How do you get a housing permit in California? He can hook you up, for a fee
CalMattersby Ben Christopher25d ago
In summary Tanner Blackman’s job is to push housing projects through Los Angeles’ famously Byzantine permitting process.
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top 92%Comma's hands-off driving tech under investigation after 2 fatal crashes | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane25d ago
Comma.ai, the startup founded by hacker George Hotz, is facing a federal investigation after five reported crashes involving the company’s aftermarket hands-off driver assistance tech, two of which...
The Download: India’s smart glasses menace and AI’s trillion-dollar gamble
MIT Technology Reviewby Thomas Macaulay25d ago
This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.
Arch Manning officially goes through the PR spin cycle and the finished product sounds awful
FOX Newsby Zach Dean25d ago
Well, congratulations, social media — you've officially ruined Arch Manning. Nice work! He's now another robotic athlete with no emotions and, frankly, no personality. Well done!
These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought
ScienceDaily25d ago
These tropical trees breathe at night to survive drought Scientists discovered how millions of years of genetic reshuffling gave tropical trees a powerful water-saving photosynthesis strategy that...
Lost in translation: Israel, Huckabee blast Macron over Hamas comments as France clarifies wording
FOX Newsby Charles Creitz; Efrat Lachter25d ago
President Donald Trump offered a roaring counterbalance to a spate of world leaders bashing Israel or appearing to equivocate between the Oct.
The U.S. economy before and after the Iran war, in five charts
NBC Newsby Joe Murphy25d ago
On Feb. 27, the day before the United States and Israel attacked Iran, the American economy was on a steady course to lower inflation and attain greater buying power.
Mystery surrounds German soldiers found near mud-covered WWII motorcycle in Danube
FOX Newsby Andrea Margolis25d ago
A relic of World War II has emerged from the Danube more than 80 years after the war ended — along with the remains of two German soldiers whose identities still remain a mystery.
What’s the better bargain, protecting a rainforest or regrowing it?
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall25d ago
Planting a tree in the Amazon does a lot less for the rainforest than simply leaving one alone. That’s the uncomfortable arithmetic in new research on Brazil’s jungles.
Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are ‘Ubiquitous,’ Study Shows - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Liza Gross25d ago
The more scientists look for chemicals that can increase breast cancer risk, the more they find. Hundreds of potential breast carcinogens lurk in consumer goods, food, drinking water, pesticides...
Opinion | Yosemite land giveaway shows no place is safe from Trump's assault on cherished park lands
CalMattersby Mark Butler25d ago
When reports surfaced recently that Interior Department Secretary Doug Burgum spent the last year quietly working to hand over a portion of Yosemite National Park to a developer, I was angry but...
Charter school accused of misspending millions is seeking to open under new name
CalMattersby Carolyn Jones25d ago
In summary A state audit found Highlands charter school in Sacramento allegedly misspent $180 million.
Insurers say they're starting to write new California homeowner policies, but how many?
CalMattersby Levi Sumagaysay25d ago
Insurance companies are starting to write new policies in California again after years of holding back as wildfire risk climbed higher.
Opinion | Deal allowing Paramount-Warner Bros. merger may not cure Hollywood's troubles
CalMattersby Dan Walters25d ago
In sheer economic terms, Southern California’s movie and television production industry is not terribly important, generating scarcely 1% of the state’s $4 trillion-plus annual economic output.
‘Sense and Sensibility’ Star George MacKay Aims to Please
GQby Ben Allen25d ago
The summer scene in London’s Richmond Park was cinematically pastoral. Across miles of sprawling fields, red deer grazed on what’s left of the grass after a heatwave.
Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh25d ago
Ema, a startup that uses teams of AI agents to automate corporate processes across HR, IT, and finance, has raised $77 million in a new funding round as it aims to take on more of the work...
Meta's Muse reignites AI disruption fears. Traders are targeting this brokerage stock as next casualty
US Top News and Analysisby Oliver Renick25d ago
Meta's latest consumer AI product is sending such big shockwaves through the market that it's even inflaming a long-time rivalry in the brokerage business between 55-year old investing giant...
View: Climate finance needs an overhaul
Semaforby Tim McDonnell25d ago
Tim’s view For developing countries, more green tech capital doesn’t always translate to a cheaper and cleaner energy system.
The Arctic sea ice melt season grew longer for decades, but something strange happened around 2010
ScienceDaily25d ago
The Arctic sea ice melt season grew longer for decades, but something strange happened around 2010 - Date: - September 23, 2026 - Source: - NASA Earth Observatory - Summary: - The Arctic sea ice...
Cowboys' Dak Prescott still giving Jerry Jones Super Bowl fever: 'Gives us our best chance'
FOX Newsby Ryan Gaydos25d ago
Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones has a little more pep in his step. As it was written earlier this week, Jones told reporters there was "nothing more dangerous than an old man with money"...