Contributor: California was an ‘earthly paradise’ for Jews. Is it still?
California, described by one observer in the late 19th century as “the Jews’ earthly paradise” for the economic…
Redding protest after Shasta tries to stop mental health campus plans
Arch Collaborative CEO talks to supporters Arch Collaborative CEO Kimberly Johnson speaks to supporters of the behavioral campus…
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
In the nearly three years since AI took center stage in Silicon Valley, the major players, with the…
‘Bugonia’ review: Emma Stone beguiles in alien-abduction comedy
Most modern stars fit a prototype. Clark Gable begat George Clooney, Robert Redford passed a torch to Brad…
California youths are struggling with anxiety and stress, study finds
About 94% of young people in California said they experience regular mental health challenges, with one-third reporting their…
Andrej Karpathy: It Will Take a Decade for AI Agents to Actually Work
Even in the fast-moving world of AI, patience is still a virtue, according to Andrej Karpathy. The OpenAI…
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
The University of Southern California on Thursday said that it had rejected the controversial education compact the Trump…
Leilah Weinraub talks Made in L.A. 2025 and her play at New Theater Hollywood
Leilah Weinraub and I first met over Zoom during a Degrowth (an international movement for the global North…
NASA’s JPL cuts 550 jobs in latest round of layoffs at La Cañada Flintridge facility
Layoff notices went out Tuesday to 550 employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in response to ongoing budgetary…
The Empathy Cloud – The Emotional Internet of the Future
For centuries, we’ve built networks of information — from the spoken word to the printed page, from the…