Business
The poor performance of General Motors’ Chinese joint ventures is forcing the company to write down assets and take a restructuring charge.
Stellantis is recalling about 207,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem with the antilock brakes, while General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs over an issue with the rear wheels.
General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market.
Entertainment & Arts
Alexander Malofeev and Alexandre Kantorow, both winners of the Tchaikovsky competition, forge two very different paths as a new generation of pianists makes it mark.
California
The state attorney general’s office said previously that the office took over reviewing the case because of the “potential conflict of interest” involving the Kern County district attorney’s office. Kern County Dist. Atty. Cynthia Zimmer is Zack Scrivner’s aunt.
On Monday, the county medical examiner confirmed that Patricia McKenna, a longtime Altadena resident, perished in her Punahou Street home during the Eaton fire.
World & Nation
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
The minor, identified only as male, lost control of the bike and skidded into an intersection, police say, where he was struck by a car that didn’t stop afterward.
GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update its software after one dragged a pedestrian last month.
Artificial Intelligence & Technology
Sherman Oaks-based Generation Genius Inc. was acquired in a transaction valued at $100 million by Newsela Inc. on February 5.