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Can Hollywood survive the rise of AI-generated storytelling?

At a Starbucks in downtown Culver City, Amit Jain pulls out his iPad Pro and presses play. On-screen, one of his employees at Luma AI — the Silicon Valley startup…

Brandon Blackstock dead at 48: Clarkson’s ex was father of 4

Brandon Blackstock, the talent manager who was married to singer Kelly Clarkson for seven years, has died of an unspecified cancer. He was 48. “It is with great sadness that…

Kennedy Cancels Vaccine Funding – California Healthline

The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill of the Month” and KFF Health News’ “What the…

Unraveling a murder mystery of a San Marino doctor that shocked the community

Residents in San Marino were stunned when a well-respected doctor and mother of twins was found dead in the scorched den of her sprawling estate. Irene Gaw-Lai and her husband,…

Watch: Millions of Americans Live Where Telehealth Is Out of Reach

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker and Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV August 7, 2025 Article HTML By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker and Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV As…

Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care

National Institutes of Health workers provide interventional radiology services to a patient at the NIH Clinical Center in 2008. (National Institutes of Health/CC BY-NC 2.0) The number of people receiving…

Contributor: They survived the bombing of Hiroshima, and then they saved the world

You’ve heard of the hibakusha, although you may not know them by that name. They are the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years ago this…

Exploring L.A.’s obsession with our dog best friends

Lifestyle This innovative effort to save L.A.’s shelter dogs fosters human friendships too Dog Coalition Los Angeles aims to keep dogs out of the city’s overcrowded shelters by supporting foster…

Palestinian home kitchen reopens in Watts with falafel, Gaza fundraisers

Mid East Eats — a popular falafel pop-up turned private dinner service — is now open as a fast-casual destination for homestyle Palestinian cuisine with an L.A. edge. It’s also…

Kelley Mack death: ‘The Walking Dead’ actor dies of cancer at 33

Actor Kelley Mack, who played Addy in Season 9 of “The Walking Dead” in addition to doing national commercials and voice-over work, has died at age 33, her family said…