The 2028 Games will be the third for Los Angeles as host, but it will be a challenge to repeat the success of 1984.

Los Angeles lifted restrictions that had forced street vendors, mostly immigrants, on Hollywood Boulevard to dodge citations. Other challenges remain.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with business and labor leaders heading off a ballot measure to repeal the law, which has cost companies billions.

The nation’s highest state minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect on Monday. Owners and employees are sizing up the potential impact.

Tech layoffs, fallout from Hollywood strikes and an uptick in rural joblessness challenge a state with one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates.

Six months after the Maui wildfire, hundreds of businesses remain closed, and questions linger about how much a local economy should rely on tourism.

In July, West Hollywood raised its minimum wage to $19.08 an hour, causing angst among those who own businesses.

Long a priority of local officials, the desert launchpad is sending tourists into space, but taxpayers and merchants are waiting for the payoff.

The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.

Two big unions reached contract agreements with the three largest resort operators ahead of a series of events crucial to the city’s economic rebound.