Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.

From gift-card rackets to online fraud, consumers are under near-constant assault amid what some analysts are calling the country's first-ever trillion-dollar holiday season.

'League of Legends' maker Riot Games has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a gender discrimination suit. Every woman who has worked at the company since 2014 will get a payout.

Open source developers, GitHub's power users, are joining the software platform's employees in calling for the company to cancel its contract with ICE. A boycott could be next.

A new study from market researcher NPD Group reveals that fewer than 10% of consumers are willing to shell out more than a thousand bucks for a phone.

What will 2020 bring? There'll be plenty to roar about. Concerts and playoffs. Electric highways and robots that bring your pizza. The future is right now.

A new law that will let you opt out of the online data economy goes into effect on Jan. 1 — assuming businesses can figure out how to make that happen in time.

For California businesses, 2020 will be a year of reckoning. Sweeping new laws curbing long-time employment practices take effect, aimed at reducing economic inequality and giving workers more power in their jobs.

Californians have newfound power over their online information in 2020. Here's how to exercise those new rights.

Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit "Titanfall." In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play "Apex Legends" and "Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order." The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE.

One of the country's largest unions is targeting video game and tech companies — and hired a Southern California organizer to spearhead the project

Two California state agencies are intervening in a class action suit against Riot Games, saying women who worked at the company could deserve more money.

More than 147 million people's credit data were exposed during Equifax's 2017 breach. Wednesday is the deadline to file a claim.

California state agencies argue that women who worked at the video game company could deserve up to $400 million. The company—and the lawyers for women who worked there—strongly disagree.

Some of the advertising industry's biggest trade associations are asking California's attorney general to delay enforcement of the state's new privacy law — which is set for July 1— by at least six months.

California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state.

"There's a lot of information that gets traded" about people's driving habits, says an industry official. "It's amazing."

Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results.

Snap's stock took a tumble after a disappointing year-end earnings report, but analysts say there's ample reason to think the company's upward trajectory will continue.

Equifax, like most large U.S. companies, failed to encrypt the databases that store some of the most sensitive details of people's lives.

A group of Apple workers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were required to submit to searches before leaving the stores but were not compensated for the time those searches required.

With little warning, Uber notified about 80 customer support workers in its Downtown L.A. office that it was offshoring their jobs to an office in Manila.

Telecom companies will do everything possible to protect shareholder value. That means offsetting losses in TV subscribers by increasing revenue from internet-only customers.

As fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. grow, Twitter became the first major company to urge its stateside employees to work from home

Facebook will remove more than 1,000 Trump campaign ads that urge people to fill out a mailer that looks like official 2020 census forms.

EBay is refusing listings for N95 and N100 masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes and says it's working to remove listings with inflated prices.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner called on companies including Uber, Postmates to ease financial burdens felt by gig workers because of the novel coronavirus.

The Silicon Valley giants have often led the field in employee benefits—but the new policy doesn't extend to contract workers

Beyond business meetings and quarantine cocktail parties Zoom turns out to be an excellent video game platform. Students at the USC Game School have been leading the way in creating games.

Filmmakers often say the last thing they want is for people to watch their movies on a phone. Now, as Quibi launches, some are hoping they do exactly that. It may be the boldest cinematic experiment in memory.

A coalition of more than 50 groups is calling on Congress to resist Uber's call for a new category of work and force on-demand gig companies to fund unemployment benefits.

Demand for Instacart's grocery deliveries has put new strains on the company's shoppers, who say they have little to show for risking their health.

It's no accident that "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" is resonating now. Built to ward off loneliness in 2001, the franchise is made for the pandemic moment.

Innovations are taking place around the country as doctors and entrepreneurs turn their ingenuity to solving the country's ventilator shortage.

Zoom, the videoconferencing service that has exploded into the vacuum created by the COVID-19 outbreak, has endured the revelation of a string of privacy and security flaws in recent weeks. How safe is it to use the platform?

Travis Scott just headlined 'Fortnite' instead of Coachella, debuting a new song with Kid Cudi. It was trippy. There were flaming microphone stands.

Los Angeles studio Tender Claws brings live theater to virtual reality with actors at home during coronavirus. It's a new form of theater.

Virtual reality isn't just for gamers. Artists, exercise fiends and actors in a new theater form are experimenting now.

The game about survivors after a deadly virus gets a release date. Sony had delayed 'The Last Of Us Part 2' due to COVID-19. Then came a leak.

Selon Pierre Karl Péladeau, la crise du coronavirus pourrait permettre d’établir les bases du retour d’une équipe de hockey professionnelle à Québec.

L’ex-entraîneur qui a succombé à la COVID-19 a notamment dirigé le politicien et l’animateur Claude Mailhot.

Letters from readers to the Los Angeles Times sports section.

After declaring his intention to enter the NBA draft earlier this week, forward Jalen Hill changed his mind and decided to return to UCLA.

The story of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sharing the court the last time on March 28, 2003, when the kid scored 55 points and the G.O.A.T. had 23.

Chargers tight end Hunter Henry will miss Philip Rivers. But he's eager to see what the team can do with a different offense.

Doug Erickson has been UCLA's go-to man since 1992, serving as director of basketball administration. He might be the last remaining thread to John Wooden.

Handshakes are out but here are suggestions on to show sportsmanship in a time of COVID-19.

Michael Jordan ridiculed Kobe Bryant during the early part of the Lakers star's budding career. Bryant, however, slowly earned Jordan's respect.

Michael Jordan's famous competitiveness produced six NBA titles. It also generated juicy gambling tales, which include reported seven-figure losses.

A look at some of the biggest moments in sports history to have occurred on May 4.