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October 2, 2024

California Gov. Newsom signs bills to protect children from AI deepfake nudes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday to help protect minors from harmful sexual imagery of children created through the misuse of artificial intelligence tools.

October 1, 2024

Former NCAA track star Shelby Daniele dead at 23

Former Cal Poly track star Shelby Daniele, who was an all-conference selection multiple times, has died, the school announced last week. She was 23.

September 30, 2024

Newsom vetoes slew of bills over the weekend, bucks Dem legislature on progressive initiatives

Gov. Newsom vetoed multiple bills over the weekend, rejecting several progressive initiatives, including one bill aimed at expediting licenses for providers of transgender procedures.

September 30, 2024

Newsom vetoes bill to establish first-in-nation AI safety regulations in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to create safety measures for large artificial intelligence models in what would have been the first such law in the country.

September 30, 2024

California police report 4 stabbings over 9-hour window in Long Beach

Four stabbings happened over the weekend in Long Beach, California, over the course of nine hours. There was an increased police presence following the stabbings.

September 29, 2024

Owner of abandoned Hollywood Hills mansions provides update on cleanup efforts: 'Significant progress'

Film producer and son of billionaire Philadelphia Phillies owner said clean-up efforts are underway on both his Hollywood Hills mansions taken over by squatters.

September 29, 2024

California teen, 17, previously tried as a minor for double murder charged in another killing after release

A 17-year-old charged in California as a juvenile for a double murder that happened five years ago is now charged in connection with another murder.

September 29, 2024

California mafia member on death row fatally beaten by other inmates in prison

A mafia member on death row was beaten to death by three other inmates at a prison in Southern California, officials said. No staff or other inmates were injured.

September 29, 2024

On this day in history, September 29, 1907, cowboy crooner and Hollywood icon Gene Autry is born in Texas

Gene Autry, the "singing cowboy" and multimedia star credited with popularizing country-western music, was born on Sept. 29, 1907. Autry also founded the Los Angeles Angels baseball team.

September 28, 2024

Wonderland massacre: 1980s porn star John Holmes took secrets to his grave about infamous killing spree

The case of the Wonderland massacre on Laurel Canyon is being explored in a new true-crime docuseries available for streaming by crime writer Michael Connelly.