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Feds order Cruise to pay $1.5M penalty for infamous SF crash
Federal regulators on Monday announced they had Cruise pay a $1.5 million penalty for withholding details in reports following an accident nearly a year ago in which one of the company’s self-driving cars pinned and dragged a woman nearly 20 feet at a San Francisco intersection. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration consent order dated to Sept. 26 requires the General Motors subsidiary to submit a corrective action plan, which must include summaries on any software update made to the company’s automatic driving system, as...
Missing at-risk 14-year-old last seen in San Jose: police
(KRON) — The San Jose Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating an at-risk 14-year-old who’s been missing since Saturday afternoon. According to SJPD, Solomon Pea, 14, was last seen leaving a San Jose residence on the 3400 block of Chapala Drive. The at-risk teen is described as a male who is 5-foot-5 […]
Autumn heat wave to build in California, Arizona, Nevada
Temperatures will climb to season-high levels along part of the California coast, while some of the interior deserts may set record highs each day this week in a building heat wave. Temperatures will soar to record-challenging levels from the southwestern United States deserts to the California coast during much of...
Marugame Udon set to open new Bay Area location
(KRON) – Japanese restaurant Marugame Udon is expanding throughout the Bay Area into Palo Alto. Per Marugame Udon’s website, the restaurant provides “hand-crafted udon bowls, tempura, and beverages from a theater kitchen, allowing guests to watch as their food is prepared.” The restaurant is Japan-based and said it “holds true to the authentic tradition of […]
Silicon Valley community college district offers free tuition
West Valley College student Mike Katakis and his dad are among thousands of students who will earn part of their college education in Silicon Valley for free. West Valley-Mission Community College District’s tuition will be free for the next seven years for all students who live in San Jose, Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Santa Clara or Saratoga, funded by about $2 million in property taxes from those communities. The opportunity is thanks to a recently signed law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Assembly Bill 3158, slated to sunset in 2031, applies to full-time, part-time and returning students in these areas. Full-time tuition costs about $1,100 a year, which students outside the area will still have to pay without state assistance. Officials say the initiative will fill equity gaps created by the California Promise program’s limitations that leave out part-time and returning students.
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