West
LA city councilwoman previously backed by DSA running for mayor in primary challenge to former ally Bass
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Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman entered the race for mayor Saturday, launching a last-minute challenge against incumbent Karen Bass just hours before the filing deadline.
The move by Raman, a progressive representing the city’s 4th District, signals the potential for a high-stakes June primary against a close political ally, though she has not yet qualified for the ballot.
To qualify, candidates must either pay a $300 filing fee and submit at least 500 valid signatures, or submit 1,000 valid signatures without a fee, according to the Los Angeles City Clerk’s office.
Nominating petitions are due by March 4.
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Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, left, talks with Mayor Karen Bass at Hazeltine Park in Sherman Oaks on Feb. 10, 2024. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“I love this city so much and I think it needs a fighter. And I think I’ve demonstrated that I can be that fighter,” Raman said at a press conference, according to NBCLA. “And I hope the residents of Los Angeles will see that and cast their votes for me.”
“This is a city of extraordinary possibility, extraordinary,” she added. “But possibility only matters if our leadership is accountable for delivering it, and I’m ready to lead this city with seriousness, with accountability, urgency and ambition that is equal to this moment.”
A total of 40 candidates have filed declarations of intention to run for Los Angeles mayor, including TV personality Spencer Pratt and housing advocate Rae Chen Huang, according to a list from the city clerk’s office.
The door to the Election Division office at the C. Erwin Piper Technical Center on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Raman was previously endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles chapter during her 2020 campaign, but the group voted to censure her in 2024 over her acceptance of an endorsement from Democrats for Israel–Los Angeles and disagreements related to the war in Gaza.
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman attends National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for BabyGay & The Black Cat)
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NBCLA reported that Raman informed Bass of her intent to run against her before the announcement.
“The last thing Los Angeles needs is a politician who opposed cleaning up homeless encampments and efforts to make our city safer,” said Douglas Herman, Bass’ campaign advisor, in response to Raman’s campaign launch. “Mayor Bass will continue changing L.A. by building on her track record delivering L.A.‘s first sustained decrease in street homelessness, a 60-year low in homicides, and the most aggressive agenda our city has ever seen to make our city more affordable.”
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Montana
Montana Lottery Mega Millions, Big Sky Bonus results for April 24, 2026
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Nevada
AI in Las Vegas: OpenAI leader visits CSN to discuss AI workforce training, Vegas-based AI consultant releases new book
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The chief global affairs officer of OpenAI visited the College of Southern Nevada Friday to connect with students and local leaders on the future of artificial intelligence.
Chris Lehane joined lawmakers on stage at CSN, speaking to students about AI’s growing impact.
“Right now, we are in a moment of transition,” Lehane said. “Today in the world, there’s nearly a billion people who use chat on a regular basis. Here in Nevada, it’s almost a million people who use it on a regular basis.”
Lehane said the technology creates economic opportunities by lowering barriers to entry.
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“We need to get these tools into all of your hands, and we need to work to teach you how to use it, because it lowers barriers to entry and produces incredible economic opportunity,” he said.
AI development in Nevada
Lehane said there are about 4,900 developers in Nevada building businesses using AI technology.
CSN began offering an artificial intelligence certificate and degree program last fall to keep up with job market demands.
Throughout the day Friday, OpenAI hosted training sessions designed to help faculty, students and small businesses learn how to use AI tools like ChatGPT. The goal is to grow and scale the partnership between the school and the AI company in the months ahead.
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Las Vegas-based author Michael Schrenk has been building computer systems since the 1970s and just wrote a book called “Structured Prompts” to teach people how to speak to AI.
“When most of us start using chat bots, we’re encouraged to use just plain normal English,” Schrenk said. “There are limitations with that. The limitations are that English is very nuanced.”
Schrenk said an economy built on service workers like Las Vegas is less vulnerable to losing jobs to AI.
“Most of the things you do on the Strip or wherever, you’re interacting with a person,” he said. “And in most of those cases, I don’t think it’d be possible to interface… with a machine, nor do I think people would want to… AI can’t clean your hotel room.”
Data center concerns
Schrenk also spoke about AI data centers and the push to build them across the country to service growing demand, including a proposal to build one in Boulder City.
“The reality is that nobody wants a data center in their backyard,” he said. “They’re noisy. They take a lot of power, so they’re going to raise everybody’s utility rates. Plus, they take up a lot of space, but they don’t employ a lot of people.”
Schrenk predicts about half of proposed data centers are already not going to be built, and suspects fewer will be built in the future.
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