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A Bay Area Celebration of Arnold Schoenberg’s Sesquicentennial
Arnold Schoenberg was born on Sept. 13, 1874 — almost 150 years ago. Jonathan Khuner was born in 1948, making him roughly half as old as Schoenberg would be today. And yet, there’s a connection between the two men, which the prominent Bay Area conductor is set to explore in a series of lectures next month.
California system back online 4 months after cyberattack
Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Medical Group has restored its digital systems after a cyberattack hit the provider in May, according to an Aug. 19 report from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Four months later, the system's access to electronic medical records, electronic prescriptions and refills, credit card payment, processing electronic lab and...
East Bay delegate excited to witness history at the DNC in Chicago
For many California delegates from the Bay Area, the DNC is providing a chance to see someone with close local connections mark an important milestone for the Democratic party and the nation.Kath Delaney spent the morning in Chicago surrounded by her fellow Bay Area delegates."Seeing many good friends. And it's…it's incredible. It's like being home," said Delany. "This is our Super Bowl!"It was a day of appreciation for her party. She said it feels like she has been preparing for this convention her entire life."People are so excited, because the Bay Area delegation, many of us have known the vice...
A rarely seen deep sea fish is found in California, and scientists want to know why
SAN DIEGO — A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said.
Bay Area man finds missing AirPods he lost at Burning Man 2 years ago: How he tracked them down
It's a reunion two years in the making. And it all started back when Edward Aten says he lost his AirPods at the Burning Man festival in Nevada in 2022."It was just an hour or two away when I realized that I had forgotten my AirPods. You know, it's the moment when you go to make the phone call and you have to hold the thing up to your face," Aten said.After he realized they were missing, Aten says he was able to track the AirPods with the 'Find My' app on his phone.He began making videos on social media...
Bay Area startup launches automated kitchen for use in food trucks
A Bay Area startup just launched what it calls the first unmanned robotic mobile kitchen in operation that can cook a full meal while en route for delivery.It operates like a factory machine, but a closer look reveals it's a fully automated mobile kitchen, about to cook up a hot meal in minutes. "Right now it's waiting for the wok to preheat to the right temperature for the meal," said Charles Kim. Kim is the Chief Operating Officer of Shin Star Presents which designed and developed the robotic elements of this futuristic kitchen on wheels. A click through its app called...
Bay Area activists join nationwide pro-Palestinian protest in Chicago
While a huge showing of California delegates are at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to support Kamala Harris, activists from the Bay Area are joining a national protest to call on the Biden administration to stop financing Israel's military operations in Gaza. This demonstration followed a rally in Oakland...
Tesla semi-truck fire on Northern California freeway leaves people stranded for hours
PLACER COUNTY — Crews have fully reopened Interstate 80 in Northern California following a Tesla semi-truck fire near Emigrant Gap.It started when a big rig went off the road and crashed into the trees around 3 a.m. Monday. This caused major delays for people traveling in both directions."So far, we're doing just fine, we drove to Colfax no problem. Here we are. We're going to get a sandwich. We don't know what's going to happen from here on in," Richard Bernstein, traveling to Tahoe, said.Some people were trying to make it to a camping trip."We were really looking forward to...
‘A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and […]
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