UCLA baseball eliminated From Joaquin Ruiz: Saint Mary’s has achieved the seemingly unthinkable — the Gaels have eliminated UCLA, the nation’s top-ranked team, from the NCAA tournament. With two outs in the 10th inning, Makoa Sniffen drove in Cody Kashimoto on a walk-off single off UCLA reliever Easton Hawk to lift Saint Mary’s to a … Read more
As the debate rages on about whether AI is eliminating jobs, Bill Gurley thinks many of today’s fears echo a historical mistake. The longtime venture capitalist said on a recent episode of the “All-In Podcast” that warnings about AI destroying jobs look like concerns raised during the Industrial Revolution — concerns he said ultimately proved … Read more
As Californians dawdle about casting ballots before Tuesday’s primary, the leading candidates hoping to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom crisscrossed the state making their closing arguments to voters. With former Biden Cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra surging in recent polls, the two candidates battling to win the second spot in this week’s primary and advance to the … Read more
I live in Santa Barbara and I’m interested in photography. Where are some historical places to take pictures in Los Angeles? I’m interested in old movie palaces, movie and TV show locations, historic homes and buildings, World War II–related sites and airplane museums. — William Lemons Looking for things to do in L.A.? Ask us … Read more
An eerie silence descended upon Dodger Stadium as the swatted ball soared toward the right field corner. What was this? Who was this? This wasn’t a crowd-roaring drive by a future Hall of Famer. This wasn’t a Ravine-rattling shot by a perennial All-Star. This was rare. This was weird. This was a long fly by … Read more
First came tokenmaxxing. Now comes efficiency-maxxing. Silicon Valley has been encouraging workers to use AI, including through gamified internal leaderboards that measure how many tokens — the units of data processed by AI — they use. For some, playtime is over. The tech world is having a big debate about whether tokenmaxxing, the idea of … Read more
One more day and it’ll all be over. I’m referring to the primary election, of course, and the unremitting campaign ads that have infiltrated every aspect of our being as Californians. Authentic or paid influencers promoting candidates on TikTok and Instagram. Facebook ads vilifying or praising various measures. Incessant, repetitive TV campaigns that get nastier … Read more
Author Allie Rowbottom didn’t watch porn until she was 20. With roommates and a bowl of popcorn, she slid in a DVD starring blue-movie queen Nina Hartley, shrieking and throwing kernels at the TV. It wasn’t until much later that she came back to the subject, privately and in earnest. “I have preferred vintage porn … Read more
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jill Gardner, family president at the Laird Norton Company. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I married my husband, Doug, I also married into his family business. My husband and his cousins are the fifth generation of his family to own the Laird … Read more
Xavier Becerra’s campaign for California governor appeared doomed just two months ago. Every major opinion poll showed the longtime Democratic politician mired near the bottom of the pack, overshadowed by his flashier or wealthier rivals. Now Becerra tops them all, according to the most recent opinion polls, emerging as a surprise front-runner in a race … Read more
As SpaceX counts down to what could be the largest IPO in history, the race to build the next generation of launch vehicles is heating up. Asia wants in. Startups across Australia, India, Japan, and South Korea are racing to establish themselves in a market long dominated by the U.S. and China. One of them … Read more
On the Shelf There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood Flatiron Books: 300 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Twenty pages into “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood” by bestselling Pasadena author Rasheed Newson, I had to stop reading. … Read more
Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison has been circling the globe, meeting government regulators who will ultimately decide the fate of his controversial $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Last week, Ellison spent two hours answering questions from U.S. Justice Department antitrust lawyers in a bid to secure a key government approval — one that few … Read more
Sonja Lyubomirsky thinks the Valentine’s Day cards have it wrong. Most, argues the researcher, a distinguished professor of psychology at UC Riverside, say some variation of “I love you.” Shelf Help is a wellness column where we interview researchers, thinkers and writers about their latest books — all with the aim of learning how to … Read more
By the time DOGE quietly disbanded in late November, Elon Musk had returned his attention to his companies. President Donald Trump was focused on his immigration crackdown. For Alex Zhu, though, the impact of those months of frenzied job cuts lingered. Zhu’s friends and neighbors were among the more than 260,000 federal employees dispatched by … Read more