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Mayor Richard Riordan could be cantankerous. When I was covering his administration, he would often call me as soon as he’d rushed through his morning paper, and he would howl in anger. No person has ever yelled at me more regularly or…
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FOLSOM —  On a recent day in this sun-soaked suburb, conditions were perfect for an outdoor workout at a maximum-security prison in Northern California.Winter storms had turned the hills surrounding California State Prison, Sacramento lush…
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Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez weren’t thinking about humanlike chatbots or hallucinating algorithms when they hatched the idea for a TV series about a powerful artificial intelligence that entranced users around the world. It was early…
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A 26-year-old Home Depot employee in Pleasanton was fatally shot this week when he confronted a shoplifter inside the hardware store, according to Alameda County officials. Blake Mohs, 26, who worked as a “loss prevention employee” at the…
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Elliot Grainge, who recently signed hip-hop sensation Ice Spice to his 10K Projects record label.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Last summer, over sushi at Nobu in Malibu, Elliot Grainge convinced the hottest rapper in the world…
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On its first test flight Thursday morning, SpaceX‘s massive, uncrewed Starship rocket — considered key to the future of U.S. human space exploration — roared off the launch pad and soared into the south Texas sky for a few minutes but…
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I invited my then-girlfriend to spend the day with me at the Happiest Place on Earth, one of her absolute favorite things to do. What she didn’t know was that I had purchased an engagement ring and received her father’s blessing. In my…
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There were buttons: “Eat the Rich” and “We Want Bread and Roses Too.”There were T-shirts: “Fight the Boss, Build the Union,” depicting a muscular woman wielding a slingshot.There were books: “Democracy is Power” and “Secrets of a Successful…
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Stephanie Fish always wanted to perform at Disneyland, but as a young Black dancer, she wasn’t sure if she would ever be cast. “As a little kid, I would always watch the shows and parades very carefully. I remember when ‘The Lion King’ came…
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Credits Editors: Brittany Levine Beckman, Betty Hallock, Michelle Woo, Danielle Dorsey, Marques Harper, Jessica Roy, Laurie Ochoa, Daniel HernandezDesign direction: Faith StaffordLead art direction and design: Anne Latini, Brandon…
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