- Tue. Jun 9th, 2026
Santa Monica Tennis Coach Battles Stage 4 Cancer
For almost five years, Daren Auld has been a fixture at Ocean View Park, shaping players on the Santa Monica tennis courts with the same quiet dedication he brought to…
Musicians union sues Universal and Warner music groups
Musicians have been left out of settlements between major record labels and AI companies, a new lawsuit alleges. The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM),…
Apple revamps Siri as it tries to catch up in the AI race
Apple on Monday unveiled a new version of its virtual assistant Siri, to take on its artificial intelligence-powered rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. The California smartphone maker…
Santa Monica Elks Lodge Flag Day Ceremony June 11
Ceremony: Santa Monica Elks Lodge hosts Flag Day dinner and ceremony June 11 at 1040 Pico Blvd. (Courtesy Image) Published: June 07, 2026, 8:09 pm The Santa Monica Elks Lodge…
California falls behind Texas in Fortune 500 ranking
Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies. The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. This year, 57 of the top…
Californian conundrum: high growth but high unemployment
California, the epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, continues to grow its economy faster than the nation, but more people are losing their jobs and the cost of living remains…
Santa Monica Lions Club Fundraiser Success & Summer Plans
This past month, the Santa Monica Pacific Palisades Lions Club held its first Comedy Night fundraiser at Bergamot Station Arts Center on Sunday, May 17. Hosted at The Crow, the…
Value of Huntington Beach defense tech startup balloons to $1.8 billion
California defense tech startup Mach Industries said Tuesday it raised $300 million, nearly quadrupling the company’s valuation to $1.8 billion within a year. The Huntington Beach startup’s soaring valuation underscores…
Martin Scorsese is betting on AI to transform storyboarding process
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is joining the ranks of entertainment industry power players embracing generative AI. Black Forest Labs, the German AI startup behind the text-to-image model Flux, announced Tuesday…
Trump signs an executive order to vet top AI models for national security risks
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing the federal government to establish a voluntary early review process for the country’s most advanced artificial intelligence models, following a…