A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar drives along Venice Beach in 2024. (Mario Tama / ) Topline: New data shows Waymo’s robotaxis are crashing less often as they log more miles driven in Los Angeles. Experts recently joined LAist 89.3’s AirTalk with Larry Mantle and said the numbers...
Newport Beach declared a local emergency after Tropical Storm Rachel caused coastal flooding on the Balboa Peninsula, with high tides expected to continue....
College students type on laptop computers during a class lecture in Los Angeles on April 4, 2025. (Jay L Clendenin / Getty Images ) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s restrictions on generative artificial intelligence have drawn mixed reactions from education experts and s...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 9, 2026
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the USGC....
Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died....
CalMatters reporter Levi Sumagaysay, center, moderates a conversation between insurance commissioner candidates Jane Kim, far left, and Ben Allen, far right, during the “Can California Fix Its Insurance Crisis? (Fred Greaves / CalMatters) Bernie Sanders. Jane Fonda. There’s some ...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 9, 2026
An Earth, Wind & Fire drummer who suffered a heart attack on the night of a San Francisco concert date is now in medical rehabilitation but is still in need of financial help. At the same time, the twice-postponed concert with Lionel Richie has now been formally canceled....
The person's condition was not immediately clear. The New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooting, said the person is conscious....