Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

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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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The California Department of Public Health says manufacturing is considered an “essential workforce” — and that applies to Tesla’s manufacturing, too. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced new measures such as a “ limited stay-at-home order ” to slow new coronavirus cases in the state.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

A group of Uber and Lyft drivers in California filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state supreme court to overturn a ballot measure that allows the companies to continue treating its workers like independent contractors. There have been ballot measures successfully repealed in California in the past, but mostly through additional ballot measures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

has paused its driverless pilot fleet in California six months after it was approved by local regulators to test autonomous vehicles without a human safety driver. On November 19, the California Department of Motor Vehicles notified Pony.ai Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving startup with an office in the U.S.,

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

While the nations capital currently prohibits fully autonomous operations, a Waymo spokesperson said the company will work closely with local policymakers over the coming year to help formalize necessary regulations. Waymo, Alphabets autonomous vehicle company, plans to expand its ride-hailing service, Waymo One , to Washington, D.C.

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

Earlier in April, hundreds of members of the California Nurses Association successfully stopped slapdash AI tech from being rushed out by hospital administration. In October of last year, for example, a militant dockworker strike delayed the automation of America's ports, a development which would have destroyed thousands of well-paying jobs.

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The Verge

MARCH 13, 2021

After it reopened in defiance of health department orders last May, Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California saw 450 cases of COVID-19 through December 2020, new data from legal website PlainSite shows (via The Washington Post ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Candid

APRIL 1, 2025

And as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, philanthropys ability to remain flexibleprioritizing local leadership, fostering inclusive partnerships, and maintaining a long-term perspectiveis essential in building community resilience. Here are three ways supporting community-led solutions can make disaster philanthropy more effective: 1.

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The Verge

MAY 8, 2021

Tesla has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine and install a solar roof project to settle air quality violations at its Fremont, California plant, officials announced Friday. The goal of this project is to reduce electricity costs as well as localized air pollution emissions within the community.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Amazon has been ordered to pay a fine of $500,000 for hiding the number of COVID-19 cases at its California workplaces from employees. First reported by the Los Angeles Times , the company agreed to pay the fine and improve the way it tracks cases and notifies workers and local health agencies.

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TechSpot

JUNE 26, 2023

In an exclusive report, Axios claims Amazon will start recruiting existing business in roughly half of the country's states on Monday including Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Washington to participate. Dense cities like Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and New York will be among.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. “I think of [Southern California] not as one big region, but as several small sub-regions,” Hall said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial run between Texas, California and Florida for 10 Roads Express, a USPS mail carrier, according to Kodiak. The California DMV, which issues permits for testing and deployment of autonomous light-duty vehicles, could not be reached in time for comment.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By Talia Walsh , Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at Heal the Bay – an environmental nonprofit that protects the coastal waters and watersheds of Greater Los Angeles, California. This holiday season, o ne-quarter of consumers plan to shop specifically at a local or small business. .

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

to create an active paseo, which hosts local farmers markets and other gatherings. The projects ground floor retail, reserved for local businesses, is designed to further activate the area. Its also imbedded with local fauna, increasing local habitat biodiversity, reducing heat absorption, and contributing to stormwater management.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Meadow , a leader in building tools for cannabis dispensaries, is expanding out of California. “California is challenging,” CEO and co-founder David Hua told TechCrunch. ” Hua explained that the company has gone as deep as it can in California. .” “Massachusetts is up and running,” Hua said.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is planning to move from California to Texas, a move that would potentially save him from a huge personal income tax bill, CNBC reported. Musk battled with officials in California in recent months over pandemic lockdown orders that temporarily shuttered Tesla’s Fremont plant. Will own no house.”.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

That’s when the startup company Boom Supersonic flew a supersonic flight over the Mojave Desert, in California, using a radically different approach that was theorized decades ago but only now has been possible thanks to new engines and computers. Photo: Boom Supersonic] The company announced the milestone February 10.

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Ride Pilot will be available as a subscription service to customers in California, the company announced at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. Pending regulatory approval, the new feature will only be available to customers in California at first.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 12, 2025

The mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 8:10 pm local time (11:10 pm EDT) Tuesday. Less than 45 minutes later, the Falcon 9's upper stage released SPHEREx into a polar orbit at an altitude of roughly 420 miles (675 kilometers).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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 million, is 70 percent of the total autonomous miles driven in California in 2020. The total miles driven by Waymo and Cruise, 1.39

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

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 living in silence as a victim can also lead to challenges with getting practical help and emotional support. The most critical thing and the hardest thing.is

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

California might be the place with enough glitz to unleash that particular stock-bumping news to the world, but the Golden State is evidently far too restrictive for a company like Tesla to truck with. During the early days of its autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, Tesla did its testing in California, like most of the rest of the industry.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

” So far, its plan to forgo the gigafactory for local microfactories has proved anything but. Italy and California. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Arrival set out eight years ago to make electric vehicle production “radically more efficient.” All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

The meeting will be held in person at the company’s vehicle factory in Fremont, California, though it will presumably also be live-streamed. The annual shareholder meeting was originally scheduled for July 7th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

This comes as at least six Tesla employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in California since CEO Elon Musk reopened the company’s facilities there last month — initially in violation of stay-home orders, and then with the blessing of local officials — according to new reports from The Washington Post and Electrek.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

A substation can also turn electricity generated from a power plant into a format that can be used by local homes and businesses. A substation can turn energy into a format that can cover long distances without losing much energy, Smith says.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

As protestors square off against police across the country, California is readying a bill that could expand the state’s use of facial recognition, including for law enforcement purposes. But critics — including the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California — say the bill will only expand the use of the technology further.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

An anonymous donor committed $100 million to Artists Hub on Market and Mercy Housing California to redevelop a mixed-use building that will include housing for artists, a community center, studios, rehearsal and practice rooms, a black box theater, and a cafe. For example, the Aspen Institute received $185.7

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Previous backer Initialized Capital also participated in the financing, along with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, former Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts. The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).

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The Verge

JUNE 13, 2020

Tesla’s Fremont factory has been the site of some controversy in recent weeks; after closing March 23rd as part of a shutdown order in Alameda County, the company began making cars again about a month ago even while it battled with local officials about whether it could resume operations.

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2020

Tesla quietly reopened the New York facility on May 19th after the state gave the region the green light, according to a new letter to local officials first reported on Friday by Buffalo Business First. The company continues to take steps to make sure the Fremont, California factory remains operational, too. million penalty.

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The Verge

AUGUST 8, 2021

At the beginning of the pandemic last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk pushed back against COVID restrictions, including stay-at-home orders in Alameda County, California, where its Fremont plant is located. In November, Musk tweeted that he likely had a “ moderate case of covid.”. Nevada Gov.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Reconnecting Friends and Family During the chaos and dislocation of the California fires, we are honored to deploy Safe and Well for the American Red Cross. Read here for a local story, and local authorities' request to use Safe and Well, as we all work together to reconnect friends and family.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been overstating the capabilities of the company’s advanced driver assist system, the company’s director of Autopilot software told the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The update enabled drivers to access Autopilot’s partially automated driver assist system on city streets and local roads.

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