Los Angeles Times

Warner's board this week unanimously voted against Paramount's latest hostile offer. Members concluded the bid was not in the best interest of the company or its shareholders.

U.S. consumers spent a record $257.8 billion online from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, Adobe data shows.

The leap in value was attributed in part to investors' desire to acquire unglamorous yet financially well-performing shopping centers.

Rodney Brooks was a pioneer in robot tech. Here's his annual debunking of high-tech hype.

Chevron, the oil giant founded and until recently headquartered in California, is the only foreign petroleum company still operating in Venezuela and its largest foreign investor.

Comcast has officially spun off its cable channels, including CNBC and MS NOW, into a separate company, Versant Media Group.

Grok published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user requests.

The Chinese automaker BYD sold 2.26 million electric vehicles in 2025, surpassing Tesla as the world's top EV seller.

Netflix's supernatural hit "Stranger Things" debuted simultaneously on the streamer and in theaters on New Year's Day, giving the box office a much needed lift.

Economists say a tax on California's wealthiest residents could be the only way to pay for needed healthcare services in the state.

A slew of new laws in California have gone into effect, including a ban on law enforcement officers wearing masks, cuts to the cost of insulin and a requirement for landlords to provide refrigerators.

Trump wants to name a new battleship class after himself, but it would be a costly white elephant.

Truckers whose licenses were revoked now have 60 days to legally qualify for their licenses

AI companies raised a record $150 billion in 2025, raising fears of an AI bubble

A UC Merced study used U.S. census data to track changes in the number of Californians reporting private sector employment across several months in 2025.

A San Diego State University report found that women made up 23% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and directors of photography on the 250 top-grossing films in 2025.

Following a Justice Dept. complaint that Disney had violated child privacy laws by not accurately labeling YouTube content for children, the media and entertainment giant agreed to pay a $10-million civil penalty.