Fighting bigger blazes with Silicon Valley technology
Startup Lumineye began with a goal of giving soldiers power to see through walls. But climate change has broadened the market, and Lumineye is now working with firefighters to tweak
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Why the Bay Area can’t get big transportation projects right
When it comes to building big transportation projects on time and on budget, the Bay Area has a miserable track record. In 1998, Caltrans estimated that a new eastern span
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How Google Won Over Some of Its Biggest Critics to Build a Megacampus in San Jose
Google’s path to its massive tech campus planning in San Jose began with activists chaining themselves to chairs inside City Hall over the city’s decision to sell public land to the tech
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McAfee commits suicide in cell after extradition approved
Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona after the Spanish high court had authorized his extradition to the U.S., the Catalan justice department
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Business Software magnate John McAfee’s extradition to U.S. is approved
Spain’s National Court has approved the extradition of antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee to the United States, where he is wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carry a prison sentence
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Sunnyvale site near Apple Park spaceship campus lands local buyer
A Sunnyvale property that could become a choice redevelopment site across from Apple’s iconic spaceship campus in Cupertino has been bought by a local investment group. At present, the property
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How Santa Clara County’s $6 million COVID fining frenzy played out ‘in court’
Anjani Sircar was on the hot seat, facing an attorney intent on discrediting a recent enforcement action. But this wasn’t a trial, and Sircar isn’t a police officer. She’s a
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El Pollo Loco is set to test drone delivery in Southern California
Chickens don’t fly very well, but El Pollo Loco is taking to the skies. The Costa Mesa-based chain is testing a drone that can airlift fast food into people’s backyards. Test flights
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Next-generation battery may unlock the future for electric vehicles
To curb global warming, policymakers say, we need to switch from gas-powered cars to driving clean, non-polluting electric vehicles. Major automakers plan to make that happen, promising a full line
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San Diego Biotech Company’s Therapy Treatment Showing Promising Results in COVID Patients
Scientists at Aethlon Medical, a San Diego-based biotech company, may have found a promising new therapeutic treatment for COVID-19. “What we do is capture the virus and completely remove it from
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