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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...
Intuitive’s president is now also on the board
Rosa’s appointment, made yesterday, makes him the second Intuitive executive to hold a seat on the company board, after CEO Gary Guthart. The surgical robotics pioneer — the dominant company in the space — promoted Rosa into the president role last year. Rosa is a 27-year veteran of the company who has held leadership positions across multiple functions, including product development, commercial operations, and clinical and regulatory affairs. He presently in charge of the company’s business unit, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial operations. In addition, he is board chair of Intuitive-Fosun, the joint venture between Intuitive and Shanghai-based Fosun Pharma.
Forward progress stopped for car fire in Prunedale
PRUNEDALE, Calif. — The North County Fire Protection District told KSBW 8 that a car fire in the Prunedale area spread to vegetation on Thursday. The fire was burning on Echo Valley Court and Echo Valley Road. The fire was first reported at around 11:30 a.m. The fire is...
Northern California forecast: Gusty winds Friday bring elevated wildfire risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Wildfire risk is higher than average Friday for Northern California as gusty winds could help fuel fires. A red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service is in effect through 11 p.m. because of southern winds. That could be problematic for firefighters as they work to extinguish the Park Fire, California's largest wildfire of the year so far.
California Giant Berry Farms Academy Empowers Top Chefs to Champion Blueberries; Tom Smith and Sam Blackburn Comment
WATSONVILLE, CA - Blueberries were the star of the show during California Giant Berry Farms’ inaugural California Giant Chef Invitational Academy. The unique program was designed to empower and inspire the grower’s past Chef Invitational winners while elevating blueberries on menus. "We designed the Chef Invitational Academy to...
CA housing affordability crisis has been decades in the making - what got us here?
Housing experts say the homelessness crisis has been decades in the making.Prop 13, which limits property taxes, is one challenge in California. Then, there are competing local, state and federal laws.And it all comes at a time when wider economic forces are putting pressure on people struggling to get by.We took a deeper look into what got us here."You can think about homelessness as being a math problem, where people have an income, and there is rent. And it doesn't quite add up," said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco.MORE: Newsom issues executive order...
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