How one man became the go-to designer for top Bay Area restaurants and wineries
A diner may barely notice the small aesthetic touches that make a restaurant shimmer. The texture of the menu paper, the material of a wine book cover, the feeling of the font that spells out the ...
Fact Check: 'The Matrix' rain of green, digital code was inspired by sushi recipes — but that's not all
Simon Whiteley, the film's designer behind the code, reportedly scanned the characters from his wife's Japanese cookbooks to ...
The Agony, The Ecstasy, And Why, Despite Some Waffling, I Still Say 'Buy' For Tesla
Tesla, Inc. stock, resisting a temptation to downgrade due to promising autonomy ventures despite high valuation. Read more ...
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Welcome back, cursive! The ‘art form’ is now back in the classroom
With all the divisions in this country, it’s amazing that the ability to round out your letters has become controversial, writes Laurel Vermilyea Cortes.
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New public-private initiative will implement AI-based tools across California State University system
On Tuesday, the California State University system announced a public-private initiative to integrate Artificial Intelligence ...
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State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires. It’s the latest blow to California’s housing market
(CNN) — State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for homeowners from state officials on Monday, citing a “dire ...
Did confusing language doom California’s anti-slavery amendment? Lawmakers want to try again
In summary Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026. California’s Legislative ...
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California coastal community shifts 4 inches closer to the ocean each week: NASA
The Palos Verdes Peninsula is known for its frequent landslides. A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope -- and closer to the Pacific Ocean -- at a rapid rate, according ...
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California crisis: A neighborhood is drifting into the ocean
A new report from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California sheds more light on the situation in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a region along the Los Angeles County coast that juts ...
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'A new wildfire paradigm': Why California fires are growing larger and more destructive
In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the ...
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California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
With high winds driving the flames, the fast-moving wildfire exploded to more than 10,000 acres by 10 p.m. that night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...
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Alphabet's stock slides in the wake of a revenue miss and huge AI spending target
One thing analysts called out in their first-look notes on Alphabet's results was that the company's $75 billion capital-expense forecast came in higher than what many were modeling. The target ...