1. While the CDC is considering testing airplane sewage to track the spread of diseases like Covid-19 and mpox, health officials in Los Angeles closed Mother’s Beach in Marina Del Rey and parts of the Venice City and Dockweiler State beaches after a blocked main line in Marina del Rey resulted in 24,000 gallons of untreated sewage leaking into nearby waterways. |
2. Many Los Angeles residents woke up to trembles at about 2 a.m. Wednesday morning after a 4.2 magnitude quake struck the city 10 miles off Malibu's coast. Luckily no one reported any damage or injuries. Q: Did you feel the earthquake Wednesday? Please share your stories with us at Inside.com! |
3. Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti pleased stockholders and terrified writers when he announced that the L.A.-based company would partner with OpenAI, utilizing its ChatGPT software to personalize web content and eventually replace writers. The company saw its shares jump as much as 150% after the announcement. |
4. Orange County's Mullen Automotive is holding on to its Nasdaq listing by the skin of its teeth, as the index told the struggling EV manufacturer it has until March 6 to complete a reverse stock split after the company's stock fell well below the Nasdaq's required $1 floor to 32 cents per share. Mullen announced its plan to request an extension. Q: Have you been following Mullen Automotive's demise? Is there hope for the SoCal EV manufacturer? We'd love to hear your thoughts at Inside.com. |
5. L.A.'s Rand Corp. cast doubt on recent findings published by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which claimed that homelessness increased by 5% over the two-year pandemic. Rand researchers claim that in the three areas of interest – Skid Row, Hollywood, and Venice – the unhoused population actually grew by an average of 18% during that time. |
6. Best known for creating immersive animations of "Slime Monsters, Roger Goodell’s basement, flying mascots, and burritos masquerading as Zambonis," L.A.'s mixed reality company, The Famous Group, announced it will bring its immersive Vixi Live platform to the Super Bowl. Q: What about the Super Bowl are you most looking forward to? Let us know at Inside.com! |
7. For anyone with an extra $39M in their back pocket, Senderos Canyon in Bel Air is ripe for the taking. The parcel, amounting to 6% of Bel Air's total land area, is listed for just $39M - 30% of its original market price of $125M. |