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
Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation ‘unconstitutionally burdens’ access to content.
Sept. 20, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
‘Encanto’ and ‘Zootopia’ director Jared Bush has been named chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation as Jennifer Lee steps back and returns to filmmaking for ‘Frozen 3’ and ‘Frozen 4.’
Sept. 19, 2024
World & Nation
Dutch King Willem-Alexander, a mostly ceremonial monarch, summarized the wide-ranging policy blueprint for the coming year and beyond.
Sept. 17, 2024
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
Television
The Netflix series about an aspiring comedian’s increasingly sinister encounters with an eccentric woman won four Emmy Awards on Sunday.
Sept. 15, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Sept. 7, 2024
Updates
San Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies Inc. agreed to acquire 4G IoT technologies of Sequans from Paris-based Sequans Communications S.A. for $200 million on August 23.
Aug. 30, 2024
INDUSTRIES
Crypto.Com Arena in downtown Los Angeles – home of the Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Kings, Los Angeles Sparks and the future home of the 2028 Olympic gymnastics events – is one of the greenest venues in the world.
Prosecutors across the country have increasingly turned to murder charges to deter fentanyl sales, but critics say the tactic punishes only low-level suppliers. And in one of L.A.’s first cases, evidence shows how the line between accused dealer and customer can blur into friendship.