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Man at City Council Meeting Makes Devastating Case Against Proposed Local Data Center
The growing anger over the AI industry’s obsession with building massive and resource-intensive data centers across the country is as palpable than ever. A recent survey by the Pew Research Center highlighted widespread public concern over the facilities’ environmental harms, effects on home energy costs, and the quality of life of nearby residents. These concerns…
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Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. The S&P 500 leaped 1.2% to an all-time high…
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Trump could get impeached and thrown out of office if secret ballot held: analysis
Unnamed Republican sources told Salon columnist Brian Karem that President Donald Trump would likely be impeached, convicted, and removed from office if a secret ballot vote were taken today. Sources with ties to Sen. John Thune’s office acknowledged such a vote is not currently viable but did not rule out a future possibility. Karem reported…
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If the Padres can sell for $3.9 billion, are we closer to an Angels sale?
I’d heard Arte Moreno had told people recently that he thought the Angels could command $4 billion. He might sell the team. He might not. But the figure seemed ambitious, since no major league team ever had sold for even $3 billion. Until Friday, that is, when the Wall Street Journal first reported the San…
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Trump says Iran ‘agreed to everything’ — including handing over enriched uranium
President Donald Trump said in a phone interview Friday that Iran has “agreed to everything” in ongoing talks with the United States, including allowing the removal of its enriched uranium, according to CBS News. Trump insisted the effort would not involve U.S. ground troops, but offered few specifics about how the materials would be secured.…
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The empty storefronts haunting Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade
A Santa Monica product designer is putting hard numbers to what locals have long known in their bones: nearly three in 10 storefronts on the Third Street Promenade sit empty. The designer built an interactive map tracking occupancy along the corridor, and the numbers aren’t pretty — 28.5% of storefronts are vacant, a bleak snapshot…
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Sports journalist calls on Mike Vrabel to ‘answer’ for Dianna Russini photos: ‘Double standard’
A sports reporter called out the patriarchy after Dianna Russini resigned from the Athletic just days after photos captured her and NFL coach Mike Vrabel holding hands at a hotel. Jemele Hill — a contributing journalist to the Atlantic and a former colleague of Russini’s — exclusively spoke with Page Six about the headline-making sports…
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Learning to fly from the ground up: Owl sighting in Redondo Beach sparks public service announcement
A young great horned owl discovered at the base of a palm tree in Redondo Beach has prompted police to release a public service announcement video to educate residents on how to respond to such fledgling birds. The owl was brought in by Redondo Beach Animal Services after it was found on the ground, a…
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Trump’s own appointees are freeing his ICE detainees from illegal lockup: report
President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention practices are so outside of what the law allows that even judges he appointed are freeing immigrants found to have committed serious crimes, and who sometimes have deportation orders against them, because they weren’t detained lawfully. This is on top of the much more public, and outrage-inspiring,…
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Live Nation is supporting two California bills to lower prices. Can fans trust it?
Earlier this year, tickets to see SZA perform at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles were selling for $600 the day before they officially went on sale at $35 a piece. In San Francisco, tickets to see Sam Smith at the newly renovated Castro Theater went on sale for $120, only to be quickly snatched…