Jedi-themed protest outside Lucas Museum targets L.A. Olympics over worker rights

Los Angeles Times - Sep 20, 2026

Ahead of major sporting events in L.A., like the Super Bowl and the Olympics, the Fair Games Coalition gathered outside of the Lucas Museum to rally for better workers' rights.

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Newsom signs bills to shield California elections from Trump interference, increase transparency

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Trump posts poll to rename 'AI,' says current name is 'inaccurate, and very ineloquent'

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President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social, pitching potential new names for artificial intelligence — calling the emerging technology’s name “inaccurate.” In a Saturday Truth Social post, the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence." He then asked his followers to vote on "which is the...

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Person with measles rode Amtrak through six California counties, officials say

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Canada took the trade war to Trump’s backyard. Americans didn’t care

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UC temporarily blocked from enforcing transgender name and pronoun rules

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UC temporarily blocked from enforcing transgender name and pronoun rules

A judge barred UC from enforcing part of its anti-harassment policy against members of a conservative education group whose member may use names and pronouns for transgender people that do not match their gender identities.

Newsom rejects effort to roll back CEQA exemptions for advanced manufacturing

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Newsom rejects effort to roll back CEQA exemptions for advanced manufacturing

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An overflowing pool caused a hillside to partially collapse in Hollywood Hills on Friday, prompting evacuations, according to authorities.

'Super cute' Hello Kitty cards draw crowds to the L.A. County Library

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Hawley invites Flock, Axon, other surveillance tech CEOs to testify

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber's Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee's chair, wrote on social media Friday that he “invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada to testify in...

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