EV & Energy Policy: Intel upsized and priced a $20B common stock offering, underscoring how California tech finance keeps moving even as AI demand gets scrutinized. Aviation & Business: Boeing will divest its air-taxi and drone ventures (including Wisk) to Archer Aviation for a stake, a major reshuffle for California’s aerospace-and-AI push. AI Infrastructure: Nvidia announced $500B-plus AI compute financing platforms with top Wall Street firms, while Applied Compute reportedly seeks about $3B—both signals that California’s AI buildout is accelerating. Public Health & Safety: Stanford reworked its interventional radiology night-call model to reduce burnout, and radiologists criticized whole-body MRI endorsements for healthy patients. Environment & Health: California phased out paraquat-dichloride after voluntary manufacturer cancellations. Politics & Courts: A federal appeals court signaled it may block a lobster-industry defamation suit against Monterey Bay Aquarium on free-speech grounds. Local Politics: The East Bay special election to replace Eric Swalwell heats up between Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez. Entertainment & Culture: California’s film tax credit awarded $100M+ to TV productions, including Paramount projects.