California
A novel program launched last month at seven Central Valley community colleges aims to ensure that farmworkers don’t get displaced as California’s powerhouse agricultural industry transitions to a more mechanized future.
Sept. 21, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Movies
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
World & Nation
Geopolitical tensions and technological constraints make the chip industry more complex to navigate. A groundbreaking engineer talks about it future.
Sept. 13, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
Sept. 19, 2024
Trial is set to begin in the case of six Donald Trump supporters who allegedly threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a Texas highway in 2020.
Sept. 9, 2024
Books
Pedro Almodóvar’s first book consists of a mix of short stories and personal essays that amount to ‘a fragmentary autobiography.’
Sept. 16, 2024
Also this week: A new 35mm print of ‘Shampoo,’ a 4K restoration of ‘Paris, Texas,’ ‘Mi Vida Loca,’ a generous Beyond Fest lineup, news about Sundance and more.
A shooting on a commuter train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. A suspect has been arrested.
Sept. 2, 2024
Dodgers
With their bullpen overworked, the Dodgers choose to keep struggling pitcher Justin Wrobleski on the mound in a 14-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Sept. 1, 2024