A Parkfield study using machine learning found short slow‑slip events that boost low‑frequency quakes, prompting scientists to rethink how California's hazard models account for transient stress.

Justice Department files show Jeffrey Epstein deposited sperm with California Cryobank and signed a 2016 contract leaving the samples to his estate; the material’s whereabouts remain unclear.

A new multi‑university preprint finds just 10–15 minutes of AI help can reduce persistence and independent problem‑solving. The finding complicates how schools and workplaces should use chatbots.

A UCLA‑led phase 3 trial found adjuvant selpercatinib dramatically lowers recurrence risk in a rare lung‑cancer subtype. The results could reshape testing and care.

Arizona will lead NNME Southwest, coordinating training and employer partners across five states to tackle a projected shortfall in chip industry workers.

Atara and partner Pierre Fabre won narrow FDA guidance that could allow a resubmission for tabelecleucel; the stock spiked and the companies plan more data and follow‑up.

A PLOS ONE study traced a 2020 apartment outbreak to shared bathroom ducts and urges retrofits — exhaust fans and non‑return flaps — to reduce airborne spread.

Rocket Lab will acquire Motiv Space Systems, bringing the Pasadena team that built Perseverance’s robotic arm into Rocket Lab Robotics.

Knightwerx relocated its headquarters from Camarillo to Scottsdale as it ramps up drone production. The move puts the startup in the Phoenix metro’s growing manufacturing corridor.

Mark and Mary Stevens are giving USC $200 million to seed a campus-wide AI initiative and rename the university's computing school.

Marina Del Rey’s Doodle Labs says Pentagon drone purchases and market growth could push some manufacturing to the U.S., with California and Texas under consideration.

Long Beach is piloting GovWorx's CommsCoach to score every 9‑1‑1 call for quality assurance, promising broader oversight while raising privacy and labor concerns.

Disneyland has begun using optional facial recognition at most park entrance lanes; Disney says biometric templates are deleted after 30 days, but privacy experts have raised alarms.