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Victims of the January 2025 wildfires unhappy with how insurers have handled their claims have filed lawsuits, protested and complained to local and state officials.

This week, they got support from an unexpected ally: ...Read more

U.S. job growth rebounded in March and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, suggesting the labor market was stabilizing as the Iran war began.

Nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 last month, the most since the end of 2024, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the office market bottoms out after a long fall, renters are swooping in to buy their own buildings.

Occupant businesses are seizing the opportunity to become owners, especially in downtown Los Angeles,...Read more

Since the end of February, the three major stock market indices — the Standard & Poor's 500, the Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite — have fallen by a few percentage points.

One might ask: That's all? ...Read more

PayPal, once the cutting-edge trailblazer of digital payments, is struggling to cash in on consumer clicks like it used to.

The San José, California, fintech giant is losing market share to competitors and had to swap ...Read more

In 1976, a top-of-the-line Lincoln Continental Mark IV Cartier was priced at $15,000, or $88,000 translated to 2026 dollars. Elvis consumed them like popcorn, but for the rest of America, it was one the country’s most ...Read more

Starbucks is extending its baristas the chance to earn $300 quarterly bonuses, on top of other changes meant to sweeten the retail employee experience.

The Seattle-based coffee giant debuted its new incentive rewards ...Read more

Among the venerable establishments along the sun-splashed boulevards of Palm Beach, Florida — where money isn’t merely spent, it’s performed — there exist jewelers that deal not in diamonds and discreet old-family...Read more

As a longstanding favorite among people-moving vehicles, the Toyota Sienna is no stranger to Grasso’s Garage. Its simple design, comfort and extraordinary space has set the industry standard in the minivan category.

In ...Read more

NEW YORK — Off-road parks are gonna get crowded.

Hyundai stunned the New York Auto Show this week with its brawny Boulder SUV concept. It’s the first body-on-frame, truck-based SUV from the South Korean brand, going ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Culver City, a once-quiet corner of L.A. County people would pass through on their way somewhere else, has emerged as a destination of choice for some of the world’s best-known companies.

Apple, Amazon, ...Read more

A new generation of AI surveillance towers from General Dynamics has been deployed along San Diego’s stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.

General Dynamics uses Phoenix-based PureTech Systems’ AI software, trained on ...Read more

California’s two biggest pension funds have invested more than $2.7 billion with companies contracting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Department of Homeland Security, a new analysis shows.

CalPERS, the ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s head of U.S. sales is optimistic improving production volumes of F-Series pickups will benefit sales after deliveries tumbled 8.8% in the first three months of 2026, including an almost 14% year-over-year ...Read more

Q: Our neighbor two doors down lets their dogs run wild. They have a fence, but they never keep the gate closed, and their three dogs are always all over the neighborhood doing their business on various lawns and bothering...Read more

When the first American crew since 1972 orbits around the moon this month, SpaceX's stylized logo will be nowhere to be found — but it might as well be plastered everywhere.

Elon Musk's rocket company is preparing what ...Read more

Mortgage rates ended March near their highest levels since mid-2025. In an ominous sign for the spring homebuying season, it’s possible that they’ll keep rising, mortgage experts say.

Blame the war in Iran, which has ...Read more

MONTEREY PARK, California — Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as he approached the podium in Monterey Park's City Hall. Things weren't going as planned.

In front of a wall of people holding "No Data Center" placards, ...Read more

Target shoppers increasingly say they want cleaner stores, stocked shelves and employees who are easy to spot and willing to help.

After several years of uneven sales and lost market share to Walmart, the Minneapolis-...Read more

Let's face it -- you've got a lot to be sorry for.

The mistakes you make on the job. The mistakes you make off the job. The mistakes of omission. The mistakes of commission. The mistake of being in the wrong hallway at ...Read more