Disney has a new captain, and his eyes are on the stars.

Taking over the reins from Bob Iger on Wednesday, new chief executive Josh D’Amaro signaled a bold shift for the entertainment giant: a future where emotional storytelling remains the “North Star,” but cutting-edge technology provides the fuel.

From ESPN to the Magic Kingdom, D’...Read more

You could be paying more for that gallon of milk in your online shopping cart than other customers without knowing it.

New Jersey lawmakers are trying to ban grocery stores from using “surveillance pricing,” a term for when companies change their prices for different customers based on their personal data. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has...Read more

A bill restoring crucial federal funding to defense startups in Southern California is on its way to the president's desk after making it through Congress on Tuesday.

The Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act was passed following a months-long impasse over funding the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), the Small Business ...Read more

Edison International boosted the pay of its top executives last year despite their responsibility for the safety of the company's power lines before the devastating Eaton fire, which destroyed a wide swath of Altadena and killed 19 people.

Although the company cut cash bonuses for its senior executives, citing the wildfires, their overall ...Read more

Just like regular consumers at the gas station, airlines refueling in Los Angeles are being forced to adjust to higher prices at the pump.

Jet fuel prices have shot up, and experts say airfares are following suit.

With a busy summer travel season approaching, airlines are starting to pass the costs on to passengers through higher fares and ...Read more

As the U.S. says goodbye to pennies, Washington state lawmakers have reached a solution for how local businesses should handle rounding during cash transactions.

Gov. Bob Ferguson received a bill on Thursday that would authorize asymmetrical rounding to the nearest nickel for cash transactions. It had yet to be signed as of Monday afternoon.

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MIAMI and PALM BEACH, Florida — Last December, a large coterie of Silicon Valley billionaires descended upon Miami to attend Art Basel, the ritzy, contemporary art fair that marks the end of the moneyed set’s yearly social calendar.

Much of the buzz surrounded the spectacle of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, among the world’s richest men,...Read more

The Federal Aviation Administration selected eight proposals — including two from Northern California startups — to participate in a nationwide pilot program that will determine if air taxis can be used as a short-range alternative in major metropolitan areas.

Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein hailed the initiative as the flying car ...Read more

If you spend your workdays at a computer, you start to notice things.

You’ll notice if your monitor is flickering, or if the text is too big or too small to read comfortably.

You’ll also being to notice if your chair is comfortable and work to adjust it, so your back and arms don’t get tired.

The next thing you’ll notice is how your ...Read more

Boeing will move workers from its Renton and Moses Lake, Washington, factories to Everett to staff a fourth 737 Max production line, set to open this summer.

The new manufacturing line will be equipped to build the Max 8 and Max 9 already in production in Renton, Washington, as well as the Max 10, a larger Max variant that has yet to be ...Read more

Live Nation, the ticketing giant that reached a tentative settlement with the Department of Justice last week, remains under fire.

A coalition of more than 30 states that had joined the original lawsuit filed in 2024 is refusing to accept the $200 million settlement, causing the trial to resume this week in Manhattan's Federal Court.

The ...Read more

A large health system in Northern California plans to acquire Allina Health, one of the state’s largest operators of hospitals and clinics.

The deal announced Tuesday, March 17, with Sacramento-based nonprofit Sutter Health would create health systems with a combined 39 hospital campuses and hundreds of outpatient care locations across ...Read more

When Carrie Odell, 49, reflects on her mother's generation, she's certain that people at the time didn't discuss perimenopause — the dreaded years in almost every woman's life leading to the end of her menstrual periods, or menopause.

Hot flashes, brain fog, mood fluctuations, insomnia: all aches and pains taken in stride for much of history ...Read more

Starbucks may be eyeing significantly more office space in Tennessee than it has previously acknowledged.

The Seattle-based coffee giant is reportedly considering 250,000 square feet of office space, or enough for up to 2,000 employees, in Nashville, according to a story last week in CoStar News, a real estate journal.

One location Starbucks ...Read more

Harry Reid International Airport’s Transportation Security Administration agents, who haven’t been paid in a month because of the partial government shutdown, can file for state unemployment insurance benefits.

But TSA agents would have to pay back any benefits they receive once they are reimbursed their back pay. The agents, who handle ...Read more

About 700 workers temporarily laid off at a Tennessee factory owned by General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution will return to build batteries for data centers instead of electric vehicles, the companies said Tuesday.

Ultium Cells, a partnership between GM and LGES, furloughed the workers in January at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant after ...Read more

Amazon is offering one-hour deliveries to hundreds of U.S. cities and towns, including parts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

The e-commerce giant said that it is also offering three-hour deliveries in more than 2,000 cities and towns. It plans to expand these options to more places in the coming months, the company said in a blog post ...Read more

Walt Disney Co.'s incoming president and chief creative officer, Dana Walden, has unveiled her leadership team, which includes several familiar faces from the company's film, television and marketing units.

Walden will become Disney's first female president on Wednesday. She will report to Josh D'Amaro, who will succeed Bob Iger as Disney's ...Read more

The online service Grammarly originated in 2009 as a suite of tools to help ferret out plagiarism in schoolwork or help students hone their grammar and spelling. Eventually it incorporated artificial intelligence bots as sources of its writing assistance.

In August 2025, however, the firm stepped way over the line of what is — or should be �...Read more

Apprenticeship opportunities in Minnesota are booming as high schools, two-year colleges and employers embrace the value of workers earning a solid wage while simultaneously training for a career.

The number of state-registered apprenticeships hit a new high in 2025, with 12,220 in Minnesota spread across 166 programs, according to the U.S. ...Read more