GumGum Partners with Ad Council on Campaign to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GumGum, Inc., an artificial intelligence company specializing in solutions for advertising and media, today announced that it is working with the Ad Council on its efforts to communicate messaging that will help slow the spread of COVID-19. The company teed off the Ad Council’s coronavirus messaging ...
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How Have You Upgraded Your Makeshift Home Studio?

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For the first installment of our #AskNewsers feature, we caught up with newscasters and producers who had just started working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and got their advice on best practices and their overall experience during that first week. Last week, we spoke with a number of newsers who continue to work in the office or ...
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Coronavirus Quarantine Playlist; Fashion Designer Makes Face Masks, Hospital Gowns

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Chris Douridas, a DJ at KCRW in Santa Monica, shares some timely hits from Willie Nelson to Diana Ross to help shake the quarantine blues away. Also, fashion designer Brandon Maxwell and his team are creating face masks and hospital gowns for health care workers fighting the coronavirus. We talk to Maxwell about creating protective wear amid ...
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Bulls mailbag: Will Jim Boylen return? Will Zach LaVine get traded?

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I wrote a feature on Williams for the Chicago Tribune during the Bulls’ 1997 title run and had a number for his mother, Patricia Phillips, who lived in Santa Monica, California. When he originally disappeared, I called her and, following a long phone conversation, she agreed to an in-person interview. If memory serves, she was talking ...
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Coronavirus stay-at-home orders have reduced California traffic accidents by half

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D. Riley, wildlife ecologist and branch chief for the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area. “But that is not too surprising — it is a very short time frame.” Mountain lions are not endangered in California, but groups living in the Santa Monica and Santa Ana ranges now find themselves in genetic peril.
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PS Plus April 2020 Games Include Uncharted 4 and Dirt Rally 2.0

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Not only will you receive free games, but you’ll also have access to online play. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the last big title Santa Monica-based studio Naughty Dog launched. Originally released in May 2016, it is the final entry in the critically acclaimed Uncharted franchise. Personally, it isn’t my favorite in the series ...
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