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Students, teachers demand zero lead in Oakland schools
(KRON) — Oakland Unified School District students and teachers are rallying outside City Hall Monday to demand that the district remove all lead from schools. Since the school year began in August, OUSD has notified several schools that drinking water contains lead concentrations that exceed the district’s water safety standards. Hand-written “do not drink” signs […]
SF celebrates Presidio’s 30th anniversary as national park
San Francisco elected officials and community members gathered Tuesday in the Presidio to commemorate 30 years since the former military post joined the national park system while also recognizing House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s efforts in creating the federal agency now responsible for overseeing the land. The Presidio was transferred to the National Park Service on Oct. 1, 1994. Pelosi introduced legislation two years later creating the Presidio Trust and requiring the park to become financially self-sufficient by 2013 or risk being sold off. Trust...
City Neighborhoods and Suburbs of Major Metropolitans Thrive Post-Pandemic, Square Data Finds
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 2, 2024-- Since the pandemic, major metropolitans have changed due to factors like the ‘Great Reshuffle,’ remote and hybrid work, and rises in cost of living, among others. While most downtowns haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity, new Square data shows neighborhoods and suburbs outside of dense city centers are thriving, helping fuel local economies. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241002881488/en/ Square analysis of millions of restaurant transactions in the selected zip codes in New York City (Graphic: Square)
Caltrans Announces One-Way Traffic Control on State Route 1 for Urgent Repairs on California Coast
Marin County, CA – Caltrans has issued a traffic advisory for State Route 1 (Shoreline Highway) in the Muir Beach area, as crews will continue working on an emergency culvert replacement and pavement repair project. The repairs, necessitated by storm-related damage earlier this year, will take place from Monday, September 30 through Friday, October 4, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Advocates vow to keep fighting after Newsom vetoes AI safety bill
California won’t soon require safety testing of cutting-edge artificial-intelligence models, but that doesn’t mean an end to the effort to prevent such technology from causing large-scale harms. A day after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed his AI safety legislation — Senate Bill 1047 — California state Sen. Scott Wiener vowed to keep working on the issue in the state legislature. And the head of a prominent technology safety group suggested that efforts to regulate the technology could now focus on a ballot measure in California or...
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