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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind

Fast Company Tech

The shock of this catastrophic loss has been reverberating across Southern California, driving up demand for rental homes and prices in an already unaffordable and competitive housing market. California already has some of the strictest wildfire-prevention codes in the country, but the same rules for new homes dont apply to older homes.

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How to emotionally recover after being scammed

Mashable Tech

Victims may not realize they can report fraud to local law enforcement, state adult protective services, the Federal Trade Commission , and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. But Asia Schmidt, a licensed clinical addiction specialist, says it's important for victims to normalize their experience.

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Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the coolest meetings was with Under Secretary of Education, Martha Kanter, who headed our local community college here in California before getting the appointment. Accessibility is a huge asset of open content materials, which are frequently released under the Creative Commons licenses and are freely distributable.

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Waymo and Cruise dominated autonomous testing in California in the first year of the pandemic

The Verge

Unsurprisingly, there was much less autonomous vehicle testing in California in 2020 compared to years prior. Autonomous vehicles registered in California traveled approximately 1.99 These mileage figures were reported as part of the state’s annual “disengagement reports,” which all licensed operators are required to submit.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year. As of January 1, 2025, every company that sells baby food products in California is required to test for these four heavy metals every month.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership.

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Dear Sophie: What’s allowed between a K-1 visa and a green card?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” In Silicon Valley, we’d have to wait a few months to get a marriage license.). Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Is that allowed?

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