These are just a sampling of how this part of Ventura County is reckoning with the aftermath of federal immigration raids on Glass House cannabis farms six months ago, when hundreds of workers were detained and families split apart. In some instances, there is still uncertainty about what happened to minors left behind after one or both parents were deported.
The Trump administration has said it is immediately pausing all leases for offshore wind farms already under construction, in the heaviest blow yet to an industry that the administration has relentlessly targeted throughout the year. Trump's Department of the Interior said that it was halting the building of five wind projects due to national security risks. The department said it would work with the US Department of Defense to mitigate the risk of the wind turbine towers creating radar interference called clutter that could in some way hamper the US military.
Utility provider PG&E is hoping you'll forget about this weekend's one- to three-day power outage with a $200 credit for residential customers and a $2,500 credit for businesses, though some businesses say they lost ten times that much. The finger-pointing and blame games continue over PG&E's massive power outage that left more than 200,000 San Franciscans without electricity this weekend, as well they should.
Labour's crackdown on foreign workers could cost the UK economy millions, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned. Plans to increase the salary threshold for workers seeking to come to Britain, as part of wider changes to bring down immigration numbers, would cost between 520-710 million because thousands fewer people would be contributing to the UK economy, an independent watchdog has found.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reportedly told staff the cyber-raid that crippled its operations in August didn't just bring production to a screeching halt - it also walked off with the personal payroll data of thousands of employees. The breach, which was pegged as one of the most costly in UK history, includes bank account details, tax codes, and other sensitive data related to staff salaries, benefits, and former employees. In an email to both current employees and former employees, seen by The Telegraph, JLR wrote: "While investigating, we have unfortunately identified that there has been unauthorised access to some personal data we process in the context of employment and some information needed to administer payroll, benefits and staff schemes to employees and dependents. This includes data of ex-JLR team members that has been stored."
The New York State Gaming Commission will hold a Monday meeting that is expected to finalize the approval for all three full-scale NYC casino sites. The meeting will take place at the Robert F. Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park in Manhattan. It will also be livestreamed. State officials said on the agenda will be the consideration of gaming facilities licensing for the locations that were approved by its Location Board on Dec. 1.
Anheuser-Busch will shut down its Fairfield brewery in early 2026, city officials confirmed Thursday, marking the loss of one of the community's largest employers and dealing what leaders say will be a major economic blow. Mayor Catherine Moy announced the closure in a social media post, calling the news "horrible" and "devastating." She said City Manager David Gassaway notified her Thursday morning after receiving confirmation from the company.
San Jose has greenlit up to 15 concerts annually at PayPal Park, expanding the city's largest outdoor venue into a key spot for live music. This decision opens doors for major acts to perform between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m., adding to the limited options for large-scale shows in the area. The concerts stand to invigorate the local economy through hundreds of jobs tied to event operations. Visitors from afar will fill hotels, while attendees head to nearby restaurants and bars before and after shows, creating a ripple effect.
According to the revised "2025 Economic Impact of Motorcoach Travel in the United States" report, motorcoach activity generated $158 billion in total economic impact in 2024, supporting more than 890,000 jobs nationwide. New data from scheduled service operations augment previous research results from the initial impact report released in September. According to ABAF, the study was conducted by Tourism Economics and highlights the combined strength of group travel, charter operations, sightseeing, scheduled service,
New York City will probably soon see three new casinos, whose owners could rake in profits because of a recent surge in gambling in the United States that has some campaigners worried. The New York gaming facility location board this week approved three proposed casinos in the US's largest city two in Queens and one in the Bronx after determining the businesses would create new jobs and generate billions in tax revenue, according to the group's report.
From his inauguration to last month's glitzy White House dinner for the Saudis, Trump basks in the support, gifts and affirmation of the most famous AI leaders and companies in the world. The big picture: Trump has essentially fused Silicon Valley and government in a race to both beat China to all-powerful AI and rescue an economy that's treading water outside of the AI boom. He has rolled back regulations, awarded huge contracts, and downplayed concerns about AI safety or downside risk.
"Moreover, we had the traditional underestimation of the opponent and overestimation of our own military."
Their purpose is to reduce or eliminate barriers to the exchange of goods and services; they do this in an assortment of ways, including lowering tariffs, creating straightforward customs procedures, and setting clear rules for business activity. FTAs also create more efficient and competitive markets. These agreements can aid in economic growth by creating better access to new markets, encouraging innovation, and lowering prices for consumers.
Trump in an August executive order said federal grants had been insufficiently vetted, and some propagated absurd ideologies. Hastings, whose South San Francisco firm Nkarta engineers killer cells to fight disease, said biotechnology companies across the board are cutting staff and product-development projects as uncertainty over what comes next rattles investors.
For 17 years, she had earned a living cutting and polishing the gems that helped transform Botswana from one of the world's poorest nations into one of Africa's success stories. Diamonds were discovered in 1967, a year after independence, an abrupt change of fortune for the landlocked country. Botswana became the world's top diamond producer by value, and second-largest by volume after Russia. Diamonds are woven into the national identity.
The extended rant came in the wake of the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members who were deployed to patrol Washington, D.C. under Trump's orders, one of whom died shortly before the president spoke to U.S. troops by video on Thursday evening. A 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing charges for the shooting. The suspect emigrated as part of a program to resettle those who has helped American troops after U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A new assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that corruption in Pakistan is behind an economic crisis driven by state capture where public policy is manipulated to benefit a narrow circle of political and business elites. The Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), finalised in November 2025, presents a grim picture of a system marked by dysfunctional institutions that are unable to enforce the rule of law or safeguard public resources.
Black women are being sidelined at scale Since February, Black women have lost 297,000 jobs. Another 223,000 remain unemployed. And 75,000 have been pushed out of the labor force entirely. I estimate that these forced exits alone are draining an estimated $9.2 billion from U.S. GDP this year. These aren't just missing paychecks; they represent lost productivity, lost tax revenue, and diminished national output.
Super Bowl 60 arrives at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on February 8, 2026, drawing attention to the region's blend of innovation and culture. The Bay Area Host Committee unveiled a series of activations designed to highlight the area's strengths as a host for global gatherings. With the game just months away, preparations ramp up to create memorable experiences for fans and locals alike.
Globally, an estimated 50 million people were living as digital nomads by 2024, roughly doubling from around 20 million just a few years prior. In the United States alone, the number of people identifying as digital nomads increased from approximately 7.3 million in 2019 to 18.1 million in 2024, a 147% rise since pre-pandemic times. While remote workers once scattered randomly across the globe, something remarkable happened: they started clustering in specific countries where their foreign income could stretch furthest.
A field of blazing flowers bloomed in front of Durham cathedral, a net of pulsing green light arched over the market place, and the traffic control signs were warning of global warming and mass extinctions. Farewell to Arctic ice and the Queenwood shrub frog, they read, and they might have read farewell to Lumiere. For three nights and one last time, the much admired-and imitated-Lumiere festival is bringing joy, crowds and international light artists to the dark winter streets.
A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spending in the country for 2025, a loss of $5.7 billion US compared to the previous year. The association largely attributes the loss to a decline in the number of Canadian visitors a trend that has persisted since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January, sparked a trade war with Canada and began referring to the country as the 51st state.
What is the current shutdown's expected economic impact? The CBO estimate says the federal spending delay will produce short-term economic losses - largely in the fourth quarter of 2025 - that will mostly be recouped during the first quarter of 2026, assuming the shutdown ends by then. CBO projected how much the shutdown would hamper U.S. economic growth per quarter, adjusted for inflation and multiplied by four, to convert a quarterly figure into an annual one.
As a five-time NYC marathon runner myself, I can attest that this race is truly one of the best days of the year. "The energy of marathon day never gets old," Rob Simmelkjaer - the CEO of New York Road Runners, the company behind the marathon - told BI. "It's just a giant block party." The sheer scale of the event - to the tune of $700 million in economic impact for the city - is a reminder of how running is experiencing a golden age.
