Cliff Bargar

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San Franciscan (via Boston). (Surgical) robots, bikes, trains, etc

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At a community meeting Monday at the Geary campus where Kaiser leaders described the project, some residents who live in the neighborhood expressed concerns about the height of the proposed hospital — 14 stories, compared to the current facility’s nine stories. That would cast a long shadow on Geary Boulevard and make it harder for greenery to grow, and might lead to more wind at the street level, said Mary McFadden, who lives a few blocks away from the current facility. McFadden said she’d like more information about how the new facility would benefit patients and the area, and why Kaiser is proposing to increase the size of the hospital more dramatically than the number of beds.
At a community meeting Monday at the Geary campus where Kaiser leaders described the project, some residents who live in the neighborhood expressed concerns about the height of the proposed hospital — 14 stories, compared to the current facility’s nine stories. That would cast a long shadow on Geary Boulevard and make it harder for greenery to grow, and might lead to more wind at the street level, said Mary McFadden, who lives a few blocks away from the current facility. McFadden said she’d like more information about how the new facility would benefit patients and the area, and why Kaiser is proposing to increase the size of the hospital more dramatically than the number of beds.
An apple MacBook held by a Caltrain passenger with a sticker reading "CARS RUIN CITIES"
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Screenshot of an Instagram reel from the passenger of a Waymo driving through several feet of water
upper waypoint The California Report Some Worry Prop. 50 Would Mark the Last Ride for California's Horse-Haven Listen Bejan Siavoshy Oct 31, 2025 Save Article The city of Norco’s Main Street — which boasts a “Horsetown, USA” sign in addition to horse trails instead of sidewalks — is seen on Oct. 8, 2025. (Madison Aument/KVCR) Here are this morning’s headline stories for October 31st, 2025: In our latest report for the segment, California Divided, we head down to Norco, California. This Republican enclave in Riverside County is known as the horsiest town in the Golden State; and that’s how residents like it. What they are not so hot on, is the idea that Prop. 50 could redraw district lines that would ultimately change their way of life. Tax credits that help subsidize the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end of the year. With Covered California opening its enrollment tomorrow for coverage in the coming year, many could be in for a shock at how their healthcare premiums are reaching new, unaffordable heights. Residents in California’s “Horsiest” Town Worry Prop. 50 Could Change Their Way of Life Life in Norco, a rural city of about 25,000 in Riverside County, is built around horses. Locals call it “Horsetown USA.” Just ask resident Don Pettinger, who rides his reddish-brown horse, “Rusty,” through his neighborhood — the sidewalks in Norco are horse trails. “What does Norco stand for? It stands for the equestrian lifestyle … being able to get our horse and go ride,” he said. Pettinger and many others in Norco worry they’ll lose their equestrian way of life if Proposition 50 passes. That’s because Norco would be shifted from a staunchly conservative district into one that’s solidly Democratic, urban and possibly unsympathetic to what Pettinger and others here hold dear.
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Screenshot from the San Francisco Chronicle: Police in one Bay Area city expected to spend Friday night looking for impaired drivers. Instead, they found themselves pulling over a car with no driver at all. During a grant-funded DUI enforcement operation in San Bruno, officers watched as one of Waymo’s autonomous vehicles made an illegal U-turn at a traffic light. They stopped the car, only to discover an empty driver’s seat. “No driver, no hands, no clue,” the department wrote in a social media post.
Elon on Twitter claiming that "Lidar and radar reduce safety due to sensor contention. If lidars/radars disagree with cameras, which one wins? The sensor ambiguity causes increased, not decreased, risk. That's why Waymos can't drive on highways. We turned off radars in Teslas to increase safety. Cameras ftw."
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