Everyone is watching for the AI apocalypse. They’re looking in the wrong place. The real disruption may not come from…
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Pétanque to Pop Hits: Where to Find California’s Best Bastille Day Block Parties
Craving fresh crêpes, world-class wine, and a dash of joie de vivre? You don’t need a passport to celebrate Bastille…
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A California Farmer Couldn’t Sell 125,000 Pounds of Nectarines – So He Gave Them Away for Free
California farmer Cesar Mora spent a decade growing his prized white-flesh nectarines. But amid an ongoing lawsuit over marketing rights,…
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*Sugar* Season 2 finds its footing by embracing its biggest twist from the start. Colin Farrell delivers another quietly compelling…
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The Monster Under the Floorboards: Why California’s Grid Can’t Feed the AI Gold Rush
California’s AI boom is colliding with the hard limits of its power grid. As next-generation data centers consume electricity at…
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Santa Barbara Pipeline Case Escalates After Contempt Hearing Is Cancelled and Sent to Federal Court
Sable Offshore avoided a looming contempt hearing by moving its pipeline dispute to federal court. But California regulators, lawmakers, and…
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California Democrats Fear USPS Rule Could Jeopardize Mail Voting
A proposed USPS rule could freeze mail-in voting in California and other key states this November. With the reliability of…
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Behind the Ballot: The Reality of California’s Vote Counting and the Myth of Systemic Fraud
One week after Election Day in California, vote totals continue to shift as ballots are verified through a slow, layered…
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The Morning After: Hilton, Becerra, and Steyer Lead as California’s Low-Turnout Prologue Shifts to the Mail Bins
Tuesday's "calculus of exhaustion" has yielded exactly what the data warned it would: a deeply fractured reality. With the gubernatorial…
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The Calculus of Exhaustion: Becerra Leads as Hilton and Steyer Lock in a Dead Heat for Second in California Primary Final Hours
As California’s primary reaches its final hours, exceptionally low voter turnout is locking in hard partisan floors for the gubernatorial…
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Update: ‘Leaking or Blowing Up’: 40,000 Evacuated as Failed Tank Puts Orange County on Brink of Chemical Disaster
Orange County is on high alert as an overheating 34,000-gallon chemical tank at a Garden Grove aerospace plant threatens to…
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Inside the Single U.S. Airport Guarding the Nation From a New Ebola Outbreak—And How California Is Preparing
While Washington-Dulles acts as the physical gatekeeper, California health systems are mobilizing. If an infection slips through, the state relies…
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The Eagle Inn Reminds Me Why Santa Barbara Still Feels Like California’s Most Romantic Escape
At the Eagle Inn in Santa Barbara, rose petals, morning breakfasts on a sunlit patio, and daily bike rides along…
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Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2026 Leaves Los Angeles Laughing — and Wanting More
Los Angeles spent the past week laughing nonstop as Netflix Is a Joke Fest 2026 turned the city into a…
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The Siege of Santa Barbara: Activists and Indigenous Leaders Join Fight to Freeze Sable Oil
The legal siege against Sable Offshore Corp. intensified Thursday as local environmental groups and the Coastal Band of the Chumash…
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