This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. 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...
How Dangerous Is Mythos, Anthropic’s New AI Model?
When in 2019 OpenAI finished training a new large language model called GPT-2, the artificial-intelligence lab initially declared it too dangerous to be released. Dario Amodei, then OpenAI’s research director, insisted that the world needed time to prepare. In the end, it was released later that year. A sequence of far more...
Rainy Night Rescue Leads to New Beginnings for 2-Year-Old Dog Temu
A 2-year-old Doberman mix named Temu is looking for a permanent home after showing up on a rainy night seeking shelter and quickly winning over his rescuers. Temu arrived unannounced, appearing at a home during a downpour and running inside when the gate was opened, clearly searching for safety. Since...
Highway 99 Delivery: CHP Officers Help Welcome Baby Girl in Early Morning Emergency
California Highway Patrol officers assisted in the delivery of a baby girl early Tuesday morning after responding to a report of a woman in active labor along Highway 99 in Chico. At 5;24 a.m., CHP Chico officers received a call of a woman in active labor in the area of...
Madera Police Seek Suspect in Chase Bank Robbery
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect accused of robbing a Chase Bank on West Cleveland Avenue. On Thursday at approximately 12:50 p.m., officers with the Madera Police Department responded to the bank at 2147 W. Cleveland Ave. for a report of a robbery that had...
Iran Says No Date Set for Next Round of Negotiations With US
No date has been set for the next round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday, adding that a framework of understanding must be agreed first. The highest-level U.S.-Iran talks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ended in Islamabad without agreement last weekend. U.S....
Fresno County Group to Hold Saturday Ceremony Honoring Abandoned Infants
A local nonprofit will hold a ceremony Saturday to honor four abandoned infants laid to rest at the Garden of Innocence in Fresno. The Garden of Innocence of Fresno County said the event is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday and will welcome “four new babies to the garden,” part of...
Trump Signs Order to Accelerate Access to Psychedelic Drug Treatments
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs. The order instructs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expedite review of drugs such as ibogaine, a drug that U.S. military veteran groups have said can...
Iran Tightens Control of Strait of Hormuz, Trump Warns Against ‘Blackmail’
Iran said it was tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, warning mariners the vital energy route was again closed, but President Donald Trump said Tehran could not blackmail the United States by shutting the waterway. Tehran said it was responding to a continued U.S. blockade of Iranian...
Pedestrian Killed in Crash on Highway 99 in Fresno County, CHP Says
A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 99 in Fresno County, authorities said. The crash was reported around 10 p.m. on southbound Highway 99, just north of North Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Fresno Area office. Officers arrived to find emergency...