Meth, death and abuse: Inside the private security forces patrolling California’s homeless Public agencies are funding private security guards in homeless shelters and on the street, opening a new front in the state’s housing crisis — one ripe for violence and civil rights issues, but ... 04/16/2024 - 7:00 am | View Link
Crime and Public Safety In Sausalito, people living at a publicly funded tent city said in court that contract workers dealt ... The O Lot Safe Sleeping site at Balboa Park in San Diego on March 22, 2024. Photo by Kristian ... 04/16/2024 - 12:12 am | View Link
National City to consider rules for catering and hosting businesses National City may soon adopt new rules for pop-up caterers and the businesses that hire them. Under a proposed ordinance the City Council is scheduled to consider Tuesday, businesses without full food ... 04/14/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Concerns over lack of lighting at Balboa Park's Alcazar Garden SAN DIEGO — The City of San Diego is responding to concerns over poor lighting at Alcazar Garden at Balboa Park. Many who attend the Old Globe theater at night say the garden is completely in the dark ... 04/7/2024 - 6:24 am | View Link
Trump’s Jan. 6 trial falls into doubt as Supreme Court takes up immunity claims It remains unclear exactly how fast the court will rule, though the justices typically release all their opinions from the term by the end of June. Some of Trump’s critics are calling for the ... 02/29/2024 - 12:50 am | View Link
Enlarge / A rat looks for food while on a subway platform at the Columbus Circle - 59th Street station on May 8, 2023, in New York City. (credit: Getty | Gary Hershorn)
A life-threatening bacterial infection typically spread through rat urine sickened a record number of people in New York City last year—and this year looks on track for another all-time high, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports.
The infection is leptospirosis, which can cause a range of symptoms, including non-specific ones like fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, and cough.
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Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and false narratives on social media and fake news sites, analysts with Microsoft reported Wednesday.
The analysts have identified several unique influence-peddling groups affiliated with the Russian government seeking to influence the election outcome, with the objective in large part to reduce US support of Ukraine and sow domestic infighting.
Enlarge / The new, all-electric Atlas. (credit: Boston Dynamics)
The humanoid robotics market is starting to heat up, and the company that's been doing this the longest isn't going to sit by and watch. Boston Dynamics has a new humanoid robot that the company says represents a path to commercialization. It's the company's next-generation, all-electric "Atlas" robot.
While new Atlas and old Atlas share a name, they couldn't be more different when it comes to construction.
The commission is interested in what it says about the app’s potential impact on the protection of minors, ‘as well as on the mental health of users, in particular in relation to the potential stimulation of addictive behaviour.’
European Union regulators said Wednesday they’re seeking details from TikTok on a new app from the video-sharing platform that pays users to watch videos.
By 2100 the financial cost could hit twice what previous studies estimate.
Climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heating the atmosphere taking the biggest monetary hit, a new study said.
The first phase of a project that will transform a large industrial site in the heart of Golden is underway with the start of work on what will become the new global headquarters for CoorsTek.
The recent groundbreaking for the first building in the development called Clayworks is being followed by demolition of structures that housed CoorsTek’s manufacturing and research and development work for more than a century.