2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1597+ words) As summer peaked, it felt like a good time to be a Southern California sports fan. The Dodgers had won back-to-back World Series championships. The Lakers had a new billionaire owner, Mark Walter, who promised to usher in a new…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1061+ words) Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology. Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei issued a lengthy blog post…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1197+ words) We’d been married for 12 years. The early years of discovery (“How’d you get that scar?”) and spontaneous trysts behind questionable Hollywood landmarks had given way to dishwasher fights (“You can’t seriously think that goes there?!?”) and bimonthly scheduled date nights…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (360+ words) NEW YORK — The chief executive of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned that AI could be capable within six to 12 months of…...

1+ day, 27+ min ago   (444+ words) Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.” San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1080+ words) As parts of the Southern California coastline crumbled into the sea, slammed by intense waves and flooding in recent days, oceanographer Kim McCoy had one thing on his mind: the nuclear waste set in concrete on the beach near San…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (532+ words) After years of litigation and anticipation, Camarillo is getting its own Costco Wholesale outpost. Michael Okuma, Costco’s director of real estate development, confirmed that the newest warehouse is scheduled to open to shoppers on Oct. 30. Located on West Ventura Boulevard…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (574+ words) SACRAMENTO — Labor leader Dave Regan claimed Friday that he was the victim of a “smear” campaign orchestrated in part by wealthy Californians and said he has been falsely accused of attempting to “extort” an endorsement of the billionaire tax ballot…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (531+ words) The video is titled “Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview With James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You to See.” It was posted Thursday night on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s” YouTube page. By 10 a.m. Friday, the video had gained more…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (464+ words) Kroger Co. trimmed its annual sales guidance, signaling that heightened inflationary concerns and fierce competition for grocery spending are weighing on the retailer. The company expects comparable sales excluding fuel, which measure stores open at least 15 months, to gain as…...