Tiffany Hsu

More than three-quarters of parents on Facebook are friends with their kids -- to many of those kids' dismay, Tiffany Hsu writes. They're especially fretful about their mothers having access to their profiles. But if readers' comments on the story are any indication, many maternal Facebookers have better things to do on the social network than obsessively follow their children's every cyber step ...

The electric Cri-Cri airplane was airborne Thursday – for all of seven minutes. The 4-engine aircraft, from Airbus parent corporation EADS, is the first of its kind. Its maiden flight took place at Le Bourget airport near Paris. The flight...

The California Energy Commission approved construction Wednesday on the first solar thermal farm regulators have permitted in two decades. The Beacon Solar Energy project on the western edge of the Mojave Desert is one of a group of solar roposals...

P&E’s smart meters are performing accurately, according to an independent study released Thursday, after a rickety rollout that has led to thousands of consumer complaints. Customers in the spring began complaining of high energy bills almost as soon as PG&E...

The government’s Energy Star system, used to rate products and retrofitted buildings for energy efficiency, could use a fixer-upper of its own, a legislator said Monday. The voluntary program uses relative instead of absolute ratings, comparing subjects to others in...

For the first time in 20 years, state energy regulators have approved construction on a solar thermal farm. The California Energy Commission gave the Beacon Solar Energy project a unanimous go-ahead Wednesday. The installation, set to unfurl across 2,012 private acres in Kern County, is one of a group of solar proposals hustling to break ground before a federal grant expires at the end of the ...

Like the cyber version of being picked up in an uncool car, teens are now mortified by nagging chats and clueless comments left by their mothers on their online profiles.

Mothers have found an even better way to humiliate their children than showing baby pictures: Becoming a friend on Facebook.

Li Nien Bien Manya Fan, 90, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at Presbyterian Homes in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. She had moved to Minnesota Aug. 3 from University Place in West Lafayette.

Earlier he was caught traveling to Japan with girlfriend Tiffany Hsu. Ethan smiled embarrassingly and said he was promoting for his drama, girlfriend was shopping with her stylist. He said he would definitely get married one day. ...

... called “forced installation” of smart meters on private property, with some expressing worries that the radiation could lead to brain cancer. Watsonville and Fairfax passed laws banning the meters within city limits. --Tiffany Hsu ...

Tiffany Hsu. Image: Official logo for Energy Star ratings. Twitter: @latenvironment. Facebook: latimesenvironment. More in: California, energy efficiency, green building, Los Angeles area, U.S. EPA ...

By Tiffany Hsu Los Angeles Times. Posted: 08/29/2010 12:01:00 AM CDT. LOS ANGELES — A popular program that allows homeowners to tap low-interest government financing to install energy-efficient solar panels, windows and insulation has ...

Tiffany Hsu. Photo: Mirrors reflect sunlight onto water-filled pipes, which creates steam and, ultimately, electricity at AREVA Solar's 5-megawatt Kimberlina demonstration plant near Bakersfield. Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles ...

More than three-quarters of parents on Facebook are friends with their kids -- to many of those kids' dismay, Tiffany Hsu writes. They're especially fretful about their mothers having access to their profiles. But if readers' comments ...

Tiffany Hsu. Photo: Ted Craver Jr. talks with U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) at the opening. Credit: Edison International. Twitter: @latimestech. Facebook: latimesbiz. More in: Electric cars, Gadgets, Green Tech, LA tech, Tiffany Hsu ...

PayPal Mobile has an app that allows money to be transferred by bumping smartphones together. -- Tiffany Hsu. Twitter: @latimestech. Facebook: latimesbiz. More in: Applications, iPhone, mobile apps, Security, Tiffany Hsu · Read Later ...