The electric GMC Sierra pickup lineup is picking up.

Battery-powered vehicle sales growth has slowed to a crawl in the United States, but General Motors Co. is full-speed ahead on its transition to an all-EV maker — especially in premium segments. Cadillac has completed its full EV lineup from Optiq to Escalade IQ, and now GMC is expanding ...Read more

Car prices have already climbed out of reach for many Americans. The search for a cheap car is poised to get even tougher.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on automobile imports set to take effect next week are expected to drive up costs across the industry, raising sticker prices by thousands of dollars.

The effects could be particularly ...Read more

Elon Musk owns the country's most successful electric car maker in Tesla. His SpaceX rocket company is one of NASA's biggest contractors, relied upon to service the International Space Station. His social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, dominates public discourse.

Now, after spending more than $200 million to elect Donald Trump to ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif — Uncertainties over tax policies and tariffs are weighing on decisions that businesses are making locally and nationwide, an official with a major business advocacy group said during an event in San Jose.

Nikkie Nguyen, U. S. Chamber of Commerce government affairs manager for the lobbying group’s Western Region, offered ...Read more

Boeing says it has won a $240 million contract to upgrade five more Chinook helicopters for the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, adding work for the company’s sprawling assembly plant and engineering complex in Ridley Park.

The deal brings to 51 the number of Chinooks that Boeing is rebuilding for the Army under the MH-47G Block...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A new San Diego law requires grocery stores to extend digital discounts to all customers — even those who lack smartphones or access to the internet.

The City Council voted 8-0 in favor of the new law this week, despite strong objections from the California Grocers Association and a local grocery chain. The San Diego Regional ...Read more

Some investors are betting the good times are only just beginning for emerging markets as worries over the U.S. economy boost the allure of the long-suffering asset class.

Fueling the shift are expectations that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies will weigh on U.S. growth and force traders to look abroad, a wager that has portfolio ...Read more

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will have the final say over a proposal to shield manufacturers of crop chemicals from liability for failing to warn consumers of health risks, after the bill passed both chambers of the state Legislature.

Kemp weighs his decision amid mounting financial pressure on companies like Monsanto parent Bayer, maker of the weed...Read more

Without immigration, the U.S. population would begin to shrink in 2033, undermining the nation’s economic growth, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday — bringing forward its estimate for that threshold by seven years.

Annual deaths are projected to exceed the number of births in the U.S. just eight years from now, at which point...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The sense of loss Sue Labella feels after the Pacific Palisades home she’d lived in for almost 50 years burned down in January’s wildfire is only matched by her desire to return.

To come back as fast as possible, the 83-year-old widow has decided on a home radically different from the 1939 Tudor where she and her husband ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Silicon Valley office market is getting off to a good start in 2025, according to a new report that detailed improvements on multiple fronts in the region.

The vacancy rate fell, rents increased, and overall deal activity expanded in the South Bay during the January-through-March first quarter of 2025, Colliers, a ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports and pledged harsher punishment on the E.U. and Canada if they join forces against the U.S., expanding a trade war and triggering threats of retaliation.

“What we’re going to be doing is a 25% tariff on all cars that are not made in the United States,” ...Read more

For a symbol of the chaos engulfing world trade since the Trump administration walked into the White House, look no further than a pile of 16,000 metric tons of steel pipes. Stevedores in Germany should be preparing to load the first batch on a ship bound for a massive energy project in Louisiana. Instead the cargo is sitting in a German ...Read more

After homeownership rates dipped across the board the year before, Black households saw the greatest year-over-year increase among all races in 2023, a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says.

Nationally, Black homeowner rates rose to 44.7% — up .6 percentage points from 2022, according to NAR’s 2025 Snapshot of Race...Read more

CHICAGO -- Some suburban voters are facing key decisions about hiking property taxes in the April 1 election, but if the past is precedent, “the few will decide for the many” again, according to a report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office.

Referendums for $45 million in infrastructure spending in Western Springs, $94.9 ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego home price gains slowed to their lowest level to start 2025 in almost two years.

In January, the San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 3.39% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released this week. The highest gains in the 20-city index were in the New York metro area, at 7.75%, and Chicago, ...Read more

DeepSeek has changed how the world sees China. Worries over the country’s “3D” problem — that deflation, debt and demographics are structurally hampering growth — have melted away. Instead, investors are talking about how the world’s second-largest economy can take on the U.S. and challenge its technological dominance.

There is the ...Read more

Finding my first place out of college, I didn’t need too much. So long as the walls weren’t stained with gunk from previous tenants and the kitchen was operable, I was satisfied.

For most people, that makes finding an apartment rather easy. But Freddie, my sweet — sometimes high-maintenance — pit bull mix, complicated matters.

Freddie ...Read more