Oakland voters will decide in November whether to grant Mayor Barbara Lee and future mayors sweeping new powers over city government, including veto authority over council decisions and control over h…
Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and other major tech companies are introducing new chips, laptops and software designed to power AI agents that can autonomously complete complex, multi-step tasks on a user'…
Pope Leo's concerns about artificial intelligence prioritizing technology and profit over human welfare are well-founded, according to a letter writer who argues that humanity loses in the race for AI…
Polymarket is terminating its paid influencer relationship with former U.S. Rep. George Santos after federal regulators opened an insider trading probe into whether he illegally bet against his own at…
Monterey Park voters overwhelmingly approved Measure NDC on Tuesday, with 86.8% support, putting the city on track to enact California’s first ban on data centers. The ballot measure, which amends the…
The Republican-led Senate will begin voting Wednesday on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol after the White House dropped a $1.776 billio…
SpaceX plans to sell 555.6 million shares at $135 apiece in its initial public offering, targeting a $75 billion raise and a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion, according to people familiar with the …
Alphabet Inc. upsized its equity offering to $84.75 billion from $80 billion to fund growing artificial intelligence spending, making it the largest equity capital markets transaction of all time. The…
Adobe Inc. is considering internal executives David Wadhwani and Anil Chakravarthy as leading candidates to replace outgoing CEO Shantanu Narayen, while also hiring Heidrick & Struggles to search for …
SpaceX's planned initial public offering at $135 per share would value Elon Musk's net worth at $988 billion, leaving him $12 billion short of becoming the world's first trillionaire, according to the…
A federal judge in Milwaukee on Wednesday postponed the sentencing of former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan to consider whether to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for helping an immigrant eva…
A United Nations University report found that global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity last year, more than all but 10 countries, and produced about 208 million tons of carbon d…
Retired teacher Melanie Miller, 59, pays $341 a month for two alternative health plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act standards, after her ACA marketplace premium nearly tripled to $914. Congres…
Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of …
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab, Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, were charged Tuesday with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the United States from Africa and lying to investigato…
Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, urging the NCAA to explore collective bargaining and grant athletes a "formal voice" in governance. Gould …
The West Valley Muslim Association appealed 19 conditions of its approved use permit from the Los Gatos Planning Commission on Monday, arguing the restrictions violate federal religious protections. T…
A 36-year-old Mountain View woman, Fiona GuoGuo Lu, was arrested in connection with the March 27 fire that destroyed the zendo meditation building at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in Big Sur. Lu f…
The Brentwood City Council unanimously approved a strengthened "nuisance gatherings" ordinance on May 26, imposing fines of $100 to $500 for repeated violations involving fireworks, public drunkenness…
California's unemployment insurance system is projected to be more than $22 billion in debt by the end of 2026, a financial quagmire that will become the next governor's problem after Gavin Newsom lea…