The CEOs of two of the world’s leading AI companies are publicly agreeing that the race to build increasingly powerful AI systems needs to be slowed, continuing this week’s cascade of warnings from researchers working on the technology. Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, maker of the Claude chat...
government
As local productions continue to decline, L.A. City Council is taking modest action. The council passed two measures Tuesday to encourage more filming activity....
government
Judge David O. Carter seemed skeptical of a Trump administration request to immediately block California officials from counting about 20,000 ballots from voters whose citizenship the administration questions, but said he would not rule until Wednesday....
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Trick-or-treaters may need to work an umbrella into their costumes this weekend as a Pacific storm system is tracking toward Southern California.
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L.A. Police Officer Leonardo Arturo Ruiz, 31, was arrested by Monrovia police last week following an amateur sting by a group recording the encounter to post online....
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The Los Angeles Police Department let its previous agreement with Flock, a company that operates automated license plate readers, to lapse due to questions over security and privacy concerns. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) The Los Angeles City Council gave the L.A. Police Depar...
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Markus Persson, creator of "Minecraft," is selling his Beverly Hills home for $70 million — the same price he paid for it in 2014.
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ABC unwraps its holiday programming schedule, including 'Dancing with the Holidays,' 'CMA Country Christmas' and special episodes of 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Scrubs' and 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.'...
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A grand jury has refused to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress over her testimony regarding Jan. 6, sources confirm....
Local
High tides flooded parts of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach on Monday. (Jill Replogle / LAist) Record-breaking high tides rolled into Southern California waters for the second day in a row Tuesday. The tide gauge in San Pedro read 8.18 feet Tuesday morning, its highest meas...
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Jurors in the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial described deliberations as intense but respectful.
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The Grand Galvez stands out for its coral-pink exterior, but inside, its haunted history reveals a much darker side.
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The 3 Alexander brothers each got 30 years in prison for sex trafficking after testimony from the women they drugged and raped.
