Good morning. I’m Rachel Schnalzer, the L.A. Times Business section’s audience engagement editor, back with our weekly newsletter. As my colleagues have reported in depth, millions of Californians have lost work as a result of pandemic-related business closures. Losing your job can be frightening, and those who have not experienced […]

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden sat in front of a laptop computer at his home office in Wilmington, Del. It was around 2:45 p.m Tuesday, and after a months-long search, he was about to reveal one of his biggest campaign decisions to the woman who would make history. Earlier in the day, Biden called all the women […]

Actress Naya Rivera is presumed dead after going missing during a boat trip in Ventura County. The state and the University of California file separate lawsuits against the Trump administration. And a tired California mother envisioned a faster, healthier way to feed her daughter. Think Keurig, for babies.  It’s Arlene with […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at the city’s airport. Police were responding to a report of shots fired Friday when they encountered […]

Businesswoman with protective face mask checking financial trading data on smartphone by the stock exchange market display screen board. Photo: Getty 2020 has been a volatile year for global stocks, from the coronavirus pandemic hitting every industry across the world to the uncertainty over Brexit compounding equity market action. The […]

Google’s search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against Google in two months. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle […]

For a child growing increasingly inquisitive about the world he or she inhabits, every new doorway and uncharted space is too tempting to resist – and even more so if it is hidden and locked. From walking through wardrobes into fantasy lands of mythical beasts to zapping zombie sentinels in […]