Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin determined that SB 9 is unconstitutional because it doesn’t provide housing restricted for low-income residents, which he said was the law’s stated purpose. For now, it affects five cities: Redondo Beach, Carson, Torrance, Whittier and Del Mar. But the ruling clears the way for the law — one of many designed to alleviate California’s housing crisis — to be invalidated in cities across the state.

(Subscription required) A California State Bar Court judge on Wednesday refused to reactivate John Eastman’s law license, finding that the former Trump lawyer continues to present a threat to the public.

(Subscription required) She hears traffic, small claims, limited civil, unlawful detainers, child support enforcement calendars, and settlement conferences. She recently added a domestic violence calendar, for a short while. Galloway said she doesn't mind being pulled in many directions.

The emergence of self-driving labs and automated experimentation has brought with it the promise of increased rates of productivity and discovery in chemistry beyond what humans can achieve alone. But the black box nature of AI means we cannot see how or why deep learning systems make their decisions, making it difficult to know how it can best be used to optimize scientific research or if the outcomes can ever be trusted.