LOS ANGELES — Disneyland, one of the most popular destinations for families, has long provided the employees behind its parades and costumed characters with paid leave in the weeks after they become new parents.

But now those full-time and part-time workers, organized under the union Actors’ Equity Association, say Disney has threatened to ...Read more

SEATTLE — As more for-sale signs sprouted in front yards this summer, homes across the region sat on the market awaiting home-shoppers willing to make a leap despite high prices and stubborn mortgage rates.

At current demand, it would take more than three months to sell all the single-family homes listed in King County, according to a measure...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In 2017, Hollywood's Sunset Square was named a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, solidifying its place in L.A.'s architectural history. Four years later, Lady Gaga's dogwalker was shot in the chest outside a vacant house in the middle of the neighborhood.

A small contingent of Sunset Square residents insist the two events are ...Read more

DENVER — A two-story house that once sheltered a family of six sits empty on a corner lot in Green Valley Ranch as years of legal wrangling over homeowners association fines, metro district foreclosures and Denver’s affordable housing covenants continue to move through Colorado’s judicial system.

A year after a Denver District Court judge...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it has sold out the commercial time for ESPN's telecast of the 2027 Super Bowl, which airs on ABC Feb. 14.

Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer for Disney, announced the sellout on the company's earnings call. In addition to ABC, the game from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will air on ESPN, and ...Read more

Wall Street’s blistering run took a breather, with traders digesting the recent stock gains and monitoring any signs of progress toward a deal to revive the Strait of Hormuz.

Signs of exhaustion emerged after a $3.7 trillion S&P 500 rally in just four days. A gauge of chipmakers fell 1.4%, though Nvidia Corp. climbed. Despite strong results, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it has sold out the commercial time for ESPN's telecast of the 2027 Super Bowl, which airs on ABC Feb. 14.

Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer for Disney, announced the sellout on the company's earnings call. In addition to ABC, the game from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will air on ESPN, and ...Read more

SEATTLE -- On Amazon, some seafood products are labeled “wild caught” and “responsibly sourced,” but a lawsuit filed Friday suggests there’s something fishy going on.

In a proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court, two consumers accused the e-commerce giant of “greenwashing,” or falsely marketing seafood ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Jeff Bezos filed plans Monday to sell nearly $4.1 billion in Amazon stock as shares hit a new all-time high.

Since stepping down as Amazon’s CEO in 2021, the company’s founder has been selling off tens of billions of dollars’ worth of Amazon stock. The sales are part of prearranged trading plans, which are meant to shield ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — One day last fall, Roy Lee Harvey got into a Lyft in Phoenix and headed across town. He and the driver started chatting, and authorities say Harvey told the man about his work buying high-end Nike sneakers from shoe companies and reselling them for a healthy profit.

The Lyft driver thought it sounded like a good business ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Port of Long Beach has continued to plant roots downtown with the acquisition of an office tower.

The port spent $36 million to buy the property at 100 Oceangate, a 13-story building across the street from the port's headquarters and less than a 10-minute drive from the port.

The purchase comes as the office vacancy rate in ...Read more

Electronic Arts is now a private company, owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake and Affinity Partners.

The $55 billion acquisition of the gaming giant was first announced last September, approved by EA's shareholders in December, and completed on Tuesday, according to a press release. The deal marked the largest all-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After more than three decades, Jessie, Buzz Lightyear and Woody are still moneymakers for Walt Disney Co., as "Toy Story 5" ticket sales and merchandise helped power the company's fiscal third quarter earnings.

The Burbank media and entertainment giant reported revenue of $25.2 billion for the three-month period that ended June ...Read more

America’s artificial intelligence titans recently banded together to urge the government not to restrict so-called open-weight AI models, or those that are publicly available for users to freely download and run on their own platforms, so that they can better compete with the ones coming out of China. All the usual suspects -- Nvidia Corp., ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The federal law enforcement probe into the financial affairs of the Dodgers' controlling owner, Mark Walter, seems to focus on what looks like an obscure financial maneuver: related-party transactions.

They are deals between entities with business or personal ties, including loans, sales and other transactions, that can have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Chinatown has always been a North Star in Jessica Wang's life. Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley with her parents, both Taiwanese immigrants, Wang remembers regularly attending First Chinese Baptist Church on Yale Street with her family.

Then, after church, they'd eat.

"I knew we were gonna have dim sum," Wang said, "or ...Read more

In the final season of HBO’s Hacks," Hannah Einbinder’s character, Ava, goes ballistic on an AI developer. When her boss and best friend, Deborah, played by Jean Smart, contemplates inputting a career’s worth of stand-up jokes into a ChatGPT-like large language model, Ava loses it.

“You either get on board or you get left in the past,�...Read more

LOS ANGELES — What started as a little tailored vintage clothing store on La Brea Avenue blossomed into a billion-dollar company.

Reformation, the women's clothing company, is known for its sustainable mission and slogan: "Being naked is the #1 most sustainable option. We're #2."

Its clothes have been spotted on the shoulders of celebrities ...Read more

There’s no disputing that the cost of consumer goods has soared. Even though the U.S. inflation rate has cooled somewhat as of July 2025, prices are still slow to fall in many sectors. Since what was once economical may now be expensive, the prospect of shopping for your child’s school items could be daunting.

And sales taxes are an extra ...Read more

It’s back to school time, and if you’ve got kids in high school or you’re sending them off to college, they’ll need some technology. Everyone should have their own laptop, and along with it, they’ll need some accessories.

Here are four things I’ve been testing that’ll be a big help for your scholars.

Boulies EP500

Anyone who ...Read more