We have all heard about Google’s push for self-driving cars; however, earlier this week news came about a new Bay Area start-up working to develop self-driving freight trucks. Yes, you heard right – a giant truck rolling down the highway with tons of cargo and no human driver at the wheel. The group, Otto, was started […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: In Sharp Reversal, California Suspends Water Restrictions Associated Press: California Water Conservation to Return to Local Hands Los Angeles Times: California board allows water districts to set their own conservation targets KQED: Some Water Suppliers Resisted Drought Measures, But Data Shows They Worked Water Deeply: How Saving Salmon Could Help Ease the Next Drought Los Angeles Times: Interactive […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Maintain the local voice in land use — oppose MTC plan San Francisco Chronicle: First segment of high-speed rail hits another snag San Francisco Chronicle: SF makes pitch to be home of transit of the future East Bay Times: Advocates hope Oakland’s new Department of Transportation will transform city’s streets Marin Independent Journal: SMART weighs one-way base […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: A question for the ages: Can Congress pass a California water bill? Porterville Recorder: California’s rice acreage recovers Record Net: Landscape overhaul: Statewide program encourages water conservation Union Democrat: Calls for water conservation relief rolled back The Guardian: Amid Western drought, Oregon county to vote on Nestlé bottling … Associated Press: Warm spring causes difficulty for northwest alfalfa growers Circle of Blue […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Waze tests carpooling option in Bay Area East Bay Times: SF startup Otto wants to put self-driving big rigs on highways East Bay Times: Google’s Waze goes up against Uber and Lyft to cut Bay Area traffic via carpooling Marin Independent Journal: New Bay Trail segment opens along Highway 37
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: Saudi Arabia, Gulf Neighbors Suffer Ratings Downgrades on Oil Slump Financial Times: Goldman Sachs Emerges as Vast Natural Gas Player Business Insider: There Was an Unexpected Winner from the U.S. Oil Export Ban Bloomberg: Williams Says Energy Transfer Trying to Dodge 2015 Merger Terms Wall Street Journal: Oil and Gas Giants to Join Wind-Energy Battle, Says Dong […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday evening, a sinkhole opened up right in downtown San Francisco and nearly swallowed a vehicle. No one was hurt, but maybe this sinkhole, and the even larger sinkhole that formed last month in the Pacific Heights area, are signs that we as Californians need to start seriously considering our aging infrastructure in relation to our record-breaking drought. Though these sinkholes […]
Continue ReadingMorning Consult: EPA Releases Landmark Methane Regulations for New Oil and Gas Sources Washington Examiner: GOP Blasts EPA Rules Targeting Fracking The Hill: Oil Lobby: Methane Rules Could Increase Emissions Wall Street Journal: Shell Shuts Well After About 2,100 Barrels of Crude Leak Into Gulf of Mexico Associated Press: Oil, Gas Industry Challenges Efforts to Protect Western Bird Wall Street […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California irrigation-drainage disputes targeted in new bill Associated Press: Senate Approves $37.5B Measure to Fund Energy, Water ABC10.com: Sierra snowmelt peaking earlier San Bernardino County Sun: San Bernardino, Highland water districts announce new wastewater treatment plant community center Union Democrat: Lake McClure 50 percent full five months after record low Ely Daily Times: Drought causing challenges in agriculture, though […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Panel OKs $15 million plan to keep Bay Bridge rods from failing San Francisco Chronicle: Just as you suspected: Carpool cheating is rampant, study shows San Francisco Chronicle: BART directors OK extending contracts with unions Mercury News: Roadshow: BART to San Jose will require a Bayfair transfer Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate Ferry will get $2 million […]
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