LOS ANGELES — Thanks to popular shows like "Squid Game," plus price hikes and growing advertising revenues, Netflix on Thursday reported strong growth in the second quarter, beating analysts' expectations.

The streamer's revenue rose 16% to $11.1 billion, while the company's net income increased 46% to $3.1 billion compared to a year earlier....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three years ago, a Southern California consumer complained about unwittingly renewing a Peacock subscription. Now, the conflict is expected to end with media giant NBCUniversal paying $3.6 million to Los Angeles County.

The county this week announced a proposed settlement with NBCUniversal and its subsidiary, Peacock TV, to ...Read more

OAKLAND, California — For two days, investigators parked their unmarked car outside a nondescript parking lot behind an Oakland liquor store, across the street from a church and watched.

They saw the same thing over and over: A car would pull up, and someone inside would exit with a jumbo-sized garbage bag that appeared full and heavy. A hand...Read more

Lucihub founder and CEO Amer Tadayon has started several businesses in California and Arizona. Those states never invested in his companies, but Nevada did.

Thanks to a growing startup ecosystem, increasing venture capital availability and favorable investing regulations, Tadayon called Las Vegas “one of the best places I’ve ever been to be...Read more

Amazon's greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6% last year, due mostly to pollution generated by the company's delivery fleet and increased data center construction.

The jump in total carbon emissions from 64.38 million metric tons in 2023 to 68.25 million metric tons in 2024 is the company's first year-over-year increase since 2021, according to a...Read more

Businesses in downtown Los Angeles need the support and patronage of locals in these tough times, Central City Association President and Chief Executive Nella McOsker says.

Places that hadn't yet come back from the cratering caused by COVID-19 are now dealing with rising costs from tariffs and employees worried they could get caught up in the ...Read more

Boeing and Alaska Airlines have settled one of many lawsuits filed against them after the January 2024 midflight blowout, while three more claims are set to go to trial next year.

Dozens of passengers on board Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 sued the airline and 737 maker Boeing, but those lawsuits have largely been on hold as the National ...Read more

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits declined for a fifth straight week to the lowest level since mid-April, showing a resilient job market.

First-time jobless claims decreased by 7,000 to 221,000 in the week ended July 12. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 233,000 applications.

Continuing claims, a ...Read more

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to use cane sugar in Coke beverages sold in the US.

“I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so,” Trump said. “I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola.”

Coca-...Read more

Tesla Inc. hasn’t done enough to protect against drivers misusing its Autopilot system, a safety expert testified at a trial over a 2019 fatal collision.

Mary “Missy” Cummings, an engineering professor at George Mason University, told jurors in Miami federal court that the Tesla owner’s manual, which contains critical warnings about how...Read more

Despite suggestions it has been losing its edge, California is way ahead of others when it comes to the hottest technology right now: artificial intelligence.

The regions around San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles are among the top ranked in the country for AI, according to a report released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution.

The ...Read more

It’s easy to find a bar in Atlantic City — spots to grab a drink, hear live music, and hang with friends are everywhere. In a few short weeks, cannabis lounges will offer a similar vibe, but for weed.

On Tuesday, July 15, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted to approve the state’s first cannabis consumption lounges. The ...Read more

The federal government job was hybrid when Sarah Reynolds accepted it, meaning she could live in Hudson, Wisconsin, and work in St. Paul.

But within months of her landing in the Midwest — Reynolds’ fourth cross-country move for work in less than a decade — the federal government had called its employees to the office.

“This was not ...Read more

During Wells Fargo’s first earnings call since its $2 trillion asset cap was lifted, bank officials provided more details Tuesday about how they will grow and also improve company culture.

“When the asset cap was lifted, it’s not like this light switch is going to go off and all of a sudden things are going to dramatically change,” ...Read more

SAN JOSE, California — San Jose State University researchers unveiled new findings Wednesday that show poverty and inequality continue to plague Silicon Valley.

This year’s iteration of the Silicon Valley Pain Index, which provides more than two hundred statistics, aims to investigate “personal and community distress or suffering” in ...Read more

For almost half a century Chuck E. Cheese has been a place “where a kid can be a kid.” But what happens when kids grow up?

Enter Chuck’s Arcade: a new concept branding itself as a place where an adult to be a kid.

One might think this concept would include beer and Chuck E. Cheese’s signature pizza alongside games. Several media ...Read more

Nvidia is already the world's most valuable company being one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom.

This week, the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker got another windfall.

The Jensen Huang-led technology giant on Monday received approval from the U.S. government to sell some of its AI chips in China, ...Read more

Just because Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos aren’t the best of friends and Amazon’s Project Kuiper will directly compete with SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for broadband internet doesn’t mean everyone can’t get along.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday with 24 of Amazon’s satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...Read more

Q: I'm writing about your recent column where you answered a PHEV break-in period question. Oh, no: You wrote "...2,000 and 4,000 RPMs."

"RPM" is already plural! Revolutions per minute. Argh. As a mechanical engineer, I see this all the time, even in technical literature; it's an epidemic! Thanks for your consideration and your great column.

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