Damage from a week's worth of high surf and El Niño-related storms brought many warnings from officials. Beaches were closed. Homes were evacuated and red-tagged.

But one alert was targeted to a specific audience: owners of electric vehicles that were submerged by the flooding.

"If you notice smoke, hissing, popping or unusual heat, move ...Read more

Thank goodness for BMW, which still builds cars for people who enjoy driving rather than merely enduring it. The 2026 BMW M2 CS is a compact, two-door sports coupe for those who adore BMW’s gloriously primitive idea of self-propelled progress: more power, less weight, and the lunatic notion that driving ought to be fun.

Making a car fast is ...Read more

The Atlanta film studio that produced Marvel’s “Loki” and “Cocaine Bear” is ready to break into the data center business, but it’s meeting resistance at every turn.

Shadowbox Studios, backed by private equity giant Silver Lake and hedge fund firm Commonwealth Asset Management, wants to construct an up-to-651-megawatt data center in ...Read more

Harvard University’s endowment jumped to a record $68 billion as successful bets on equities and venture capital including SpaceX holdings helped the richest U.S. college weather an unprecedented pressure campaign from President Donald Trump.

The fund returned 27% and donations rose to $1.5 billion, Harvard said Thursday in a financial ...Read more

A Ford supplier in Sterling Heights, Michigan, filed a notice with the state that it's permanently laying off more than 150 people because some of the business is going to India, according to a source familiar with the automaker's plans.

Kern J.G. Enterprise Inc. filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, citing "unforeseeable ...Read more

DETROIT — Developers of the proposed $2.2 billion Renaissance Center project are resisting calls for deeper affordable housing commitments, as Detroit residents press for lower rents and millions of dollars in housing assistance in exchange for public subsidies toward a reimagining of the iconic riverfront complex.

Nearly 200 apartments in ...Read more

New York City’s iconic Plaza Hotel is closing for a four-year renovation of its historic facade.

The closure, which is set to begin in Jan. 2027, will accommodate repairs to the hotel’s landmarked exterior, ensuring guest safety and adhering to preservation requirements, Plaza management said in a statement Wednesday.

The hotel operators ...Read more

It was a crowning moment. Netflix appeared to have prevailed in an audacious$82.7 billion deal to scoop one of the industry’s most prestigious studios: Warner Bros. The move seemed to cement Netflix’s status as the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher and its dominance as the leading new player in media.

Now, nearly a year later, the plotline ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Westfield Topanga is one of Southern California's most popular malls, but it has grappled with what to do with the empty space left when it lost its Sears.

Joining a national wave of malls trying to become fancy food destinations, it launched its food hall — Topanga Social — in 2023, with high-end menus and an upgraded ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The robot takeover looks a lot different from what we see in Hollywood thrillers.

Even as artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots dance, box and beat human running-speed records, the physical bots showing up in our daily lives in Los Angeles are less Terminator and more R2-D2.

On a Wednesday afternoon at Ralphs on Pico ...Read more

Yes, Medicare open enrollment is complicated — even if you already have coverage that you like.

Everyone, and that means everyone, must review their current coverage and see what changes are coming to their current coverage for 2027. You simply can’t afford to be surprised not only by rising prices but by changes in providers and ...Read more

Several top executives are leaving Universal Music Group, including the heads of Def Jam Recordings and Republic Records, while other leaders prepare to take on larger roles, according to an internal announcement on Wednesday.

Republic Records Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Roppo is among the biggest names leaving. Hours after news of his ...Read more

OpenAI agreed not to use trade secrets that Apple Inc. claims were stolen by employees who defected from the iPhone maker to the artificial intelligence startup while a legal fight between the companies plays out.

The ChatGPT maker made the voluntary concession during a court hearing Wednesday in which a federal judge said he was “highly ...Read more

Operation Metro Surge cost Minnesota 32,000 jobs, a new study found.

The job losses followed the immigration crackdown between December and February, which included about 4,000 arrests, according to the report by the Minnesota Budget Project and the Immigration Research Initiative. It’s the latest report showing the economic harm caused to ...Read more

Half of the 12 Federal Reserve districts saw robust or intensifying price pressures in recent weeks as higher energy prices permeated the local economies, according to a survey of the central bank’s regional contacts.

Businesses in many of the central bank’s districts also noted inflation from other commodities, tariffs and insurance, ...Read more

U.S. mortgage rates continue to rise, pushing down home purchasing activity for a sixth straight week.

The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage ticked up 1 basis point to 7.50% in the week ended Oct. 9, still the highest level since November 2023, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday. Rates are up nearly 1 ...Read more

For Kathryn Branham, the cost of a blood thinner she and her terminally ill husband both take could jump by hundreds of dollars a month if they can no longer order the medication from a Canadian pharmacy.

Branham estimates the Royal Oak, Michigan, couple pays about $300 a month for Eliquis through a pharmacy in British Columbia, compared with ...Read more

Monthly checks for nearly 72 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits will increase by 3.6% in 2027, the most in four years.

The cost-of-living adjustment, known as COLA, will apply to Social Security benefits starting in January and increase the average benefit for retired workers by $75 per month to $2,170, the Social Security ...Read more