Sports
The NFL commissioner discussed increasing the season to 18 games and cutting the preseason to two, saying there are complications but plenty of interest.
The NFL says its partnership with Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation company is set to produce the Super Bowl halftime show, won’t change after a woman accused the rapper of rape in 2000.
California
Roger Diamond, L.A. environmental attorney and champion for the underdog, dies at 81, weeks after losing his home in the Palisades fire.
A parking lot at Will Rogers State Beach will be used as a staging area for potentially hazardous household waste removed from the Palisades fire zone, officials announced.
California State Parks Director Armando Quintero acknowledged Wednesday the total loss of Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and the Topanga Ranch Motel built by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst.
Business
The Universal Studios lot recently got an upgrade meant to bring it more in line with its glamorous image as a historic movie factory and theme park.
The recent growth in experiential retail combines the changing attitudes of shoppers with landlords’ need to fill space. Malls have been struggling for decades as department stores consolidated and fell out of favor.
Roger Penske, the legendary driver, team owner and now race-track executive, has bought the Long Beach Grand Prix, adding the race to a stable of open-wheel events that already includes the Indy 500.
A $450-million residential tower has been proposed on the eastern tip of Beverly Hills. Millennium Partners Los Angeles said the 34-story high-rise would be called the Eastern.