Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, December 2, 2025…
- Robots have come a long way in the last ten years. They can move parts around a warehouse, clean hotel floors, and deliver food. But they’re still rare in everyday life. This could change as businesses look to cut rising costs by hiring fewer people.
- The search continues for the suspects who opened fire at a toddler’s birthday party over the weekend in Stockton, killing four guests and wounding eleven more.
A Robot Delivers Your Food At This Carson Restaurant
Robots are becoming a bigger part of everyday life. They can move parts around a warehouse, clean hotel floors, and even deliver food in restaurants.
Inside the dining room of a Tony’s Roma’s steakhouse in Carson, two robots are used as servers. General Manager Mithun Chowdhury said business fell this summer when immigration raids began in Southern California. “It’s little bit tough, because people are scared to get out. So they don’t come frequently in the restaurant anymore. So the business is hurting little bit,” he said.
The robots cost $1100 a month to rent. They run food from the kitchen to tables, and then bring dirty dishes back to the kitchen. “It’s very helpful. I also cut some labor,” Chowdhury said. The robots allowed him to cut some employees’ hours — everyone lost about one shift a week, or about five hours.
Robots are not replacing human workers one to one at this restaurant but it’s an example of a future with fewer human employees. Expect to see more of this. Analysts predict the service robot industry will grow to $600 million this year. That could mean not just a loss of jobs, but harder work for the people left behind.
California Family Heartbroken By Deadly Shooting At Toddler’s Birthday Party
Family members were getting ready to cut the cake at a toddler’s birthday party when the gunfire started inside a banquet hall packed with relatives and friends over the weekend in Stockton.
