Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, the former House speaker, said Thursday she will not seek another term. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . The former House Speaker, in office since 1987, was facing multiple challengers in next year's Democratic primary.

Comedian Adam Corolla discusses how self-driving cars are causing chaos in San Francisco on'Jesse Watters Primetime.' A former interim mayor of San Francisco announced Tuesday he's running for his previous job, joining a competitive field of candidates who say the city has crumbled under the watch of Mayor London Breed, who is up for reelection this year. Mark Farrell served as interim mayor of San Francisco from January to July 2018, when Breed was elected to finish the term of Ed Lee, who died in office. The lawyer and former city supervisor said he had not planned to return to politics but feels he has the right skills to turn San Francisco around. "It is really painful to watch the city you love and you grew up in maligned across the globe," he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

AI technology is quickly creeping into every industry, prompting new questions about whether online content comes from a human or a computer. California lawmakers return to work on Wednesday for the start of an election-year legislative session dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the state's struggling budget. The budget is a big issue every year in California, which is the nation's most populous state and has an economy larger than that of all but four countries. But this year, lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will have to figure out how to cover an estimated $68 billion deficit -- a shortfall that is larger than the entire operating budgets of many states. And with California companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom, a number of state lawmakers are eyeing new rules to govern the use of the technology before it can dominate daily life -- much like social media has.