Dubai feeling the strain of explosive growth as real-estate prices soar and roads are choked with vehicles

Dubai feeling the strain of explosive growth as real-estate prices soar and roads are choked with vehicles

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Skyscraper-studded Dubai has been on a hot streak for the last five years — and some residents are starting to feel burned. The city-state has seen record-breaking real estate transactions and as more and more people come to live there, and its state-owned airline Emirates is booking record earnings. But … Read more

Why ‘congestion’ tolls are doomed — hooray!

Why ‘congestion’ tolls are doomed — hooray!

Start counting down the clock on those “congestion” tolls: Team Trump has a clear path to ending them once the new president has his players in place. The Biden crew opted to ignore the MTA’s failure to file a full environmental-impact statement on the “congestion pricing plan,” accepting instead a less-sweeping “assessment.” As Nicole Gelinas … Read more

Flood watches posted as rain returns to Southern California in wake of wildfires

Flood watches posted as rain returns to Southern California in wake of wildfires

The first significant rainfall in several months will spread across Southern California on Sunday, giving a badly needed sip of water to an area parched by drought and devastated by multiple raging wildfires. But with the rain comes a cost: potential mud and debris flows where the scars remain from those wildfires that have scorched tens of thousands of acres … Read more

Trump promised to kill congestion pricing — here’s how he can

Trump promised to kill congestion pricing — here’s how he can

During his first week back in office, President Trump checked off a long list of tasks he said he’d do: securing the border, dissolving DEI, ditching climate regulations. But a promise from the campaign trail remains: “TERMINATE Congestion Pricing in my FIRST WEEK!!!” And if — when — Trump makes that move, New York’s Democratic officials will have little … Read more

Jennifer Lopez eyeing home in Ben Affleck’s Brentwood neighborhood: report

Jennifer Lopez eyeing home in Ben Affleck’s Brentwood neighborhood: report

Jenny from the Block might be sharing one with her ex. Jennifer Lopez is reportedly eyeing a $20 million mansion in her former husband Ben Affleck’s Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Lopez recently toured the off-market estate, a source with direct knowledge told TMZ Friday. The source said the multi-hyphenate “really likes” the property but … Read more

Wildfire siege continues in Southern California as pockets of beneficial weekend rain near

Wildfire siege continues in Southern California as pockets of beneficial weekend rain near

Southern California is grappling with a surge in wildfires, with nine active fires currently burning across the region. However, there’s encouraging news as containment efforts are increasing. Two massive fires, the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires, have been raging near Los Angeles since Jan. 7, with containment efforts reaching 75% and 95%, respectively. A number … Read more

Southern California braces for extreme fire weather as 100-mph winds return

Southern California braces for extreme fire weather as 100-mph winds return

LOS ANGELES – Southern California braces for a ferocious return of fire danger as the National Weather Service issues its most urgent warning for extreme fire weather. Destructive Santa Ana winds, forecast to gust up to 100 mph, are poised to grip the region on Monday, igniting fears of widespread and uncontrollable wildfires, the FOX … Read more

Los Angeles restaurants empty out as residents flee destructive wildfires

Los Angeles restaurants empty out as residents flee destructive wildfires

The devastating Los Angeles wildfires that have killed more than two dozen people and forced more than 150,000 residents from Malibu to the San Fernando Valley to flee are now threatening the local restaurant industry. Several local eateries were wiped out entirely by the Eaton and Palisades fires while others have seen a dramatic fall … Read more

LA facing ‘worst of the worst’ fire conditions as forecasters issue dire warning of ‘damaging’ winds

LA facing ‘worst of the worst’ fire conditions as forecasters issue dire warning of ‘damaging’ winds

Fierce and “damaging” Santa Ana winds could bring the “worst of the worst” fire conditions to Southern California starting Monday, forecasters warn. Ferocious winds will be increasing once again for Los Angeles and Ventura counties, with gusts between 60 and 70 mph, amid low humidity, Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Cody Braud told The Post on … Read more