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A BeeHero in-hive sensor for monitoring bee-colony health (Courtesy BeeHero/TNS)

Entrepreneur harnesses AI to aid bees

A BeeHero in-hive sensor for monitoring bee-colony health (Courtesy BeeHero/TNS)

November 28, 2023, 5:42am Life

Among the presidents of nations, high-profile dignitaries, and leaders of household-name companies like Visa, ExxonMobil and Microsoft who descended on San Francisco last week to speak at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events was a Santa Cruz computer scientist who put a buzz in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ear. Read story

This image released by Merriam-Webster shows an online dictionary entry for authentic.

What’s Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself

This image released by Merriam-Webster shows an online dictionary entry for authentic.

November 27, 2023, 8:40am Business

In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Read story

Beacon Rock State Park (The Columbian files)

Do you want to visit a WA state park for free? Here are 12 days that you can in 2024

Beacon Rock State Park (The Columbian files)

November 27, 2023, 7:41am Latest News

Did you miss the twelfth and final day of this year to visit one of Washington’s state parks for free? Not to worry, the Washington State Discover Pass Program has announced designated free days for 2024. Read story

Renee Serface and her husband, Justin, have been renovating the old church at 113 S. Main Ave., Ridgefield, for more than two years. The couple plan to reopen the downtown spot as The Neighborhood Refuge next spring.

A pew with a view: Couple plan new cocktail lounge, event space in renovated former Ridgefield church

Renee Serface and her husband, Justin, have been renovating the old church at 113 S. Main Ave., Ridgefield, for more than two years. The couple plan to reopen the downtown spot as The Neighborhood Refuge next spring.

November 27, 2023, 6:05am Business

When Renee Serface and her husband, Justin, bought the old white church in downtown Ridgefield in May 2021, they thought it would take about six months to renovate the space and reopen it as a cocktail lounge. Read story

Lowriders put on a show in February 2021 in Van Nuys. (Myung J.

Cruising is back. A new law has made lowriders legit

Lowriders put on a show in February 2021 in Van Nuys. (Myung J.

November 27, 2023, 6:02am Life

As a teenager in the 1970s, Jovita Arellano would perch in the window of her family’s National City apartment to watch the candy-colored parade of lowriders cruise down Highland Avenue. Read story

Chris &ldquo;Ludacris&rdquo; Bridges, left, as Eddie and Lil Rel Howery as Nick in &ldquo;Dashing Through the Snow.&rdquo; (Disney)

Ludacris finds holiday cheer in ‘Dashing’

Chris &ldquo;Ludacris&rdquo; Bridges, left, as Eddie and Lil Rel Howery as Nick in &ldquo;Dashing Through the Snow.&rdquo; (Disney)

November 27, 2023, 5:45am Entertainment

Prolific Atlanta producer Will Packer had already produced two Christmas family movies over the years: “This Christmas” in 2007 and “Almost Christmas” in 2016. Read story

Danny Manning, a local firefighter and part of the Native American Maidu community, demonstrates Friday how his ancestors kept fires going by keeping an ember inside a piece of wood during the cultural burn.

‘Fire is living’: How this nature preserve uses cultural burning for regrowth

Danny Manning, a local firefighter and part of the Native American Maidu community, demonstrates Friday how his ancestors kept fires going by keeping an ember inside a piece of wood during the cultural burn.

November 26, 2023, 6:07am Churches & Religion

Diana Almendariz often uses tule for basket weaving, but on this day she uses the dried bulrush wrapped around a cattail to carry fire across a narrow trail to a small field. She sets the tufted bundle down with intention to start the first of three new fires within a… Read story

This image released by Netflix shows Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in a scene from &ldquo;Maestro.&rdquo; (Jason McDonald/Netflix via AP)

Review: Not just a Leonard Bernstein biopic, ‘Maestro’ is one of the year’s great marriage stories

This image released by Netflix shows Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in a scene from &ldquo;Maestro.&rdquo; (Jason McDonald/Netflix via AP)

November 26, 2023, 6:05am Entertainment

“The world wants us to be only one thing, and I find that deplorable.” That’s Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper), who, in his late 20s, has already been many successful things: pianist, composer, teacher, seducer, bon vivant and, of course, conductor. Revered for his prodigious talent and larger-than-life charisma, he also… Read story

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy in a scene from &ldquo;Oppenheimer.&rdquo; (Universal Pictures via AP)

What’s streaming now: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Cillian Murphy in a scene from &ldquo;Oppenheimer.&rdquo; (Universal Pictures via AP)

November 26, 2023, 6:02am Entertainment

“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham’s Christmas special and this week’s edition of “Dancing With the Stars” promising celebrities swaying to the music of Taylor Swift are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Read story

David Rysdahl attends FX&rsquo;s &ldquo;Fargo&rdquo; Season 5 premiere at Nya Studios on Nov. 15, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Minnesota native David Rysdahl helped ‘Fargo’ co-stars nail the accent

David Rysdahl attends FX&rsquo;s &ldquo;Fargo&rdquo; Season 5 premiere at Nya Studios on Nov. 15, 2023, in Los Angeles.

November 26, 2023, 6:02am Entertainment

David Rysdahl had enough on his plate. The 36-year-old actor was playing a pivotal role in the upcoming season of “Fargo” as a Twin Cities car salesman overwhelmed by a mysterious wife (Juno Temple) and a bossy mom (Jason Jennifer Leigh), by far the most substantial role of his screen… Read story