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This Rivian spinoff is reinventing e-bikes in California with screens, software and swappable seats

Hace 3 horas 59 mins

The e-bike startup, called Also, was incubated within Rivian before launching publicly last year with a $3,500 flagship product.

Your guide to the California insurance commissioner's race: Who will replace Ricardo Lara?

Hace 7 horas 12 mins

Who will replace Ricardo Lara in the California insurance commissioner's race? More than a half-dozen candidates, four Democrats and five Republicans, are competing in the election.

Recycled plastics industry gets unexpected boost from Iran War

Hace 7 horas 12 mins

Conflict in Iran has raised the cost of oil and downstream products like virgin plastic. That's a boon for recycled plastic, which is now cost competitive.

Waymos, robotaxis can now be ticketed by California police. But how exactly?

Hace 7 horas 12 mins

Driverless cars haven't always obeyed the rules of the road but, unlike vehicles with humans behind the wheel, they've gotten away with it. That's about to change in California.

Legal battle to halt Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger expands with five new states

Jue, 04/30/2026 - 19:13

With the addition of the five new states, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta's battle to block the merger is now bipartisan.

Foreign investment in California rose last year despite trade disruption

Jue, 04/30/2026 - 05:00

The number of foreign-owned business rose 4% last year in California despite the Trump administration's trade wars, with Japan taking the top spot in a report released this week.

California billionaire tax proposal attracts 1.5 million signatures. Here's what happens next

Jue, 04/30/2026 - 05:00

The battle over a proposal to tax billionaires to fund healthcare and other essential services is expected to intensify after supporters said they've gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

Hiltzik: Resurrecting a discredited theory on COVID's origin, DOJ indicts an ex-Fauci aide over old emails

Jue, 04/30/2026 - 05:00

David Morens tried to keep a scientific discussion under wraps. Trump's latest anti-science attack explains why

Rivian to place more than 100 new EV chargers around Caruso properties

Mié, 04/29/2026 - 05:00

The electric vehicle maker Rivian is adding more than 150 public EV chargers to Caruso properties including the Grove and the Commons at Calabasas.

Quixote production services vendor to wind down most of its soundstage business in L.A.

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 17:49

In another sign of the industry's financial difficulties, production services vendor Quixote said it will close most of its soundstage business in Los Angeles.

Paramount wants FCC to approve increased foreign ownership in Warner Bros. Discovery deal

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 14:57

The Larry Ellison-backed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery would give Middle Eastern royal families an ownership stake in CBS and CNN.

Reality TV production continues to plummet in L.A.

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 14:18

Reality TV show production continues to drop in L.A., even as the state's new production incentives have increased shooting for film and other TV series.

Jimmy Kimmel explains 'expectant widow' comment, declines to apologize

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 09:26

"It was a joke about their age difference," Kimmel said during Monday's telecast.

California drone maker to spend billions of dollars as it expands manufacturing in the state

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 05:00

Skydio, a San Mateo-based company, committed $3.5 billion over the next five years to boost production of domestic defense technology.

Hiltzik: A crypto mogul's lawsuit against a Trump-linked crypto firm shows the peril of investing with Trump

Mar, 04/28/2026 - 05:00

Crypto tycoon Justin Sun boasted of having invested $75 million with a Trump-linked crypto firm. Now he says the firm ruthlessly ripped him off.

Trump administration paying wind developers to walk away from California offshore leases

Lun, 04/27/2026 - 16:53

In the second such highly unusual move, the Trump administration is paying to make wind power go away

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologizes for not alerting police about Canada shooting suspect

Lun, 04/27/2026 - 15:08

OpenAI is facing more scrutiny over how mass shooting suspects are using its chatbot ChatGPT to plan violent attacks.

'Michael' moonwalks into a big box office debut

Dom, 04/26/2026 - 12:53

Lionsgate's Michael Jackson biopic cruised to the top of the box office this weekend, despite largely negative reviews from critics.

While California's tourism rallied, L.A. faced its worst year since the pandemic

Sáb, 04/25/2026 - 05:00

Travel spending shrank slightly in Los Angeles County last year as local crises drove away tourists and national policy alienated foreign visitors.

Bed Bath & Beyond is back in California after vowing never to return

Vie, 04/24/2026 - 12:01

The chairman previously said the state is overregulated and risky. The home goods retailer will merge with The Container Store locations, including 12 storefronts in California.