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From delivery drones to air taxis, Mountain View tech leaders work on future of autonomous flight
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From lightweight delivery drones to self-flying air taxis meant to ferry groups of people, a panel of local tech leaders held a discussion in Mountain View this week about what the future of unmanned aviation could look like. Executives from NASA and three locally-based...
Meet the Bay Area athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics
As the 2024 Olympic Games get under way in Paris on Friday, San Francisco and Bay Area residents will have plenty of representation. Among the 600 athletes representing the United States this summer are four from The City and dozens more with ties to the broader region. Here’s a look at the San Francisco athletes competing for Team USA: Kristen Faulkner — cycling ...
Arts briefs: Marquis Hill, Niall Horan, Art on the Square and more
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This weekend, acclaimed trumpeter Marquis Hill makes his debut at the Stanford Jazz Festival; Irish pop singer-songwriter Niall Horan goes in the direction of Shoreline Amphitheatre; Art on the Square brings together local artists; Rachel Spung and The Soul Service play the 2nd Story music series; the Computer History Museum’s TechFest celebrates all things video games and Community School of Music and Arts hosts a day of live music and hands-on art for all ages.
Cal Poly Humboldt Artist Wins 2024 California Duck Stamp Contest
A painting by Cynthia Fisher of Hamilton, Montana has been chosen as the winner of the 2024 California Duck Stamp Contest. “I learned to love waterfowl during my years in college at Cal Poly Humboldt,” said artist Fisher.” “I spent all my times studying ducks and other birds, doing taxidermy, and went on the first of many Duck hunts after that,” said artist Fisher. Judges first noted the position and orientation of the mallards in Fisher’s painting, describing the ducks in flight as an action shot. The painting reflected the background as Sutter Buttes, a small mountain village near Yuba City in Sutter County. Artist Fisher’s Blue Ribbon winner and three runners up will be on display at the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association Annual Wildlife Art Festival in Sacramento.
Interstate 15 Shut Down Near Nevada-California Border Due to Semi-Truck Fire, Disrupting Travel Plans
Travelers planning to use Interstate 15 near the Nevada/California state line, found themselves at a standstill as the major thoroughfare was closed in both directions south of the boundary, following an incident where a semi-truck hauling lithium-ion batteries caught fire. The shutdown extended from Afton Canyon to Basin roads after the San Bernardino County Fire Department responded to the blaze on northbound I-15 at mile marker 113, between Barstow and Baker, News 3 LV reported.
Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.
US Environmental Protection Agency Awards Millions for Hempcrete Development
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a grant of approximately $6.2 million to the Nashville-based nonprofit Hemp Building Institute. The grant will support the development of hempcrete, a sustainable building material made from hemp. This funding is part of the EPA’s broader $160 million initiative to promote environmentally friendly technologies across various industries.
Four Takeaways From the Bankruptcy Filing Rocking a California Wine Company
Shortly after the news broke that one of California’s biggest wine companies, Vintage Wine Estates, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it appears that the company plans to lay off all of its employees, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Here are four things to know about the bankruptcy and mass layoff case that’s rocking California wine country:
US beach stars Kloth, Nuss didn’t need the Golden State. They’re going for gold at Olympics anyway
PARIS (AP) — A South Dakota native, Taryn Kloth had never even played beach volleyball until after she graduated from Creighton as a star in the indoor version of the sport. In pursuit of a business degree, she landed at LSU without any beach skills at all. “I actually...
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