Category: Business

“This house will last forever,” developer Mohamed Hadid once said about his 30,000-square-foot mega-mansion perched in the hills of Bel-Air. “Bel-Air will fall before this will.” An L.A. County court disagreed in 2019, declaring the massive, unfinished structure a “danger to the public” and ordering it to be torn down. Now, the infamous estate on… Continue reading Mohamed Hadid’s Bel-Air mansion set for auction, destruction

From custom guitars made by hand in Boyle Heights to Chicano-inspired streetwear referencing candy painted low-riders and micheladas, so many of Los Angeles’s independent brands showcase the best of Latino West Coast culture. With that in mind — and in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15-Oct. 15 — for the second… Continue reading 60 Latino-owned L.A. businesses for Hispanic Heritage Month

Paramount Pictures Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Gianopulos will step down from the ViacomCBS-owned studio, according to two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment. Parent company ViacomCBS is expected to name Brian Robbins, currently president and CEO of Nickelodeon, as Gianopulos’ replacement, the people familiar with the plans said. ViacomCBS… Continue reading Nickelodeon head Brian Robbins expected to lead Paramount

Displaying the same frustration and anger that millions of Americans feel about people placing themselves, their loved ones and their communities at risk by refusing vaccinations for COVID-19, President Biden on Thursday brought the hammer down. In a wide-ranging series of orders, Biden said his administration will mandate that all employers with more than 100… Continue reading Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate is right — and legal

After a decade in Hollywood, Lance Gross is ready for a scene change. The “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” actor just listed his architectural penthouse for $1.125 million, or $300,000 more than he paid in 2010. A modern concoction of concrete and glass, the three-bedroom condo was designed by Clive Wilkinson, the South African architect… Continue reading Actor Lance Gross offers up his modern Hollywood penthouse

Doctors and hospital administrators are facing yet another way in which the pandemic has shaken up social and medical norms: a string of lawsuits in which judges have ordered them to treat patients with ivermectin, a drug that lacks any scientific evidence of effectiveness. In at least a half-dozen cases around the country, local judges… Continue reading Hiltzik: Judges wrong to order Ivermectin COVID treatment

A longtime theme park fan, Hastin Zylstra has spent plenty of time waiting in long lines for rides at the Disneyland Resort. So, he was prepared for the worst when he recently got in the queue for California Adventure Park’s newest attraction, Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure. But to his surprise, the wait was only… Continue reading Wait times at Disneyland and Universal Studios are way down

The landmark building that publishing titan William Randolph Hearst built for his Los Angeles newspaper over a century ago has been restored to public life as surging development in its downtown neighborhood brings new apartments, hotels and offices. Completed in 1914 on South Broadway, the Herald Examiner Building was the first collaboration between Hearst and… Continue reading Historic Herald Examiner building reopens in downtown L.A.

A fight between the nation’s largest gas utility and California’s influential climate change regulators has reached a quiet conclusion — but it won’t be the last such battle as the Golden State hurries to eliminate heat-trapping fossil fuels. Southern California Gas Co. and the California Energy Commission agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the… Continue reading California settles climate change lawsuit with SoCalGas

The pandemic has forced many to reevaluate what they want out of life, and for some, that has meant leaving their jobs. For businesses looking to retain those workers, it will probably take more than simply raising wages to prevent a rush to the exits, according to a study released Wednesday by management consulting firm… Continue reading Workers are quitting their jobs, some without another offer