In video, The Hills actor, who did not contest the outcome of the election, said his campaign to ‘save’ LA was just starting

Spencer Pratt appeared to concede the Los Angeles mayor’s race on Friday in a new video where he says “the campaign portion of my mission to save Los Angeles is coming to a close”, but declares “war” against the two candidates advancing to the city’s general election.

In the video posted on social media, Pratt notably did not contest the results of the election, despite Donald Trump’s repeated, but unfounded claims the race was “rigged”. Trump, who endorsed Pratt, called California’s elections “crooked”.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: HIGHFIVE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

© Photograph: HIGHFIVE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

© Photograph: HIGHFIVE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Housing and urban development department alleges fraud in administration’s latest clash with California

The Trump administration has suspended federal funding to Los Angeles’s beleaguered homelessness agency.

The announcement is the administration’s latest move rescinding funding to California, where Donald Trump has feuded with the state’s Democratic leaders.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

© Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

© Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

More than 100 individuals — including some families with pets — as well as local businesses are suing GKN Aerospace, saying the U.K.-based company was negligent in maintaining a safe facility, especially since it's located in a large population center.

Una estrella histórica: la del primer futbolista del mundo en ser reconocido en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Ese es el emocionante mérito que ha sumado este viernes sir David Beckham a su larga lista de méritos. El exjugador británico, de 51 años, es de los escasos deportistas, apenas media docena, en ser honrado por la Cámara de Comercio de Hollywood, y el primero de este deporte, tan minoritario en Estados Unidos. El londinense ha recibido el reconocimiento feliz y emocionado, con lágrimas en los ojos, rodeado de su familia, de cientos de seguidores y de amigos, como los actores Eva Longoria y Tom Cruise.

Seguir leyendo

© Chris Pizzello (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight.

No injuries reported as fire in Tracy destroys medical equipment warehouse and authorities investigate cause

A fire at a 1m sq ft warehouse complex continued to burn out of control in California early on Friday, as authorities warned the blaze could take days to extinguish and may contain toxic hazards.

The raging inferno was pumping thick black smoke up in billowing clouds as flame and a red hot glow were visible beneath from aerial images. The fire has destroyed the medical equipment warehouse in Tracy, in northern California, and prompted evacuations of other nearby facilities, with no injuries reported.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

© Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

© Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.

© Cayce Clifford for The New York Times

Mother and brother were rescued after wave engulfed trio in Laguna Beach, as mayor calls news ‘heartbreaking’

California officials have recovered the body of a five-year-old girl who earlier this week was swept into the ocean by turbulent waters.

On Tuesday evening, the girl, her mother and brother were walking along the shore of Treasure Island Beach in Orange county, when a wave reportedly engulfed them.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register/AP

© Photograph: Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register/AP

© Photograph: Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register/AP

An agricultural property a few miles from Gilroy, just south of the San Francisco Bay Area, has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing clash between California and the Trump Administration. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop the construction of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that local officials say could be used to temporarily detain migrants as part of the federal government’s intensified immigration enforcement efforts.

Seguir leyendo

© Tayfun Coskun (Getty Images)

Imagine what Tom Steyer could have done with all the money he wasted on another campaign.

© Michael Schmelling for The New York Times

The charge is larger than campus unrest.

The charge is larger than campus unrest.

Former xAI engineer Devin Kim alleges he was illegally fired for trying to implement safety mechanisms for the chatbot

A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI who now heads a thinktank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the SpaceX subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks artificial intelligence poses to humanity.

Devin Kim claims in the lawsuit filed in California state court on Tuesday that his efforts to place guardrails on the development of the chatbot Grok made him a target for company leadership.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images

© Photograph: Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images

© Photograph: Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images

The department once tried to stay out of state elections, urging caution. It is now pressing forward with claims of fraud as President Trump revives his unfounded assertions that elections cannot be trusted.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Employees at artificial intelligence companies are coming into gargantuan sums of money amid boom in IPOs

Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area’s already expensive market are skyrocketing as employees at leading artificial intelligence companies come into gargantuan sums of money thanks to a boom in initial public offerings.

With San Francisco’s OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as SpaceX, which operates a major facility in the Los Angeles area, eyeing debuts on the stock market, the hot housing market may not abate soon. If their initial public offering (IPO) is well-received, the companies’ multibillion-dollar valuations are poised to produce massive wealth for employees and executives holding shares, which experts say could trigger an uptick in demand for the Bay Area’s limited housing stock.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Ethan Swope/Getty Images

© Photograph: Ethan Swope/Getty Images

© Photograph: Ethan Swope/Getty Images

President Donald Trump was displeased with the outcome of the California primary elections. Convinced his intervention was decisive, he insists that without the pressure he exerted in recent days on behalf of the Republican candidate for governor, Steve Hilton, he would not have advanced to the November runoff, where he will face the candidate backed by the Democratic establishment, Xavier Becerra. “But the only reason they approved Steve Hilton, it was going to be two weeks, they said. And then they approved it that night because the heat was on them because they’re cheating dogs,” the president said Wednesday from the Oval Office.

Seguir leyendo

© AARON SCHWARTZ / POOL (EFE)

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change.

© Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Defense says no evidence occasional Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht ignited deadly blaze on New Year’s Day 2025

The trial of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of starting last year’s deadly Palisades fire, kicked off on Wednesday with opening arguments. Prosecutors cast him as a vengeful arsonist who sought to hide his role from authorities, while his defense attorneys argued that the fire was caused by fireworks.

On New Year’s Day in 2025, firefighters extinguished a small blaze in the Pacific Palisades, a coastal Los Angeles enclave. But the flames continued to smolder underground, before reigniting as they were picked up by strong winds. The Palisades fire, the most destructive wildfires in city history, tore through roughly 23,000 acres, incinerating thousands of buildings and killing 12 people.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

© Photograph: Mona Edwards/Reuters

High temperatures across the San Francisco Bay Area will reach into the 90s on Thursday, forecasters said.

© Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle, via Associated Press

Shasta county passes measure requiring elections to be held in person on one day and limiting absentee ballots

• US politics live – latest updates

Northern California’s Shasta county, best known for its radical conservative politics and thriving election-skeptic movement, appears on track for another clash with the state over a newly approved ballot measure that would transform local elections.

In last Tuesday’s election, the majority of voters in the rural county backed Measure B, which requires elections to be held in person on a single day and limits who can cast an absentee ballot – effectively putting an end to vote by mail – while also requiring photo ID and a hand count.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images