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Numerous wildfires erupt after 126 lightning strikes hit within California's Tahoe National Forest
Fire crews in California have been busy working to contain and extinguish numerous wildfires that erupted over the weekend after more than 100 lightning strikes were reported inside Tahoe National Forest in just 24 hours.
Reduced Hours for $20-an-Hour Fast Food Workers in California Raise Concerns
A new California legislation increased the hourly salary for fast food workers from $16 to $20 as of April 1. As a result, Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s outlets south of Los Angeles, has had to make adjustments to operations. To deal with the rise in labor...
California authorities warn of 'hugging' robbers
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - A new robbery "trend" is making the rounds and local authorities are warning that while it may seem innocent at first, it's anything but. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to a home in Rancho Santa Margarita on July 2 regarding a robbery.
Invasive Species: California’s three-billion dollar problem
(FOX40.COM) — Invasive species cause billions of dollars worth of damage in the United States annually, and California is no exception. In 2021, it was reported that the United States spent between $120 billion and 137 billion per year on the environmental damage caused by invasive species, which are defined as organisms (plants, animals, microbes) […]
East Palo Alto teacher creates middle school tutoring program to tackle education gaps
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 2020, Harriette Huang left behind an engineering and tech-related career to become a teacher in East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood City School District, where her goal was to minimize education gaps between Ravenswood schools and schools just outside the city. But she quickly...
Fire ignites at East Palo Alto vehicle salvage yard, may be linked to theft
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A fire broke out at a vehicle salvage yard on Bay Road in East Palo Alto near Cooley Landing and Ravenswood Open Space Preserve at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 14. The two-alarm fire, which took place at Infinity Auto Salvage, sent a...
Meet Menlo Park’s new disaster preparedness coordinator, Brandon Bond
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Emergency preparedness was identified as one of the Menlo Park City Council’s top priorities for the year, and to achieve that goal, Menlo Park has created a new position to help the city develop a streamlined system to tackle emergencies and disasters. The...
Stanford Hires Danielle O’Toole-Trejo as Pitching Coach
Coaches Corner Justin McLeod – July 15, 2024 Danielle O’Toole-Trejo is the new pitching coach at Stanford, the school announced on Monday. O’Toole-Trejo spent the 2024 season as the pitching coach at Cal, leading the Bears’ bullpen to a 3.06 staff ERA. “Danielle is a rising star in the softball world,” Stanford head coach Jessica Allister said. “As a head coach you always keep an unofficial list of candidates should an opening occur. Danielle has been at the top of my unofficial[…]
Lacrosse 2024 Season in Review
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford lacrosse closed out the Pac-12 era in dominant fashion taking both the Pac-12 regular season and the tournament titles. Despite a slow start to the season with consecutive one goal road losses to Virginia and Yale, the Cardinal then rattled off four straight wins, including an 18-12 win against No. 19 Colorado. Aliya Polisky scored seven goals in the game, her third straight with at least four, and tying for the fifth most in program history.
Family support marks hall of fame inductions
Legendary journalism college teacher and sports writer Sam Goldman was inducted into the Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame on June 27. While sitting in the courtroom of the San Mateo County Historical Museum in Redwood City listening to Goldman’s daughter, Sandra, thank the hall of fame committee for inducting her dad into the 2024 Class, my thoughts drifted back to my first meeting with Sam Goldman.
Innovation scholar seeks Palo Alto council seat
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Henry Etzkowitz has spent decades studying the science of innovation, a field that has taken him on research projects in England, China and Stanford University. But the tech-savvy sociologist didn’t become fully engaged in local affairs until 2022, when Stanford University bought Oak Creek...
Necklace stolen from Palo Alto woman during walk, 2 suspects sought
PALO ALTO – Police in Palo Alto are searching for two suspects after an elderly woman reported her necklace was stolen while she was taking a walk over the weekend.Around 12:15 p.m. Saturday, the victim told police that she was the victim of a grand theft that took place minutes earlier on the 2600 block of Cowper Street. Investigators said the woman, who is in her eighties, was walking with her husband when a male driver and a female passenger in a light-colored sedan pulled up. The female suspect asked the victim for directions to the freeway.After the victim gave...
Helm.ai launches VidGen-1 generative video model for autonomous vehicles, robots
Training machine learning models for self-driving vehicles and mobile robots is often labor-intensive because humans must annotate a vast number of images and supervise and validate the resulting behaviors. Helm.ai said its approach to artificial intelligence is different. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company last month launched VidGen-1, a generative AI model that it said produces realistic video sequences of driving scenes.
Man Arrested in Connection with Hit-and-Run, Unlawful Discharge of Firearm in Redwood City
Redwood City police recently arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run incident in which he is also accused of unlawfully discharging a firearm. According to a press release by the Redwood City Police Department, offcers responded to a hit-and-run incident on the 100 block of Orchard Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 7. A 911 caller had laso reported the suspect fleeing on foot.
Mountain View Voice wins reporting awards in investigative journalism, education and sports coverage
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Mountain View Voice earned top recognition for its investigative reporting last year, and was honored for its coverage of education and even sports, at an awards ceremony held over the weekend in Los Angeles. The Voice earned a total of five awards. The...
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