ArcaMax

Sam Kass, former Obama family personal chef and executive director of first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, is being honored Friday with the prestigious Julia Child Award at the Obama Presidential Center,...Read more

GAYDON, England — Jaguar has spent years talking about reinvention. Now it has produced something considerably more useful than another corporate promise: a 1,015-horsepower electric grand tourer with the proportions of ...Read more

Federal safety officials say the tire pressure monitoring systems on more than 16,000 Ram trucks could have been damaged during assembly, prompting a recall.

The recall covers model year 2026 Ram trucks produced by ...Read more

Nowadays, the large array of SUVs available to consumers can be overwhelming. Manufacturers have models in every fleet vying for a slice of this burgeoning market.

In Grasso’s Garage this week we consider an all-...Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row.

Together.

We make things ...Read more

After President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act more than a year ago, enrollment in the federal food assistance program dropped rapidly across the nation as states enforced new restrictions and prepared ...Read more

It’s all about priorities. While 75 percent of us believe travel is too expensive, up more than 10 percent from last year, the vast majority of us report vacations are one of the things we most look forward to.

In fact,...Read more

JPMorgan Chase issued a report this week seeking to determine the return on $214 million in philanthropic investments it made over the past decade into developing underserved Chicago communities.

While perhaps a little ...Read more

The Bloc, a massive mixed-use complex in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, is on the block for sale as the commercial property market shows signs it is bottoming out with buildings changing hands at big discounts.

The ...Read more

Average U.S. apartment sizes have risen but not in San Diego where space is at a premium.

San Diego’s average new apartment size was 827 square feet in 2025, said a new study from rental website RentCafe, less than the ...Read more

A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September.

Elements Gehry devised to set it ...Read more

Are Plaster or Drywall Walls Better?

Dear James: I am planning a new room addition and have concerns about using drywall. I have heard some horror stories about having plaster walls, but will plaster really result in that...Read more

There is an annual bedding plant that dazzles in the shade or the sun. It is among the last plants planted each year, as if it were placed at the back of the line. But from the hottest days of summer to the cool days of ...Read more

More than 265,000 Ram cargo vans have been recalled over a defect with the vehicles' steering system.

At issue are the electric power steering systems in ProMaster vans from model years 2022-26. Federal regulators say ...Read more

Gold has been on a wild ride this year.

The precious metal soared to a record of nearly $5,600 an ounce before tumbling to roughly $4,000. It has since clawed its way back to about $4,200, leaving investors wondering ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday notified salaried employees of changes to its paid-time off policy starting in 2027, including the elimination of a program to purchase vacation time and changes to vacation milestones that the ...Read more

Canadian autoworkers union Unifor has scheduled a strike authorization vote for employees at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.

Negotiations between the Toronto-based labor union and Stellantis NV have been at an...Read more

Drivers on Detroit roads are about to become acquainted with a phenomenon that's become commonplace in other cities across the South and the West Coast: cars traveling without anyone behind the wheel.

Waymo LLC’s ...Read more

Mums the Word

There is an early buyer problem in American retail stores. Everyone complains that Halloween products are in stores months before the holiday, even before the end of July. The same early display of products ...Read more