to more than $250…

Some policyholders who lost their homes in the Los Angeles fires are not getting claims advances that are due to…

The shimmering office towers of the downtown Los Angeles skyline conceal a hard truth — much of the space is…

President Trump on Tuesday announced that OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank are partnering on a venture to direct more than $100…

Private prison company GEO Group has been accused by the National Labor Relations Board of retaliating against immigrant detainees who…

Netflix gained a record number of subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, further solidifying its dominance in the streaming…

Five major banks are offering homeowners up to three months of mortgage payment relief in areas devastated by the Southern…

Travelers flying into Los Angeles last weekend were greeted by an apocalyptic sight: billowing clouds of smoke and the red-orange…

Poor Donald Trump. Twice elected president only to have to clean up the economic messes left to him by Democrats.…

At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, TikTok users in the United States were momentarily silenced, after the Supreme Court…

Dear Liz: I’m 80 years old and my wife is 76. Our only retirement income is Social Security, and we…

The Supreme Court has paved the way for TikTok to be banned in the U.S. on Sunday. The high court…

The California FAIR Plan Assn., the state’s property insurer of last resort, was born of smoldering ashes — not of…

Federal officials announced Friday that they have indicted former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on bribery charges, along with her longtime…

For years, the Food and Drug Administration has taken up arms against clinics hawking unproven and ineffective stem cell treatments…

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it had referred a complaint against Snap Inc. to the Department of Justice,…

Southern California’s catastrophic fires have rocked the stock of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, as accusations…

The craft supplies and fabric retailer Joann filed for bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year, as…

As wildfires continue to burn around Southern California, thousands of business owners, homeowners and renters are confronting the daunting challenge…

TAIPEI, Taiwan —  TikTok users concerned about a looming ban are finding solace in a strange place. Days ahead of a…

During a disaster, getting to safety is the top priority. But for many Angelenos displaced by the devastating wildfires raging…

Sonos Chief Executive Patrick Spence is stepping down and leaving the company’s board in a shake-up that comes as the…

Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy…

Dear Liz: I have sold my family home recently after almost 50 years. I had done lots of improvements throughout…

Last year, Francis Bischetti said he learned that the annual cost of the homeowners policy he buys from Farmers Insurance…

When Brigitte Tran arrived Wednesday morning at the Rodeo Drive boutique where she works as a sales associate, she was…

When devastating wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County this week, David Torgerson’s team of firefighters went to work. The thousands…

The downtown Los Angeles Macy’s department store, situated on 7th Street and a cornerstone of retail in the area, will…

When raging wildfires tore through Pacific Palisades and other local communities this week, they not only left a path of…

As the market for documentaries and other content slowed and work dried up in Hollywood, producer Kourtney Gleason was already…

It’s always heartening to see the business establishment stand up for constitutional principles. Well, almost always. Among the exceptions is…

With more than 1,100 structures already destroyed by three wildfires that continue to rage out of control around Los Angeles,…

For more than 50 years, as the economics of American healthcare and health insurance have evolved, one theory has persisted,…

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms said Tuesday that it’s ending a third-party fact-checking program in the United States, a controversial…

Here are some rough calculations of when some of America’s richest individuals fulfilled their Social Security tax obligations for 2025:…

Is reliable Wi-Fi at 30,000 feet on the horizon? United Airlines announced over the weekend that it will outfit much…

A Los Angeles man said he recently missed his flight home after getting trapped on his way to the airport…

Director Brett Ratner is back behind the camera again for a new documentary on Melania Trump, his first film since…

California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed a host of new…

California business groups have sued to stop the state from implementing a new law that prohibits companies from ordering workers…

A Southern California homeowner is suing Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. for declining to renew her longstanding insurance policy, accusing the…

In the cutthroat airline industry, few things can boost a company’s reputation more than getting passengers to their destinations on…

Chances are slim that the dual strikes at Starbucks stores and Amazon warehouses around the country disrupted your holiday season.…

Both the vehicles used in two New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas were rented through Turo,…

Donald Trump’s election with Republican House and Senate majorities has put the Internal Revenue Service back in the spotlight. The…

WASHINGTON —  Of all the rich and powerful people cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump, few have rushed to Mar-a-Lago faster…

It has long been clear that relying on corporate leaders to stand fast for social and economic progress is a…

Trader Joe’s, the popular grocery chain known for its unique original products and affordable prices, will open three new stores…

President-elect Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second…

When Riot Games first decided to make a TV show inspired by its hit game “League of Legends,” the video…

Owners of San Pedro Fish Market and Restaurant, a top-grossing restaurant that once sprawled across a wooden pier in the…

It wasn’t good, but it could’ve been a lot worse. Given the lingering effects of last year’s Hollywood labor strikes,…

Dear Liz: I am out of work and taking a pause on my job search. While I have plenty of…

WASHINGTON —  President-elect Donald Trump is telling the Supreme Court that he can make a deal that will resolve the national…

BANGKOK —  Japanese car factories in Thailand — which for decades has been the premiere hub of auto manufacturing in Southeast…

After renovations forced Monique Gomez to move out of her Westside apartment, the tenant of four years was surprised to…

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s constant reminders that California’s economy ”leads the nation” as well as being a model for social justice…

The ride-hailing company Lyft accused San Francisco of overcharging it $100 million in taxes over the last five years in…

When Tony Vinciquerra arrived at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2017, it was far from business as usual. The Culver City…

Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America are being sued by the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over…

It’s been more than three years since college student Justin Lin binge-watched the first season of Netflix’s “Squid Game” in…

A rolling strike of Starbucks baristas has grown since kicking off Friday to include about 300 of the coffee giant’s…

The “silly season” of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when there was so little…

The Container Store Group Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid steep losses, slumping sales and increased competition.…

Everyone’s favorite Christmas gift giver, the Internal Revenue Service, has announced that it will be doling out more than $2…

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America’s agricultural, construction and hospitality industries…

As parents rush into malls for the final days of Christmas shopping, many will be armed with wishlists full of…

After the government pushed for the breakup of Google, accusing it of business practices that violate antitrust laws, the Mountain…

Party City, the party and costume supply chain with more than 70 locations in California including several in Los Angeles,…

In the midst of holiday shopping and travel, Colorado resident Tom Pipes didn’t want to spend extra money on a…

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that would ban the popular social media…

Workers at several Amazon warehouses across the country went on strike early Thursday morning, part of an effort by the…

The response was much like that of a father when handed the bill for his daughter’s wedding reception. Joy trumps…

WASHINGTON —  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday made another cut in interest rates, but, signaling what its leader called a new…

A long-planned $1.4-billion real estate development at the foot of the newly famous Sixth Street Viaduct in downtown Los Angeles…

YouTube on Tuesday announced a partnership with Century City-based talent representation firm Creative Artists Agency that will help actors and…

TikTok has filed for an emergency reprieve with the U.S. Supreme Court to buy more time before a nationwide ban…

For years, Amazon has faced accusations that the pressure the company puts on its warehouse workers to work more quickly…

Patrick Soon-Shiong had become accustomed to making the news. He was the doctor and medical technology innovator who built a…

A sports memorabilia auction is never as gripping as the ballgame that gave the item being auctioned immense value. But…

Landmark regulations intended to encourage insurers to write more policies in risky wildfire neighborhoods through the use of complex computer…

When Luigi Mangione was arrested in the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, he was hailed in many corners…

Tech executives, attempting to ease tensions with President-elect Donald Trump, are opening up their wallets after the former president staged…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court opened the door Friday for a potential challenge to California’s long-standing authority to set stricter emissions…

Wells Fargo employees who review customer complaints and workplace issues have voted to unionize. The move is the latest in…

The partnership between the NFL and Jay-Z and his entertainment company, Roc Nation, won’t change despite a woman accusing the…

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to hike the minimum wage for more than 23,000 tourism workers, handing a…

As Hollywood grapples with worries about the threat of artificial intelligence, the union that represents animators is facing dissent over…

Kroger’s plans to buy its grocery rival Albertsons hit a major roadblock Tuesday, when a federal judge put a halt…

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court may be about to sharply limit the reach of so-called environmental impact statements, which gauge the…

Rupert Murdoch has been dealt a setback in his bid to steer control of his empire to his son Lachlan…

OpenAI’s controversial text-to-video artificial intelligence tool Sora sent shock waves through the entertainment industry when the company unveiled it earlier…

If we’re going to vote based on concerns about cost of living, we need to know what levers government can…

As President-elect Donald Trump vows to impose tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada, economists are warning that a…

WASHINGTON —  Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations have raised hopes that his trade and other economic actions will not…

WASHINGTON —  Job growth rebounded in November from the weather-related stall in hiring the previous month, fresh evidence that the U.S.…

The apparent assassination of UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday has unleashed an extraordinary outpouring…

TikTok’s future in the U.S. is now in greater jeopardy after the popular social video app on Friday lost a…

A South Carolina mom is suing Mattel after links to an adult website appeared on the packaging of its line…

Ever since a historic, methane-spewing blowout in October 2015, local lawmakers, residents and activists have been pressuring state regulators and…

A Delaware judge rejected Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package for a second time, writing in her opinion…

Dear readers: Hang on to your hats. I’m about to praise Donald Trump for one of his Cabinet nominees. She’s…

California’s Civil Rights Department announced settlements Tuesday with Amazon, Ikea and Kohl’s over allegations that the big-box retailers illegally denied…

ServiceTitan, a Glendale tech firm that makes business management software for plumbers, painters and other contractors, announced Tuesday that it…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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

Dickies, one of the best-known workwear brands in the country, will move its headquarters from Fort Worth to Costa Mesa…

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

The union that represents animators has reached a new contract deal with the major Hollywood studios after more than three…

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

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

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…

A union representing nearly 40,000 University of California workers began a two-day strike Wednesday to protest what it claims is…

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating Linda McMahon, a billionaire professional wrestling mogul and small-business champion with…

The Jake Paul-Mike Tyson bout that brought massive viewership numbers to Netflix last week also resulted in a record-setting gate.…

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…

Netflix said Tuesday that it had reached 70 million monthly active users on its ad-supported plan, two years after launching…

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

The South Bay is in for a large-scale transformation near the Port of Los Angeles as Phillips 66 shuts down…

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…

U.S. stocks soared Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory as investors priced in potential gains for…

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…

WASHINGTON —  The last and most consequential report on the nation’s economic health before next week’s election provided more evidence of…

“Well, Felix, this elects me.” The speaker was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was at home in Albany with his friend…