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Amazon’s Zoox offers free robotaxi rides in San Francisco

November 18, 2025

Amazon-owned Zoox is offering free rides on its San Francisco fleet of boxy, driverless taxis. The company said Tuesday it is providing the rides to people who download the...

Cinq à Sept Opens First West Coast Store in Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif.

May 12, 2025

Cinq à Sept has headed West. The company has opened its first West Coast boutique at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif. The Cinq à Sept Fashion Island store is the...

EXCLUSIVE: Dior Beauty Opens Flagship at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif.

April 30, 2025

Dior Beauty has opened a U.S. flagship at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif., unveiling its largest footprint yet and reinforcing its commitment to brick-and-mortar retail. “We have...

Charles Phan, Whose Slanted Door Elevated Vietnamese Food, Dies at 62

January 24, 2025

Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus of...

As the Los Angeles Wildfires Continue, Restaurants Rise Up

January 18, 2025

A few weeks ago, I had dinner at LaSorted’s in Chinatown, eating pizza and drinking wine with my husband while our toddler gnawed at a crust and threw a...

How the NFL Moved the Vikings-Rams Playoff Game Away From the L.A. Fires

January 14, 2025

Matthew Giachelli got the call he anticipated on Thursday morning: The N.F.L. was moving the Rams’ playoff game to Arizona because of the wildfires raging in Los Angeles, and...

In Los Angeles, Hotels Become a Refuge for Fire Evacuees

January 10, 2025

The lobby of Shutters on the Beach, the luxury oceanfront hotel in Santa Monica that is usually abuzz with tourists and entertainment professionals, had by Thursday transformed into a...