Applications have opened for grants from the Bay Area Air District to help pay for installing electric vehicle chargers. The grants are available to businesses, homeowner associations, nonprofit organizations, public entities and tribes, the Air District said in a press release Wednesday, March 5. At least $10 million in funding will be awarded from the … Read more
State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton announced the “No Robo Bosses Act” on Thursday, March 6, his office announced. The first-of-its-kind bill aims to ensure human oversight of artificial intelligence in workplace decisions, a press release issued Thursday noted. According to the Senator’s office, Senate Bill 7 would establish “necessary safeguards of AI in the workplace” … Read more
Thousands of daily VTA riders in the South Bay will have to find alternate transportation on Monday as frontline transit workers go on strike over stalled contract negotiations. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, representing more than 1,500 VTA workers, including bus and light rail operators, is following through on its notice last week to the … Read more
The parent company of a network of auto dealerships that sells used vehicles agreed to a six-figure civil settlement with three Bay Area and three Southern California counties this week to resolve allegations it was slow to transfer ownership titles. AutoNation, which owns 42 dealerships around the state, agreed to implement practices to comply with … Read more
As California’s rainy season enters its final stretch, state water managers announced Friday that the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 85 percent of normal for this time of year. That statewide number takes into account the current snowpack levels in the Sierra’s northern region, which is about 104 percent of normal for this date, … Read more
A former employee of Stanford University was found guilty of accessing a clinical research database for a multisite breast cancer study and altering patient records after her authorization was revoked over a decade ago, according to federal prosecutors. Naheed Mangi, 66, was convicted on Friday following a two-week trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the … Read more
A lawsuit against Bay Area tech companies Roblox and Discord filed last week alleges that the apps are hunting grounds for child predators, and they deceive parents into believing their platforms are safe for children. Roblox Corp. is a San Mateo-based gaming app in which users can create their own games and interact with other … Read more
Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which supplies about one-third of California’s water needs, was far lower than average for the end of January at one of the state’s measurement points Jan. 31. The results from Phillips Station in El Dorado County were presented at a press conference where the director of the Department of Water … Read more
In the wake of the fire earlier this month at Vistra Corporation’s Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed new standards for battery energy storage facilities. In a statement on Jan. 28, the CPUC said also said it has deployed its Safety and Enforcement Division to the … Read more
The regional body that regulates and monitors air quality in the Bay Area has a new name and a redesigned logo. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has rebranded as the Bay Area Air District, or BAAD. The district comprises the nine Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San … Read more