The UN's top climate official made headlines yesterday when he said we only have 'two years left to save the world.'

Here's some more context about what he meant by that. trib.al/ch1zSL6

You might think the home of Silicon Valley would rush to hire a cybersecurity chief, but you’d be wrong: California has left its top cybersecurity post vacant for nearly two years. cal.news/3Jd9fJl

📝 Khari Johnson

NEW: California's homeless population spiked 40% in the past 5 years.

Cities, nonprofits + businesses are responding by hiring private security guards in shelters + on the street.

Lawsuits over sexual assault, harassment + wrongful death have followed.

cal.news/4aqLj16

Quick note to anyone on the editorial staff of the Information: My DMs are open if you’d like to talk about the myriad benefits of organizing your newsroom — we can even discuss how it will definitely represent the workers of tomorrow!

feelin cute, might livetweet some first impressions of the drafted American Privacy Rights Act: commerce.senate.gov/services/files…

1/ Recently I accompanied the @wired art department, a group of amazingly talented people, on a photo shoot for a subject I had been researching for months. Most of my interviewing had been done at that point, but I was hoping to talk to the person at least one more time.

Who knew CalFresh forbids the purchase of food that’s heated by/in the store?

🚨check out this NEW story about Stability AI from me and Mark Bergen🚨, in which we dive into the startup's journey from AI darling to cautionary tale, drawing on our entire year's worth of deep reporting on the company.
here's a free link to read it! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Emails I obtained via FOIA request show Elon Musk's Twitter/X was selling user data for government surveillance at the exact same time it was fighting government surveillance in court theintercept.com/2024/03/25/elo…

Today's CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La
-- Nigel Duara + Jeremia Kimelman jail deaths investigation
-- Levi Sumagaysay on Ricardo Lara insurance plan
-- Marisa Kendall on Department of Housing and Urban Development rent $$$
-- Khari Johnson + Ana B. Ibarra on health #CyberAttack
calmatters.org/newsletter/cal…

L.A. media is in a weird, troubling spot, man

HUD wants to see what happens when you give cash directly to renters, instead of traditional vouchers. At least one California housing authority is interested. cal.news/4cG6gqr

✍️ Marisa Kendall

I wrote about an under-discussed aspect of the national TikTok freakout: Jacob Helberg, who has been instrumental in driving anti-TikTok fear in Congress, also works at Palantir, which stands to immensely benefit from US/China tensions or conflict theintercept.com/2024/03/21/chi…

Last year, we investigated how L.A. gave lower priority to unhoused Black and Latino people for subsidized housing. This led to a unanimous motion to improve fairness in the scoring system that generated the issue.

This year, the piece won a Sigma Award:
themarkup.org/investigation/…

Naomi Osaka meeting a young fan is the sweetest thing you’ll see all day.

He’s holding a Naomi Osaka Barbie.

He’s in tears & can hardly believe that she’s standing in front of him.

Naomi gives him a hug & a signed wristband.

This is wholesome. 🥹

Update: California workplace safety rules for indoor heat protection are five years late, and the Newsom administration wanted to delay them again over state prison cost concerns. But the safety board rebelled and passed the rules anyway. cal.news/3vcGhG9

📝 Jeanne Kuang

The Future of Border Patrol: AI Is Always Watching: themarkup.org/news/2024/03/2…

AI regulation suddenly became generative AI regulation and the low-tech systems causing the majority of harms today are out of scope. I feel like big tech is pulling a fast one on us with his marketing term.

“You calculate the bank balance, the weekly bills, the payroll, and you start counting hard. You look at your line of credit and you decide if you’re calling your bank.”
- Dr. Margaret Parsons
calmatters.org/economy/techno…

A cyber attack on Change Healthcare, the country’s largest network for insurance billing, crippled claims processing nationwide, forcing doctors and hospitals to forgo payments and risk medical supply shortages. cal.news/3Tq9OnS

📝 Khari Johnson & Ana B. Ibarra