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Get into your jammies and hop aboard the Polar Express for a train ride to the North Pole and back — without leaving Southern California. For the first time, the theatrical ride based on the holiday children’s book and movie is coming to the L.A. area. Tickets are on sale now for rides starting Nov. […]

Stocks on Wall Street rose broadly Wednesday, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to a new record high for the second time this week, as investors welcomed the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates again. The nation’s central bank also indicated that it won’t lower rates further in the coming months unless the […]

The United Auto Workers union says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford after three days of intense bargaining. The union said the deal was reached Wednesday night but didn’t give details. It said the deal still needs approval from committees of national union leaders and local officials who will meet Friday in […]

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he shifted resources from the solar company he bought three years ago to save his electric-car company from bankruptcy while it was ramping up production of the Model 3. Musk made the admission as part of a lawsuit filed by Tesla investors over the company’s 2016 buyout […]

Here’s a look at what roughly $800,000 buys right now in the coastal cities of San Diego, Oceanside and Chula Vista in San Diego County. SAN DIEGO: Wrapped in stained-wood shingles, this charming 93-year-old Craftsman sits up above the street on a grassy, elevated lot. Address: 4167 Ingalls St., San Diego, 92103 Listed for: $814,900 […]

On a recent afternoon, Candace Bushnell and I were sitting at the poolside bar of the Beverly Hills Hotel. It had been 25 years since she had submitted her first “Sex and the City” column to the New York Observer, the weekly broadsheet where I was an editor. In that quarter century, during which Candace […]

When No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and his wife, Erin Lokitz, renovated their Spanish Revival home in Los Feliz, they decided their furniture would be like their diet — strictly vegan. “We really emphasized the need for a cruelty-free home,” Lokitz said. She tapped Tatum Kendrick, of the L.A.-based design firm Studio Hus, to source […]

Click:Pawnshop gold loanTOKYO —  A fire early Thursday burned down structures at Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters were still battling the blaze a few hours after the fire started early Thursday and nearby residents were evacuated to safer areas, Okinawa police spokesman Ryo Kochi said. […]

SYDNEY —  Around a quarter of the world’s pigs are expected to die from African swine fever as authorities grapple with a complex disease spreading rapidly in the globalization era, the World Organization for Animal Health’s president said Thursday. A sharp reduction in the world’s pig population would lead to possible food shortages and high pork […]

Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES A New Day of Fire Danger In Los Angeles and Ventura counties, extremely critical fire weather with strong winds and low humidity is expected to continue today On Wednesday, brush fires broke out across Southern California, sending thousands of people fleeing, closing major freeways and […]