In interviews with 49 candidates for California elected offices, editorial board member Taves found that candidates are paranoid about opposition research, always on call, overconfident in charisma ov…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department investigation released Tuesday concluded that an electrical arc from a Southern California Edison transmission tower ignited the January 2025 Eaton Fire, which cha…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at Politico's 'The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit' that President Joe Biden's inner circle should have acted on concerns about his mental fitness for the 2…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to equip officers with electric shock gloves, drawing outrage from Democratic officials and civil rights ad…
Google announced new health features for its wearables, including a first-of-its-kind tool that tracks insulin resistance over time using AI and sensors, but does not measure glucose levels directly. …
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday recommending that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split into three separate single-disease shots and that childhood vaccines …
California's SB 1174, authored by Republican state Sen. Suzette Valladares of Santa Clarita, would give qualifying employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) contractors a bid preference of 2% to 4% on stat…
Saildrone, a leading maker of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) based in Alameda, California, produces wind- and solar-powered drones that collect ocean data for government and commercial clients, incl…
Pediatricians and local health departments are bypassing the CDC for vaccine guidance after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced the CDC's vaccine advisory board with ske…
Two San Francisco gay bars, Badlands and Toad Hall in the Castro neighborhood, paused use of Patronscan Guard+, an AI-assisted ID verification technology, after community pushback over privacy concern…
Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace has signed a contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch its first satellites aboard a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission in 2027, as Vietnam moves to develop it…
Spotify will begin labeling artist profiles created by artificial intelligence with a new 'AI Personas' label starting mid-September, after allowing artists to self-identify as AI-generated from Tuesd…
The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on the use of TikTok on federal government devices, after finding that the popular social media app no longer poses a national security threat followin…
California lawmakers are advancing Assembly Bill 1383, which would raise pension benefits for public employees, potentially adding more than $8 billion in costs for current CalPERS-covered workers, ac…
Sheila Nix, CEO of The Mobile Voting Project, argues that mobile voting can protect ballot access as mail-in voting faces attacks from President Donald Trump's executive orders, which a federal judge …
The Robotics Fair 2026, Silicon Valley's premier interactive robotics and AI experience, took place on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, at the San Mateo County Events Center in San Mateo, Calif., featuring globa…
California's economy grew at a 3.7% annual pace in the first quarter of 2026, the second-fastest among U.S. states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth was driven by the info…
Meta Platforms Inc. apologized to Indian officials for temporarily restricting a Facebook post of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan telling Technology Ministe…
A SpaceX Falcon rocket's upper stage slammed into the moon on Wednesday as predicted, after drifting off course for a year, scientists reported. A telescope in Chile spotted the debris plume, and Bost…
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is losing prominent AI veterans in a major leadership overhaul, with shares falling as much as 5.5%. Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind, will become chairman, while Jeff De…