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

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

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

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging that the technology giant attempted to…

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

At a time when office landlords are struggling to attract and keep tenants, a Hollywood real estate developer is forging…

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

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

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…

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

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

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

A beleaguered union effort among show performers and stable hands at Medieval Times’ Buena Park castle has met its end.…

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

The third test flight of the SpaceX rocket that is intended to take humans back to the moon and someday…

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

An atmospheric disturbance is whipping through the job market. When Volvo announced it was cutting more than a thousand jobs…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

At a Pizza Hut restaurant in Historic Filipinotown, west of downtown Los Angeles, a slip of paper was taped Wednesday…

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…

For much of the last decade, almonds have been such a lucrative crop that growers and investment firms have poured…

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…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases that could have a profound effect on the future of…

In April 2023, Betty Glover, a 91-year-old grocery store clerk in Oregon, was finally able to retire after a GoFundMe…

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

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

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

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

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

Guitars flutter, an accordion wheezes and a singer unwinds the triumphant tale of Fernando Ochoa Jauregui, a Modesto-area builder of…

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

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

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

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,…

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

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

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…

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

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

Three women who ran a Lancaster-based beverage company were ordered to pay more than $14 million in combined penalties for…

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

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…

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

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,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane that made an emergency landing last month after its door plug blew out in…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LONDON —  Over the bar of a 200-year-old pub in southeast London hangs a sign: “For the people of East Greenwich,…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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,…

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

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…

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

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

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…

Sweet Lady Jane, a bakery beloved by Angelenos and a celebrity clientele, unexpectedly shuttered six locations on New Year’s Day,…

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…

Recording new voice-overs without speaking a word: For a busy voice actor, it might sound like a dream — unless…

The Queen Mary has for years been a landmark in the city of Long Beach, an iconic ocean liner serving…

If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you. Believers felt themselves validated by seeing excitement and…

These days, it looks like the bloom is coming off the rose for remote work: Many employers are talking tougher.…

You may have heard during the last few days about the resignation by the president of a smallish university in…

Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for…

The social media company X, formerly Twitter, sued media watchdog group Media Matters on Monday, alleging defamation after the group…

If 2023 was the year that AI finally broke into the mainstream, 2024 could be the year it gets fully…

Question: Is there anything more absurd than red state governors rejecting federal programs that directly benefit their constituents? Easy answer:…

The criminal convictions of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Binance gang just mark the beginning of the U.S. government’s drive to…

Giving Tuesday’s arrival days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday snaps us out of the funk brought on by consumption of…

There can be few American public institutions more widely detested than the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. The NCAA spent decades…

Spotify on Monday said it is laying off 17% of its global workforce, marking the third round of cuts this…

While California lawmakers feel pressure to address concerns about crime, the murky and sometimes contradictory evidence of an increase in…

In the first two years of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture’s existence, e-commerce giant Amazon.com was…

Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. loved to tell the story about arriving in Los Angeles in 1948 from the University of…

In recent times, whenever a government lawsuit swears at common sense, at the facts and at the public interest, it…

Southern California’s luxury real estate market never sleeps. But this past year, it collectively caught its breath. Luxury sales slowed…

Ahead of statewide minimum wage increases for fast-food workers, hundreds of California Pizza Hut franchises announced cuts in their delivery…

Well, goodbye to all that. Now that 2023 is drawing to a close, and it’s time that we begin to…

Almost every square inch of wall space at Village Pizzeria on Larchmont Boulevard is adorned with tchotchkes and photos that…

It might be unusual to find Mickey Mouse and “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” mentioned in the same breath. But you can…

The biggest story in tech this year was, without a doubt, the explosive ascent of AI. The biggest story in…

Apple is pulling two of its most popular watch models from shelves this week. By Christmas Day, if a trade…

Forecasting the future is difficult. But here’s an easy prediction: The anti-vaccination movement in the U.S. and globally is going…

To repurpose an old joke: How do you create a $15-billion company? Answer: First, start with a $44-billion company ……

Mortgage rates fell for the eighth consecutive week, giving cash-strapped home buyers some relief as the new year approaches. The…

In the tech world, 2023 was a year of pure chaos. There was the artificial intelligence boom that breathed life…

Unite Here Local 11 has made more progress in contract talks with hotels ahead of the holidays. The union said…

Responding to consumer complaints about auto insurance coverage, the state insurance commissioner said Thursday that insurers could face penalties for…

Grocery company Ralphs illegally denied jobs to hundreds of people based on their criminal history, California’s Civil Rights Department alleges…

Want to know how much your friends are worth? Meet Flip, the shopping app that will put a price tag…

For travelers trying to reach their destinations during the storm-tossed holiday season last year, there was no problem identifying the…

Kimmy Garris, who describes herself as a “fat solo traveler,” probably had no idea that her 30-second TikTok video was…

Season upon season, watermelons, carrots and corn have sprouted from Daniel Rudnick’s 255-acre farm along Interstate 5 in Buttonwillow, Calif.…

The 30-second video ad struck an ominous tone, urging Californians to tell their lawmakers to vote against legislation that would…

As if high gas prices weren’t making life miserable enough, California drivers are being buffeted by higher auto insurance premiums…

Warehouses, trucking and other aspects of the logistics industry have taken over much of the real estate in the Inland…

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Fickle bosses can be tough. Doubly so when they’re also the richest person on the planet. So when Elon Musk’s…

Unite Here Local 11 has reached tentative contract agreements with 10 more Southern California hotels covering hundreds of housekeepers, cooks,…

If you’re making a list of big news stories of 2023, here’s one you might want to check twice: The…

Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky will not face a civil trial for allegedly violating his duties as a broker…

California energy officials have voted to extend the operation of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant through 2030, extending the life…

Did you quit your job during the Great Resignation? Are you quiet quitting? Being told to RTO? Coffee badging at…

Unite Here Local 11 has reached a tentative agreement with a 10th hotel, marking continued momentum in the contract campaign…

Shohei Ohtani jerseys are now available for purchase at Dodger Stadium. If you want one before Christmas, though, you might…

The most frustrating thing about America’s failure to rein in drug prices is that a weapon against Big Pharma’s profiteering…

Strike 3 Holdings is a Southern California maker of pornographic films that identifies its products as “high-end, artistic, and performer-inspiring…

On the Shelf Two versions of the tech future Wrong WayBy Joanne McNeilMCD, 288 pages, $18 The Techno-Optimist ManifestoBy Marc…