OC Staffing Company Owner Among Four Arrested on Tax Fraud Charges
An Orange County staffing company owner and three others were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment alleging they…
Lax oversight leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides
Hundreds of thousands of times each year in California, farmers and their contractors spray pesticides on fields and…
Cloudflare resolves outage that hit ChatGPT, X and others
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting…
Amazon’s Zoox offers free robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Amazon-owned Zoox is offering free rides on its San Francisco fleet of boxy, driverless taxis. The company said…
Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to report climate-related financial risk
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large…
The United Kingdom plans to ban ticket reselling for profit
The U.K. plans to pass one of the world’s most sweeping anti-ticket-scalping measures, banning the resale of music,…
She died in the Eaton fire. Her family blames emergency alert software
Attorneys representing the family of Stacey Darden, an Altadena resident who perished in the Eaton fire, filed a…
How San Jose and other cities are using AI to improve road safety
As America’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence…
McDonald’s is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide
In the early 2000s, after a severe slump, McDonald’s orchestrated a major turnaround, with the introduction of its…
Nonprofit sues O.C.-based Hyundai, Kia alleging unfair labor practices
A nonprofit organization on Friday sued Orange County-based carmakers Hyundai and Kia, alleging the companies have been violating…
Toyota confirms up-to-$10-billion investment in the U.S.
Toyota Motor Corp. confirmed it will plow as much as $10 billion into the U.S. over the next…
‘South Park’ addresses AI fakes, copyright with Totoro and Bluey
“South Park” is known for pushing the envelope, but the latest episode has been described by fans online…