U.S. job growth outperforms expectations as hiring resurges

A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment…

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill opposed by Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed SB 1047, an artificial intelligence safety bill that…

We went to a gala for AI-produced movies. Here’s what we saw

SAN FRANCISCO  —  San Francisco Film Commission Vice President Jack Song has been to many Hollywood…

California’s unemployment rises as job growth slows to a crawl

California’s labor market weakened at the end of summer, with the unemployment rate ticking up again…

Fed cuts interest rates half a point, the first reduction since 2020

WASHINGTON —  The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by an unusually large one-half of a…

Walmart embarks on ‘style tour’ to prove it is a fashion destination, with two stops in L.A.

Zara. Shein. Walmart? In its latest bid to be seen as an affordable fashion destination, Walmart…

Hotel sales lag in Los Angeles and across the state

Hotel sales are flagging in Los Angeles County and throughout the state as high interest rates…

SpaceX to bring Boeing’s Starliner astronauts home from space station

SpaceX will bring home the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station due to troubles…

Fed leader tees up interest rate cuts in search of soft landing

After a near textbook campaign to rein in inflation by raising interest rates, the head of…

NASA says SpaceX may need to fetch astronauts Boeing launched

NASA officials conceded Wednesday that the agency might have to rely on SpaceX to return two…