Category: Business

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the voting body behind the Golden Globes, elected a new board of directors on Tuesday. The HFPA said its 85-member organization elected a newly-expanded board with 12 internal members, five of whom have never served on the board before. Two-thirds of the new directors are women. The new board who… Continue reading Golden Globes group elects new board of directors

In this world in which self-interested mountebanks command followers on social media and the airwaves by the millions, it doesn’t take much for a misinformation and disinformation campaign to cloud people’s minds. Today, let’s talk about ivermectin. As we reported recently, the generic medicine, most commonly used as a dewormer for farm animals and household… Continue reading Hiltzik: Ivermectin and ignorance, a bad combination

Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts If you’ve worked from home during the pandemic, you probably haven’t used your local dry cleaner as much. Maybe you noticed a little bit more savings and thought, “Oh, cool.” But think about it: Your dry cleaner is run by people. If… Continue reading Koreans long dominated the dry cleaner industry in Southern California. Their days are now numbered

This 90-year-old mansion sits in Beverly Hills, but its roots are tied to Hollywood. Owned by Paramount Pictures in the 1960s and more recently by late producer Charles Fries, the 13,000-square-foot residence just surfaced for sale at $25 million. That’s nearly five times the $5.625 million that Fries paid for it back in 1989. The… Continue reading The Fries Estate, once owned by Paramount Pictures, seeks $25 million

If you’ve driven around the Bay Area lately, there’s a good chance you’ve spotted a driverless test car sharing the highway, a whirling lidar array atop its roof. Not so much in the Southland. Little robot car testing has been conducted in Southern California to date. That will change soon. Driverless car technology company Motional… Continue reading Los Angeles is about to get its first robotaxi test fleet

As we’ve been reporting, one key to improving COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. is held by employers, who can and should mandate the shots for all employees (other than those with legitimate medical reasons for refusing). Mandates are simple, straightforward and effective: No shot, no job. There’s virtually no question that they’re legal, having… Continue reading Corporate wellness programs fall short of COVID vaccine mandates

Hurricane Ida, which barreled through Louisiana with high winds and heavy rain Sunday, could damage the energy-heavy Gulf Coast economy and potentially have economic consequences well beyond the region. The Gulf Coast is not only a major base for oil and natural gas companies but also a vital hub for the nation’s chemical and shipping… Continue reading A Hurricane Ida unknown: The economic impact

In a few months, farmers in Afghanistan will begin planting the fall poppy crop, eventually blanketing the dusty countryside in resplendent white, pink and red flowers. It will mark the first time in 20 years that the illicit plant — the raw ingredient of opium and its derivative, heroin — will grow free of interference… Continue reading The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here’s why it can’t

In the hills of Brentwood, a bucolic ranch owned for nearly 70 years by the late actor Norman Lloyd has sold for $3 million. The deal closed off-market, records show. Lloyd, the “St. Elsewhere” and “Dead Poets Society” actor who died at 106 in May, bought the property newly built in 1955. At the time,… Continue reading Brentwood ranch of late actor Norman Lloyd sells for $3 million

Full airline menus are back — but say goodbye to pre-meal cocktails, warm cookies and a lot of chitchat with your flight attendants. After cutting most food service during the pandemic, airlines are once again offering premium dishes such as miso-marinated cod, Greek chicken salad and braised short ribs to entice the big spenders who… Continue reading How COVID has changed airplane food and in-flight service