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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The first of seven Friday nights of outside movies begins this evening at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens.

It is a summer cinema series through UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures. This year's theme is 'Mixtapes and Misfits.'

It will take place July 10th through the end of August except for the week of Fiesta (August 7th).

The screenings begin at 8:30 p.m. with some hours of DJ entertainment prior to the start of the films.

The event is free.

Those attending who want the best viewing areas, come down before noon with their blankets and chairs, but the rules require the movie fans to wait at their spot and not open their blankets until exactly noon.

Mike Rojas with UCSB Arts & Lectures said, "at noon you are welcomed to place your stuff and leave it, before that anything left unattended we put it in what we lovingly call the 'pile of shame.' That's when they gather up items that are either out too early or not allowed and leave them in a designated area."

Chris Buck is a movie fan who was front and center, arriving in the 9 a.m. hour. "I just came early an hour early and brought my coffee with me and my chair." He opened his blanket in the center spot right at noon.

Michelle Sotello knows there is a high back chair limit so viewing is not blocked. She has one and sets it against the stone wall to be able to use it and not have it rejected. She also arrived early. "There is a strategy depending on how in to it you want to get but yeah I got here at 9:30, but one year I got here at 8:30 and realized nobody was here!"

To spend her time, "sometimes I would work from home here if I bring an umbrella and my laptop and I am allowed to work remotely so that works."

Joining her is Amber Rhodes who likes to get the spot set early and then leave, so they can return later with a dinner plan. "Sometimes I like to bring snacks from home, sometimes I'm like 'let's go over here buy some food' and like bring some food for us to all have. "

Some restaurants in the area are offering movie night food deals.

Being up close isn't exactly right for some people. A whole group that comes to the second level closer to Anapamu street, sets up where they can see the screen perfectly and with a second set of speakers they can hear some clear audio.

Katie Zimmerman said, from her upper spot, "I actually have chosen this area before, this upper area I think it is pretty epic this spot."

For more information go to UCSB Arts & Lectures Summer Cinema

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By Ella Nilsen, Kit Maher, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday, opening up sensitive habitats of those protected species to drilling, mining, farming and real estate development.

The change, finalized by the Interior and Commerce Departments, redefines what constitutes “harm” to endangered species and habitats under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. The longstanding law had long prohibited “habitat modification or degradation” because it could harm or kill endangered animals by impacting their ability to breed and find food or shelter. That definition of harm was upheld by the US Supreme Court in a 1995 ruling.

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The Trump administration called the previous definition of harm “outdated” in a statement released Friday, arguing its move “returns the interpretation of the ESA back to its actual text and original intent, which will end years of federal overreach.”

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement that the law’s approach had “turned routine activity into a regulatory trap, drove up costs that impacted people’s lives, and expanded federal authority beyond what Congress intended.”

“For years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,” Burgum added, calling the administration’s action a “common sense” move that “follows the statute Congress actually passed.”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick added in a statement that the new rule would benefit fishermen who suffered from “overly broad and burdensome regulations.”

An Interior Department official said the rule will be published in the Federal Register early next week.

Environmental groups decried the move and said they planned to challenge the change in court imminently.

“For the first time ever, a presidential administration now claims that species protected by the Endangered Species Act shouldn’t be safe from habitat modification that destroys where they live, raise their young, or search for food,” Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles said in a statement. “There is no support for the Trump Administration’s rule — no scientific support, no legal support, no public support.”

Interior and Commerce insisted narrower “core protections” for endangered species would still be enacted, adding their definition of the bedrock environmental law would prevent “actions that directly injure or kill listed wildlife.”

However, environmental groups will challenge that narrower definition, pointing to the 1995 Supreme Court case, which upheld the broader definition of harm, including habitat destruction. But if legal challenges to the Trump administration’s reversal make it up to the Supreme Court again, environmentalists will be facing a far more conservative court.

“Habitat loss is the number one cause of extinction,” Gib Brogan, senior campaign director at Oceana, said in a statement. “When you remove habitat protections, you remove one of the law’s most important safeguards.”

The Trump administration has attempted to claw back the Endangered Species Act throughout President Donald Trump’s first and seco

Por Lisa Eadicicco y Hadas Gold, CNN

Apple demandó a OpenAI este viernes, al alegar que la empresa de inteligencia artificial robó secretos comerciales del fabricante del iPhone para desarrollar sus propios dispositivos de inteligencia artificial, aún no presentados.

En la demanda, presentada ante el Tribunal de Distrito del Norte de California, Apple acusa a OpenAI de apropiación indebida de secretos comerciales e incumplimiento de contrato.

OpenAI anunció el año pasado que trabajaba con el exjefe de diseño de Apple en un proyecto secreto para desarrollar dispositivos destinados a llevar a los usuarios de teléfonos inteligentes a la era de la inteligencia artificial.

Se espera que el dispositivo sea presentado más adelante este año, pero la demanda podría complicar esos planes. También podría dificultar los planes de OpenAI de salir pronto a bolsa en una enorme y muy esperada oferta pública inicial.

CNN se puso en contacto con OpenAI para solicitar comentarios.

La demanda nombra a OpenAI; a Chang Liu, de OpenAI, un exingeniero de Apple; y al jefe de hardware de OpenAI, Tang Tan, quien anteriormente dirigió el diseño de productos del iPhone y del Apple Watch. La demanda también incluye a io Products, la empresa fundada por Jony Ive, jefe de diseño de Apple hasta 2019, quien ayudó a hacer realidad el iPhone. La demanda no menciona a Ive como demandado ni lo acusa de conducta indebida. OpenAI compró io el año pasado.

Apple alega que Liu y Tan desempeñaron un papel fundamental en el robo. Liu dejó Apple para unirse a OpenAI en enero de 2026 y no respondió a los intentos de Apple de asegurarse de que firmara el recordatorio de confidencialidad de la empresa, programara una entrevista de salida y confirmara la devolución de sus dispositivos de trabajo, según la demanda. El texto legal señala que no devolvió una computadora portátil de trabajo y que también accedió a la computadora laboral de un excolega después de dejar la empresa.

De acuerdo con la demanda, Liu accedió y descargó “docenas de archivos confidenciales de Apple relacionados con dispositivos, incluida abundante información detallada sobre productos no lanzados, presentaciones de ingeniería, especificaciones técnicas y datos de proyectos propietarios”.

Apple alega que Tan utilizó información confidencial de la empresa al reclutar candidatos, incluso al indicarles que llevaran piezas de Apple durante el proceso de entrevistas. También sostiene que Tan y OpenAI asesoraron a empleados de Apple sobre cómo dejar la empresa.

Apple también alega que Tan informó a OpenAI sobre reuniones clave con proveedores de Apple y que se envió por correo electrónico información sobre esos proveedores antes de dejar su cargo.

La empresa también asegura que encontró pruebas de que otros exempleados de Apple se llevaron información confidencial al irse a trabajar a OpenAI.

“En Apple, nuestros equipos desarrollan constantemente tecnologías innovadoras para crear los mejores productos y servicios del mundo, y proteger su trabajo y su propiedad intelectual es algo que nos tomamos muy en serio”, dijo Apple en un comunicado.

En la demanda, Apple afirmó que se puso en contacto con OpenAI para expresar sus preocupaciones cuando la investigación estaba en sus primeras etapas, pero que nunca recibió respuesta.

La demanda también refleja una ruptura en la relación entre ambas empresas, que en 2024 anunciaron una alianza para comenzar a integrar ChatGPT en productos de Apple. Pero en mayo, Bloomberg informó que OpenAI estaba considerando emprender acciones legales contra Apple, al alegar un posible incumplimiento de contrato por no haber integrado ni promovido suficientemente los productos de OpenAI en sus dispositivos.

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