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SF Power Outage Information
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (373+ words) An unplanned power outage was reported in San Francisco, affecting PG&E customers. Public information about the reported outage included guidance for PG&E customers. Earlier reporting described the August 30 Bernal Heights blackout as San Francisco's seventh major unplanned PG…...
Orange County's iconic beach rail line is failing faster than it can be fixed
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (708+ words) An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train passes along an eroding coastline on Aug. 15, 2024, in San Clemente, Calif. An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train passes along eroding cliffs at the Pacific Ocean coastline on Aug. 16, 2024, in Del Mar, Calif. An aerial view of…...
Protesters march against AI in tech capital San Francisco
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (242+ words) Hundreds of people marched in front of the buildings of Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic in San Francisco to protest on Saturday. Their demand was for companies to slow the AI race and prioritize safety over…...
Bigger than San Francisco Bay, Shasta Lake has an image problem
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (742+ words) California’s landscape is primarily flat with repetitive farmland for much of northbound Interstate 5 until the Pit River Bridge, when a steely overpass grants a fleeting but impressionable view of Shasta Lake. The Pit River Bridge is seen over Lake Shasta…...
Bay Area Homes Eyed To Juice AI's Power-Hungry Data Centers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) Sunrun, Tesla and startups want to use rooftop solar, batteries and smart devices in homes to meet AI data‑center power needs while regulators and utilities weigh tradeoffs. Bay Area houses may soon be doing more than keeping the lights…...
Palo Alto officials say San Francisco’s PUC is hoarding water – Palo Alto Daily Post
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (583+ words) BY BRADEN CARRTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials say the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hoarding water based on unrealistic drought projections, driving up rates and killing salmon. “This is a very serious problem. Very serious,” Councilman Ed…...
'Unpleasant' taste and smell show up in Amador County tap water
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (445+ words) FILE: Residents in Amador County, Calif., have noticed an “earthy” odor in their tap water. Officials say it is safe to drink. An area of the Sierra Nevada foothills is experiencing an “unpleasant” taste and odor in their drinking water,…...
The people on the front lines of Tahoe's fight against golden mussels
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1448+ words) Four golden mussels were tucked tightly beneath the bolt of a screw, hiding behind metal plates and a small flap on the back of the boat. The stowaways latched themselves in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, securing themselves with byssal threads…...
Calif. biologists rescued 5,800 rainbow trout from a fast-drying creek
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (849+ words) The Eagle Lake rainbow trout can survive in severe conditions and outlives other species of rainbow trout. North of Susanville, on the edge of the Great Basin, Eagle Lake is a wild and beautiful body of water with an undulating…...