Climate & Environment
Uncontrolled wildfires can be powerful enough to generate their own weather.
Opinion
Voters should pick the four incumbents. They haven’t done a perfect job, but they are on top of the issues and speak intelligently about where the board has succeeded and what it still needs to do.
Sept. 19, 2024
California
Californians can now securely add their digital driver’s license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch, the company announced Thursday.
Sept. 20, 2024
Politics
Georgia election officials praised by Trump carried a vote to require poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand.
Lifestyle
In ‘The Morrison Game Factory,’ Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.
How did this guy turn the nightmare of climate change into an intriguing, compelling and educational experience? By creating a board game, of course.
Sept. 15, 2024
World & Nation
Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough resources to keep presidential candidates safe amid threats of violence.
If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.
A bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk aims to add teeth to the state’s outdoor heat safety standards by making it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim against an employer for heat illness.
Sept. 12, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
After clearing many hurdles in the state Legislature, Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to require developers to put safeguards around their advanced AI models is one step closer to becoming law.
Aug. 29, 2024