Lockheed Martin, PG&E Corporation, Salesforce and Wells Fargo are teaming up to help firefighters and emergency responders prevent, detect and fight wildfires more quickly.

On Monday, the four companies said they're forming a new venture called Emberpoint to advance technology while making wildfire prevention more affordable.

"The ultimate ...Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook is being excoriated online for showing up at the White House Saturday night — hours after Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affair nurse in Minneapolis — to party with Donald and Melania Trump at an intimate, black-tie screening of Melania Trump’s controversial documentary.

Calls to boycott Apple products also ...Read more

Lockheed Martin, PG&E Corporation, Salesforce and Wells Fargo are teaming up to help firefighters and emergency responders prevent, detect and fight wildfires more quickly.

On Monday, the four companies said they're forming a new venture called Emberpoint to advance technology while making wildfire prevention more affordable.

"The ultimate ...Read more

Maureen Spranza marked her retirement with a party in August 2024. By December of 2025, the 60-year-old was back at work, “un-retiring” as rising costs made retirement unaffordable. She now holds three jobs.

Moving from celebration to working six days a week was difficult and disappointing, she said, and meant putting personal projects and...Read more

Washington is debating a bill that would make short-term rentals more expensive to fund affordable housing initiatives.

After a similar effort failed last session, the Legislature is once again considering a controversial bill allowing local governments to tax short-term rentals up to 4% — which would be $8 on a $200-a-night stay.

Short-term...Read more

DETROIT — Chrysler parent company Stellantis NV might be off the hook from meeting steep electric vehicle sales requirements in California, recent developments indicate.

The Trump administration controversially halted EV requirements in the United States' largest auto market last year. But Stellantis — seemingly — remained bound through ...Read more

China's boba behemoth has landed in Hollywood.

Mixue, the fast-growing megachain that boasts a bigger global retail footprint than McDonald's, opened its first U.S. outpost on Hollywood's Walk of Fame last month, selling drinks for less than $5 and ice cream for about $1.

Mixue spokesperson Xu Ping said in a written statement in Chinese that ...Read more

Canadian travelers considering a trip to Las Vegas have one less thing to think about: exchange rates.

Three downtown Las Vegas casinos — Circa, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate — are launching the “At Par” program, treating $1 Canadian dollar as $1 U.S. dollar for hotel rooms, gaming and drinks, according to a news release.

As of 9:40 ...Read more

The last time the Seahawks hosted the NFC Championship Game in 2015, Seattle was a much different city and Lumen Field was a different stadium.

To be sure, to the untrained eye the Sodo gridiron doesn't look much different from the CenturyLink Field days. But 11 years brings change for both the fans' experience and their expectations. Among the...Read more

For decades, business leaders have complained that California’s regulatory climate has overburdened companies across the state, blaming a morass of rules, permits and paperwork for pushing businesses and jobs out of state and holding back economic growth.

To help measure the impact of the regulations, the Public Policy Institute of California...Read more

In today’s automotive zoo, there are three species: cars that promise to turn you into a shirtless action hero, cars designed by committees terrified of unemployment, and rarest of all, cars that arrive quietly and make you wonder how you ever tolerated your old one.

The 2026 Kia K4 Hatchback belongs firmly in that third category. It doesn�...Read more

As Nissan Motor Co.’s upscale brand, Infiniti has to do everything it can to keep up and get ahead of the competition. This was evident in our recent week-long test of the 2026 Infiniti QX60 Autograph AWD, which exceeded expectations.

This three-row luxury crossover SUV shares a similar footprint as the Nissan Pathfinder while boasting ...Read more

It was a rare White House rebuke to the crypto industry: Don’t take your newfound political muscle in Washington for granted.

A week after Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong helped stall sweeping cryptocurrency legislation in the Senate, White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt took to X to express his displeasure ...Read more

Whether it’s in pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, or defense, executives attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this week had a stark warning for Europe: Get your house in order or lose out to the U.S. and China.

Citing everything from over-regulation and clunky bureaucracies to the inability of the continent to leverage its ...Read more

Another corporate headquarters jilted Michigan recently when snack food maker Kellanova followed its Battle Creek cereal sibling, WK Kellogg Co., into the arms of a rival company two years after its spinoff chased growth in another city.

It's a familiar trend in Michigan now decades old. Venerable corporate names targeted by out-of-state ...Read more

Ambrose Bittner, 63, didn’t want to go uninsured. But the self-employed travel planner has been without health coverage since the beginning of the year.

Bittner, who lives in Issaquah, is one of thousands of Washington state residents who decided to disenroll from health insurance, following the expiration of subsidies that helped millions of...Read more

CHARLEVOIX, Michigan — The Toyota Prius is really getting cheeky.

America’s favorite green nerd car underwent a fourth-generation transformation in 2025 from ugly duckling to swan. Sleek fascia. Scalloped flanks. Horizontal rear taillight. I saw your head swivel when I sailed by.

For 2025-26 it got a hot Nightshade edition. Take a look at ...Read more

Tesla Inc. shed by far most new-car buyers in California last year, showing how the electric-vehicle maker is losing ground in one of the world’s largest EV markets.

The company accounted for 9.9% of all vehicles registered in the state last year, down from 11.6% in 2024, according to Experian data published by the California New Car Dealers ...Read more

Anduril Industries, one of the leading defense companies in Southern California, will expand in Long Beach with a new $1 billion complex near the city's airport.

Anduril is developing new defense technologies that include drones, missiles, robotic submarines, and autonomous fighter jets. The Long Beach operation will include offices for ...Read more

The federal government has given General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. conditional approval to create industrial banks that will allow the companies to accept insured deposits for vehicle purchases.

The automakers have a year to set up GM Financial Bank and Ford Credit Bank, respectively, which both are chartered out of Salt Lake City, Utah. ...Read more