Hollywood actors clash over AI voice clones
Hollywood’s voice actors — one of the first groups to wrestle with artificial intelligence replacement — are battling one another...
Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields is a festival-scale roar for abortion rights and women’s health
Just after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, ending the nationwide right to legal abortion, Olivia...
Tim Curry’s British charm and Cheshire grin were made for comedy. These 7 TV roles show why
The death of Tim Curry, at 80, has inspired many to praise his performance as Pennywise in the 1990 ABC...
‘They’re growing up — we’re aging’: Richard Linklater with ‘Boyhood’ 12 years behind him
Prolific and versatile, Richard Linklater has been one of the most joyously unpredictable filmmakers for more than 35 years. From...
USC and UCLA bet big on AI to meet soaring student, job market demands
USC and UCLA are joining the rush to embed artificial intelligence and new digital technologies into college coursework as the...
Rare bird draws flocks of Southern California birders to this Irvine marsh to get a glimpse
For the last two weeks, a little bird with big feet has turned a 320-acre marsh in Irvine into one...
Worst of record-smashing SoCal heat wave is over, but it won’t feel like it
Wednesday saw record-breaking, triple-digit temps in several parts of Southern California. And although the peak of the sweltering heat wave...
Tons of planet-warming gases are bubbling up from reservoirs. California is going to keep track
California air regulators will start tracking estimates of the gases that bubble up from the state’s artificial reservoirs and contribute...
Apple’s rare Bay Area layoffs hit Vision Pro and Siri teams amid AI shakeup
Apple is laying off close to 150 employees, the latest tech titan to reduce staff amid the artificial intelligence boom....
OpenAI says ChatGPT is safer for teens. Now it needs to show proof.
Last week, OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT for Teens, a new user experience crafted to help young people “learn, think...
Sparks’ new facility looks promising, but Mark Walter should still sell the team
Mark Walter doesn’t need to sell the Sparks. It said so in a release from his company Wednesday: “TWG is...
Family awarded millions for dad’s fatal overdose in notoriously deadly SoCal jail system
Richard Matus Jr. spoke to his 13-year-old daughter over the phone from a Riverside County jail the night before she...
The must-try black-eyed peas at this West Adams revamp speak volumes about L.A. cooking
How does a chef breathe new life into a restaurant with a deeply established identity after nearly a decade? Keith...
What would Dolly do? Trump should learn from her life and legacy
Earlier this month, scrolling the TV channels, I happened upon a documentary about Dolly Parton and started watching. Before long...
Orange County is now treating e-bikes like guns. Can the crackdown make streets safer?
You’ve heard of gun buyback programs across the country, but in Orange County, they’ve taken it one step further to...
