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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Closed Until Further Notice

Written by Beto O’Rourke on December 31 2018.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2018/102o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16794:if-artificial-intel-is-evolving-so-fast-why-do-we-have-so-much-trouble-communicating&catid=312)Written by Leonard Isenberg on December 24 2018. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [If Artificial Intel is Evolving So Fast, Why Do We Have So Much Trouble Communicating?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16794:if-artificial-intel-is-evolving-so-fast-why-do-we-have-so-much-trouble-communicating&catid=312)

Artificial intelligence is now being used to insulate the people running companies- and their sole concern of maximizing profits- from accountability…

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Written by Tim Redmond on December 24 2018.

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Written by Dave DePinto on December 24 2018.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on December 24 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on December 24 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on December 24 2018.

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Written by Kerri Kennedy on December 24 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on December 24 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on December 24 2018.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on December 24 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on December 24 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 20 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on December 20 2018.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on December 20 2018.

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Written by Garry South on December 20 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 20 2018.

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Written by Dan Walters on December 20 2018.

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Written by Allison B. Cohen on December 24 2018.

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