Pins matching date:2027-07-01

Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedics business is due to leave the group as DePuy Synthes - by tax-free spinoff or by sale, with Apollo in talks at about $20 billion - and J&J says it is on track for a mid-2027 separation.

Under the amended Olympic Wage ordinance, the minimum for Los Angeles hotel workers and LAX-area airport employees rises from $25.00 to $25.50 an hour on 1 July 2027, with the hotel health-benefit payment going from $4.25 to $6.00.

Disney announced on 27 August 2026 that Disney's Lakeshore Lodge opens July 1, 2027 with 967 rooms on Bay Lake at the former River Country site. Bookings opened to the public on 8 October 2026.

Arevon's 200 MW / 800 MWh Avocet battery at 23320 Alameda Street in Carson, Los Angeles County, has City of Carson CEQA approval and a 15-year San Diego Community Power contract; Arevon estimates the investment at more than 350 million USD.

Clēnera (Enlight) closed US$1.438 billion of construction debt in November 2025 for Snowflake A near Holbrook, Arizona: 600 MW of solar and 1,900 MWh of storage under a 20-year APS agreement, expected online in the second half of 2027; the total project cost has not been published.

TeraWulf’s Justified campus in Hawesville has PSC-approved electric service up to 482 MW and a 20-year Anthropic lease for approximately 401 MW of critical IT capacity. Initial service is expected in H2 2027, ramping to full IT capacity in early 2028.

TransGrid Energy’s project portfolio lists Atlas IV BESS under construction in La Paz County, with 150 MW / 600 MWh and a mid-2027 commercial-operation target. It separately lists the 300 MW Atlas IV PV project targeting Q4 2026.

A multi-day Fourth of July festival of living-history performances, concerts and a waterfront fireworks display launched from a barge off Long Wharf.

A summer professional tennis tournament.

A free outdoor musical production on the hillside, July into August.

A free-entry food festival with local restaurant vendors and live music stages in Grant Park.

Free garden of dahlias near the Conservatory of Flowers.

The standard 95-gallon trash bundle drops by about $16 to $38.75 a month under the trash-fee settlement, at the cost of the promised weekly recycling and bulky-item pickup.

China's mandatory standard GB 44721-2026 for L3 and L4 autonomous-driving systems, announced on 4 August 2026, requires them to be at least as safe as a competent human driver and takes effect on 1 July 2027.

Duke Energy plans a second battery at its former Allen Steam Station in Gaston County, North Carolina: a four-hour 167 MW (668 MWh per Canary Media) system, its largest, with construction slated to begin in May 2026 and operation in the second half of 2027; no cost has been published for it.

BrightNight's proposed US$500 million, 499 MW Dutchman solar-plus-battery farm on about 4,700 acres near Glenrock, Wyoming, holds state siting approval but has slipped from a July 2026 start to construction in late 2027 and completion around 2029 because it has no buyer or interconnection plan.

AVAIO’s Taurus campus in Brandon has a published $6 billion investment and initial 116 MW phase. Its current project listing gives Q3 2027 energization, later than the first-half 2027 target in its September 2025 announcement.

Enlight’s CO Bar complex in Arizona comprises five projects with 1,211 MW solar and 4,000 MWh storage. Its June 2026 financing release gives $2.900–3.045 billion total investment and phased operation from H2 2027 through H1 2028.

Free outdoor movie nights on the lawn facing the Manhattan skyline. Lawn opens at 6 p.m. and films start at sundown, seating first come, first served.

The Boston Pops play a July 4 concert at the Hatch Shell, followed by fireworks over the Charles River.

A July 4 10K road race.

A free Fourth of July festival with hot-chicken vendors, a cooking contest and music; proceeds support Metro Parks.

A citywide summer festival with the Torchlight Parade, lakefront events and park activities.

Air show with Blue Angels and hydroplane races.