The federal cleanup of the Altadena and Pacific Palisades fires was in some ways a historic achievement. But many residents are worried that by moving fast, the results were compromised.| Los Angeles Times
Business owners around the state struggle to keep up with an ever-changing slew of trade policies.| Los Angeles Times
After receiving more than 1,000 complaints from Jan. 7 fire victims about how insurers are handling their claims, state regulators are considering referring hundreds of the cases to mediation — a little used process that worries consumer advocates.| Los Angeles Times
Six months after the Jan. 7 fire storms that killed at least 30 people, frustrations are mounting among many homeowners over how the state's largest insurer is handling their damage claims.| Los Angeles Times
Victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires are suing State Farm, saying the insurer deliberately set projected replacement costs far lower than the actual costs.| Los Angeles Times
The California Department of Insurance is launching a "market conduct" exam into how State Farm General, the state's largest home insurer, is handling claims from the January fires after receiving numerous complaints from policyholders.| Los Angeles Times
A group of California homeowners filed suit Wednesday against AAA and USAA, alleging that the insurers left them systematically underinsured and unable to rebuild after the Jan. 7 firestorms in Los Angeles County destroyed their homes.| Los Angeles Times
President Trump gave no indication he was open to a rapid course correction, suggesting some of his new tariff rates would be permanent.| Los Angeles Times
Donald Trump's proposed tariffs could have major consequences for California's economy, which has a lot riding on trade, especially with China and Mexico.| Los Angeles Times
Gov. Gavin Newsom's appointees voted unanimously to reduce payments to homes and businesses that go solar.| Los Angeles Times
A Starbucks workers union filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee, challenging the chain's role as the 2028 Games' 'official coffee partner.'| Los Angeles Times
Hoping to ban sales of new internal combustion vehicles by 2035, the California Air Resources Board proposes requiring that EV sales triple by 2026.| Los Angeles Times
It costs on average 49% more to insure an electric vehicle than to insure a gas-powered car, recently released data from the digital insurance agent Insurify show.| Los Angeles Times
Economic experts and analysts expect the tariffs will increase the price of cars.| Los Angeles Times
As consumers rushed to buy electric vehicles while the federal EV tax credit was still available, Tesla saw deliveries increase 7% year over year.| Los Angeles Times
The lawsuits allege that Roblox prioritized its profits over child safety. The gaming platform rebuts claims it would intentionally risk the safety of its users.| Los Angeles Times
Apple TV+ has been critically acclaimed with shows like "Severance" and "The Studio," but it remains small compared to many streaming rivals.| Los Angeles Times
For anyone planning to visit Southern California for the 2028 Los Angeles summer Olympics, planning will be critical. Here are some key dates, along with strategies for scoring the best travel deals.| Los Angeles Times
Buying and installing an electric car home charger isn't always easy.| Los Angeles Times
With pickups outselling passenger cars in the U.S., Ford is betting big on the proposition that lovers of big, noisy trucks can be sold on the virtue of electric motors.| Los Angeles Times
A California law curbing the use of independent contractors passed the Legislature and is expected to be signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom despite objections by Uber, Lyft and other gig companies| Los Angeles Times
Police officers in San Bruno observed a Waymo car making an illegal U-turn. The incident highlights a gray area in law enforcement’s ability to cite robot cars when they violate traffic laws.| Los Angeles Times
'If you don’t show up, we will assume you have resigned,' the world's richest man tells employees of his electric-car company.| Los Angeles Times
Amid news of visa cancellations and deportations, state and local tourism officials are increasingly worried about the potential adverse effects on travel to Los Angeles and California.| Los Angeles Times
California regulations may prevent thousands of nursing students from graduating, despite frantic effort to boost numbers of healthcare workers amid the pandemic.| Los Angeles Times
President Trump's trade war and recent immigration raids are expected to deliver a one-two punch to California's economy.| Los Angeles Times
Some fire relief bills are still working their way through the Legislature, including some that could ease burdens on the FAIR Plan and improve the permitting process for rebuilding.| Los Angeles Times
We haven't agreed on guardrails against deepfakes. But this fictional FAQ (from five years in the future) shows the events of 2024 may force the issue.| Los Angeles Times
The AI craze has intensified in the 'gold rush town' of San Francisco, spreading through work and social life.| Los Angeles Times
The five most popular franchises for Generation Alpha are video game properties including "Roblox" and "Fortnite," according to a new NRG survey. "Avengers" comes in sixth place.| Los Angeles Times
The Inglewood arena, home to the Lakers before their 1999 move to Staples Center, will get a new name, Kia Forum, following a deal with the Seoul-based automaker.| Los Angeles Times
The Washington Post has lost about 8% of its readers and the L.A. Times 1.8%. But some argue to stay with the newspapers for their roles in reality checking Donald Trump.| Los Angeles Times
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe as the planet heats up.| Los Angeles Times
An appellate court determined Proposition 22 should stand, disagreeing with a 2021 ruling finding that central provisions of the law conflicted with the state Constitition, rendering the law unenforceable, and tossing it out in its entirety.| Los Angeles Times
California would be the first U.S. state to mandate 100% zero-emission vehicles, though 15 countries have committed to phasing out gas-powered cars.| Los Angeles Times
Trump's authority to revoke California's waiver from federal clean air rules rests on a very shaky legal foundation.| Los Angeles Times
Documents outlining the EPA's plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name 27 times.| Los Angeles Times
The fires in L.A. have caused terrible air quality conditions across the county. Here are ways you can protect yourself, and your children, from the health impacts of wildfire smoke.| Los Angeles Times
The Senate gave final approval to a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. The GOP-backed measure cleared a key hurdle with help from 10 Democratic senators.| Los Angeles Times
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to enact hefty new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration and drugs.| Los Angeles Times
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order to ban new combustion cars by 2035 will reshape the California car market.| Los Angeles Times
In a nationwide first, California air quality officials will vote Thursday on a plan to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.| Los Angeles Times
Car buyers will bear the brunt of the $30-billion cost of President Trump’s tariffs, driving up already high U.S. auto prices by almost $2,000 per vehicle, consultant AlixPartners said.| Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration is hobbling free-world automakers in the race against China to electrify transportation. America's EV leader — California — can help.| Los Angeles Times
Plenty of challenges lie ahead as California mandates zero-emission cars, including cost and access to charging.| Los Angeles Times
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.| Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida announced Tuesday that he was stepping down 2½ years after joining The Times as its newsroom leader.| Los Angeles Times
App-based drivers plan to demonstrate in L.A., San Francisco and San Diego on Wednesday as the state continues negotiations with gig economy companies.| Los Angeles Times
Donald Trump's decisive presidential victory was confirmed after he picked up the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.| Los Angeles Times
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.| Los Angeles Times
State health officials secured a voluntary recall of all remaining Raw Farm milk and cream products. The products are infected with live bird flu virus.| Los Angeles Times
President Trump's administration, with help from the Republican-led Congress, may pull the state's ability to set its own fuel-efficiency rules.| Los Angeles Times
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.| Los Angeles Times
In a lawsuit, Lyft accused San Francisco of improperly calculating the company's taxes by including driver compensation in its revenue.| Los Angeles Times
In November, there were 46,610 migrants stopped at the U.S-Mexico border, the lowest number of apprehensions during the Biden administration.| Los Angeles Times
California is prepared to offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration scuttles the federal EV tax credit, the governor said.| Los Angeles Times
A group of prosecutors and law enforcement leaders is pushing Proposition 20, arguing that it is needed to fix what they say are flaws in past criminal justice reforms. Former Gov. Jerry Brown, an opponent of the measure, has called it "very inhuman."| Los Angeles Times
California's voters typically lean heavily to the left. So, why did a minimum-wage boost fail?| Los Angeles Times
California officials must finalize the state budget and the list of measures that will go on the ballot by the end of June. Secret budget conversations are intertwined with deal-making around the 2024 ballot.| Los Angeles Times
Those new weight-loss drugs will slash spending on obesity-related illness, so why is it so hard to get insurers to cover them?| Los Angeles Times
Apple's AI researchers gave these AI systems a simple arithmetic problem that schoolkids can solve. The bots flunked.| Los Angeles Times
A California law classifying Uber and other ride-hail and delivery drivers as employees rather than independent contractors is constitutional, federal court says.| Los Angeles Times
California Supreme Court upholds Prop. 22, which allows Uber, Lyft and other gig economy companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors.| Los Angeles Times
In an epic data breach, hackers claim to have taken 2.9 billion personal records from National Public Data. Most of the data are leaked online.| Los Angeles Times
In a frightening use of deepfake technology, scammers are using AI-powered audio and video to pass themselves off as their targets' relatives or loved ones in real time.| Los Angeles Times
As powerful anti-obesity drugs become more widely available, companies are repositioning themselves with new products and services.| Los Angeles Times
ChatGPT and other new AI services benefit from a science fiction-infused marketing frenzy unlike anything in recent memory. There's more to fear here than killer robots.| Los Angeles Times
People without memory problems could be diagnosed with Alzheimer's under a plan by an influential scientific panel dominated by members with ties to drug companies.| Los Angeles Times
California's plastic bag ban aimed to reduce waste and increase recycling, but it hasn't worked out as planned. What went wrong?| Los Angeles Times
