Category: California

FTC Sues Dollar General Amid Growing Consumer Doubts Over Pricing

The New York Times – Business:
Americans have lost faith that retailers are giving them fair deals. The F.T.C. is suing Dollar General over it.
California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives

The New York Times – Business:
Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.
Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark. For Locals.

The New York Times – Business:
At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market.
Zuckerberg’s Big Deal to Stay in California

The New York Times – Business:
The agreement that Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, cut to stay in California underscores businesses’ fears about a major tax proposal.
California’s Proposition 45 Brings the Sprawl Debate Back

The New York Times – Business:
Among the measures up for a vote in November is one that would amend the state’s landmark environmental law and make it easier to build large housing developments outside cities.
Is the Fox Collie the Perfect Dog for Our Aimless Era?

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A winemaker in Northern California is convinced that a dog once bred to herd sheep in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal pet for our uncertain times.
Is the Fox Collie the Perfect Dog for Our Aimless Era?

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A winemaker in Northern California is convinced that a dog once bred to herd sheep in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal pet for our uncertain times.
San Francisco Is Still Pushing to Turn Offices Into Homes

The New York Times – Business:
The city has not completed a single office-to-housing conversion, despite hopes to meet housing demand and inject life into empty downtowns.
What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

The New York Times – Movies:
Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.
X2, the Troubled California Six Flags Roller Coaster, Reaches Its End

The New York Times – Business:
The ride at Magic Mountain near Los Angeles has fueled lawsuits claiming that it had caused brain injuries, including two that were fatal.
What’s Next for Paramount

The New York Times – Business:
Hollywood watchers believe the studio prevailed over states seeking to block its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s now free to reshape the media industry.
After Crucial Paramount Agreement Come Relief, Anger and Concern

The New York Times – Movies:
Few seem totally satisfied by the settlement that will let Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery move forward.