• Fri. Jun 19th, 2026

The Pulse of Southern California

Bay Area semiconductor testing company to lay off more than 200 workers

Semiconductor testing equipment company FormFactor is laying off more than 200 workers and closing manufacturing facilities as it seeks to cut costs after being hit by higher import taxes. The…

Powerful Santa Ana winds return to Southern California, prompting warnings

Santa Ana winds have returned to Southern California, prompting wind warnings across the region, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service has issued a high-wind warning until 1…

As L.A. mayor’s race takes shape, Palisades fire is a defining issue

In some ways, it was just another campaign coffee: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner in a roomful of voters talking about his career and life accomplishments. But this was…

Elon Musk’s Grok bot restricts sexual image generation after outcry

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Thursday started restricting the ability for non-paying users to create deepfake, sexualized images after global pushback from users and governments. Late last month, some users…

Newsom’s budget plan banks on strong revenues despite fiscal risks

SACRAMENTO — California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile fiscal uncertainty, driven largely by events in Washington and on Wall Street. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget…

Finally! Bear living under Altadena home for 6 weeks is evicted

Ken Johnson found himself in a situation that was impossible to, well, bear. A 550-pound male black bear wedged itself into the crawl space underneath Johnson’s Altadena home just after…

Commentary: HBO released an explosive Border Patrol documentary. Why is its star angry?

You’re HBO, and your newest release is an explosive documentary about one of the most controversial sectors of the United States government: the Border Patrol. What do you do to…

Trump casts Maduro as ‘narco-terrorist.’ Experts have questions

In explaining the U.S. incursion into Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump accused Maduro and his wife of conducting a “campaign of deadly narco-terrorism against the United States…

West Altadena calls for accountability on Eaton fire anniversary

The “Rising Together” float in Pasadena’s Rose Parade was supposed to celebrate the resiliency of Los Angeles in the face of the unprecedented double disaster that flattened thousands of homes…

‘Breather’: Calif. has no areas of dryness for first time in 25 years

After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time…