• Tue. Jun 2nd, 2026

The Pulse of Southern California

Meta provides details about layoffs in Playa Vista and Menlo Park

Meta Platforms announced more details about its latest round of layoffs. As part of its already-announced plans to cut close to 10% of its workforce, more than 2,000 employees will…

‘People are getting hurt’: Florida suing OpenAI amid safety concerns

Florida sued OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, on Monday, alleging that the San Francisco tech company failed to inform people about the dangers posed by its popular artificial…

Malibu Bookstore Owner Wins 2026 Grit & Wisdom Award

The owner of Malibu’s only independent bookstore has been named one of ADP’s 2026 Grit & Wisdom Award winners, recognized for keeping her business open through a punishing series of…

AI company Anthropic files to list shares, heating up race with OpenAI

Anthropic, the company behind the powerful artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, has filed to go public, the company said Monday. The development comes days after the company raised $65 billion, valuing…

Pacific Palisades Teen Creates Miniature Memorial After Wildfires

When the January 2025 wildfires damaged his family’s Pacific Palisades home and devastated much of the surrounding community, Loyola High School junior Luca Dal Bello received money to replace what…

How Silicon Valley robot training and teleoperating startups are teaching humanoids to do everyday tasks

Fernando Flores can spend eight hours a day pouring the same cup of coffee. He is not a barista. He’s a robot puppeteer, trying to train humanoids. He manipulates mechanical…

Another tech company says it will cut hundreds of jobs amid pivot to AI

Layoffs have continued with another tech company saying it was cutting people to enable it to use more artificial intelligence. Groupon announced in a security filing this month that it…

Waymo launches services with cheaper robotaxis in Los Angeles

Waymo is rolling out a new driverless taxi to help the company expand into more cities and tackle tougher driving conditions, including snowy roads, the company announced Wednesday. The new…

Issa Rae made TikTok’s biggest micro drama, “Screen Time.” Here’s how

A brawny bodyguard shoves a bruised man, hands tied behind his back, toward the hood of a black SUV. A pen and a contract lay atop the metal, ready for…

Santa Monica Elks Lodge 84th Memorial Day Ceremony

For 84 years running, the columbarium at Woodlawn Cemetery has anchored a Memorial Day tradition that has weathered changing crowds, shifting venues and the slow filling-in of the grounds around…