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California Boosts AI Education and Innovation
California has launched a new, statewide initiative with NVIDIA, a technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. NVIDIA, described as the world leader in artificial intelligence computing, has agreed to partner with the State of California in a“first-of-its-kind” AI collaboration. The initiative, intended to expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) tools and resources, will enable students, educators and workers, especially those in community colleges, to learn new skills and advance their careers.
California: Jamul Casino appoints Rocio Zorrilla Hotel Director for hotel tower opening
California: Jamul Casino appoints Rocio Zorrilla Hotel Director for hotel tower opening. Jamul Casino appointed Rocio Zorrilla as Hotel Director of the 16-story hotel tower set to open in spring 2025. Story continues below. Bringing more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry to San Diego’s gaming destination,...
The Star's Joe Curley delivers Week Zero's high football picks before naming the column
It started with Swami Jim. The Deuce kept the tradition alive. Then there was The Lock. Under their memorable mononyms, Jim Parker, Derry Eads and the late Loren Ledin have carried on the tradition of forecasting Friday Night Football for decades. So now what? ...
California’s Involuntary Treatment Mandate for Addicts Questioned
It was almost the exact the opposite of sticker shock. When the county’s mental health czar Toni Navarro explained how it wouldn’t cost her department — Behavioral Wellness — a dime more to implement the single biggest change in California’s mental health law in 60 years, the question none of the supervisors could bring themselves to ask was how that could be. Instead, they left it to longtime mental health advocate Lynne Gibbs to express skepticism.
California bill that could open new path to homeownership for undocumented immigrants advances
California Bill AB 1840, which would allow undocumented immigrants to qualify for first-time homebuying loans, has passed the Senate Appropriations Committee and now faces a floor vote in the Senate.
Shasta County Superior Court official honored with statewide award
Only three people out of California's 39 million residents has gained the type of notoriety that Shasta County's Melissa Fowler-Bradly has received this year ― and she is a bit overwhelmed by it all. She didn't compete in the Olympics, win a contest or invent a culture-changing device. ...
Enhancements coming to car-free Cal. Ave.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s taking far longer than many had hoped, but Palo Alto is targeting this fall as a time for streetscape improvements — including new signs, planters, bike lanes and bollards — on the car-free segment of California Avenue. The city’s “second...
California colleges seek to curtail student protests before semester starts
California public universities are moving to restrict student encampments ahead of the fall semester in an effort to deter the types of protests that grabbed international headlines in the spring. Both the California State University system —which includes San Francisco State University — and the University of California announced new rules banning tent encampments ahead of classes resuming on some of the systems’ campuses later this month. College students utilized...
Santa Clara candidates question ethics behind pledge
An independent ethics pledge is gaining notoriety in Santa Clara’s elections, while some candidates call it a political tool. The pledge — created by Tom Shanks, former Santa Clara ethics advisor and former executive director for the Santa Clara University Markkula Center for Applied Ethics — has been touted as a way to restore public... The post Santa Clara candidates question ethics behind pledge appeared first on San José Spotlight.
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