News First major AI music video divides fans: "creepy" or "artistic leap"? Mark Frauenfelder

police California police raid home under court orders to kill a 9-year-old girl's pet goat Thom Dunn

elon musk New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Buzzfeed say they won't pay for Twitter verification Mark Frauenfelder

Roy Ayers, soul-jazz pioneer who sang "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," RIP Allan Rose Hill

Funny Sneaking Kendrick Lamar's lyrics into the weather Jennifer Sandlin

good samaritans Arsonist starts new fire in LA — then gets tackled to the ground by neighbors until cops arrive (video) Carla Sinclair

Entertainment How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings Lee Keeler

crime California cops got caught being naughty with their database privileges 7,000+ times in one year Ellsworth Toohey

California Out-of-control fire burns 1,300 acres in hills of Los Angeles so far — fueled by "life-threatening" winds Carla Sinclair

monkeys Baby spider monkey in a onesie discovered in a Rolls Royce during a DUI stop Thom Dunn

Psychonauts, please take a pass on peyote Allan Rose Hill

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

cats Two more cats die from bird flu after drinking tainted raw milk Jennifer Sandlin

anti-semitism California DMV sorry for issuing vanity plate mocking October 7 attack on Israel Allan Rose Hill

1990s I called the OK Soda 1-800 number, almost 30 years too late Jennifer Sandlin

music Steely Dan's Donald Fagen curses out the makers of a new documentary on Yacht Rock Ruben Bolling

crimes In newly-uncovered phone call Charles Manson admitted to murders in Mexico years before the L.A. killing spree Allan Rose Hill

If no one else can help Eight times the A-Team tricked B.A. Jason Weisberger

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

recycling Black plastic take-out containers may be toxic Gail Sherman