March 18, 2026, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
An unusual heat wave is pushing temperatures in San Francisco into the 80s this week, and Los Angeles hit 98 on Tuesday.
After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
A state-by-state look at the increase and how it could affect you.
Paige Thalia’s apartment floor got an upgrade this week thanks to some leftovers from the Academy Awards.
A recent surge of A.I.-related imports has become an impediment to the smaller trade deficit President Trump wants.
The 17.9 million total followed similar drops for the Grammys and the Golden Globes.
The former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy charges for his role in the scheme, according to federal prosecutors.
On the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” she played one of TV’s first Black female antagonists. She was also a fixture in blaxploitation films.
Mike McDaniel’s fingerprints are all over the Chargers’ offseason moves.
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