California
How robots are helping address the fast-food labor shortage
Struggling to find workers and eager to relieve staff from boring, repetitive tasks, fast-food restaurant chains are adding robots to their kitchens. Using artificial intelligence, computer vision technology and a mechanical arm, Miso Robotics’ Flippy 2 has been deployed to Chipotle, White Castle and Wing Zone. White Castle said it plans to add 100 Flippy […]
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Legendary singer-songwriter David Crosby dies at 81
David Crosby was a founding member of the 60’s group the Byrds and one third of Crosby, Stills and Nash – which sometimes included Neil Young to make it a foursome.The soft rock group was massively popular in their heyday, but all good things come to an end, and the trio broke up to forge […]
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Biden surveys storm damage in California after flooding and landslides
US President Joe Biden disembark from Air Force One on his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on May 20, 2022. Lee Jin-man | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden landed in California on Thursday to view areas affected by severe storms and assess additional federal support needed for recovery efforts. The president surveyed parts of […]
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One person dead and evacuations ordered as ‘parade of cyclones’ batters California
Cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on January 09, 2023 in Windsor, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images One person is dead, a 5-year-old is missing and more than 7 million people in the Los Angeles area were under a flash flood warning Monday as a “parade of cyclones” […]
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Hundreds of thousands left without power in California as forecasters warn of ‘relentless’ cyclones
Guerneville resident Sam Ishii fills up gas cans for his generators after the power in the area went out the night before, during the first string of rainstorms that threatened flooding in Guerneville, California, January 5, 2023. Peter DaSilva | Reuters Hundreds of thousands of homes in California were left without power early Sunday after […]
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California braces for powerful atmospheric river storm
An aerial view shows the damage after rainstorms caused a levee to break, flooding Sacramento County roads near Wilton, California, U.S., January 1, 2023. Fred Greaves | Reuters Another atmospheric river storm is threatening California with flooding, landslides, and power outages on Wednesday as millions of residents recover from several destructive storms, one of which caused […]
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Two young children and two grown ups survive just after Tesla plunges 250 feet off California cliff
Watch from the helicopter during a rescue operation after a vehicle carrying two grownups and two little ones went about a cliff in Devil’s Slide, San Mateo county, California, U.S., January 2, 2023, plunging hundreds of toes, in accordance to the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, in this nonetheless image acquired from social media […]
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How states across the West are using cloud seeding to make it rain
Whenever there’s a big storm in the American West, pilots are likely flying into the eye, seeding clouds with a substance called silver iodide. The goal is to increase precipitation. Cloud seeding has been around since the 1940s. It’s become widespread of late as the West battles a drought of historic proportions. States, utility companies […]
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California cuts payments to homeowners for solar panels feeding energy back to the grid
Save A Lot Solar contractors install LG Electronics solar panels on a home in Hayward, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday passed a proposal that will reduce compensation provided to households for the surplus electricity their rooftop solar panels […]
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Previous Theranos COO Sunny Balwani sentenced to just about 13 yrs in jail
Previous Theranos main operating officer and president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to just about 13 several years in jail Wednesday for fraud, immediately after the unraveling of the blood-tests juggernaut prompted felony expenses in California federal court docket from both of those Balwani and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who on Nov. 18 was sentenced […]
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