1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (182+ words) San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller is proposing new rules that would require businesses in unincorporated areas to obtain permits before using autonomous robots in the workplace, a press release issued Thursday announced. The ordinance, set to be introduced Tuesday…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (763+ words) An Amazon data center under construction in Gilroy is frustrating a local transparency group and residents who are voicing concerns about the city's lack of openness in allowing the project to move forward. Americans for Transparency, a grassroots initiative led…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (508+ words) Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, celebrates with forward Gui Santos after scoring during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the LA Clippers, Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. The property slated to become the…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (296+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (757+ words) But travel scams have become more sophisticated, and scammers using new artificial intelligence tools have become better at creating fake websites and using stolen data to their advantage, said Florent Silve, an executive at Engine, a corporate travel management platform....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States' largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (528+ words) Two and three-wheelers account for a large share of vehicles on African roads and are heavily used commercially. So, switching to electric from gasoline and diesel engines could cut fuel consumption and urban air pollution. Northern African countries like Morocco,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (369+ words) Negotiators are striving to implement reciprocal tariff reductions on $30 billion worth of goods “at an early date,” Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said at a weekly briefing. The $30 billion will be from each side, China's official Xinhua News Agency said....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (232+ words) SFGATE Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around 890,000 units, driven by plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) China exported more than 6.2 million passenger vehicles in January-August…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (654+ words) U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above $100 a barrel for the first time since July. It fell back slightly early Thursday to about $101 a barrel. The latest attacks between the U.S. and Iran are…...