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Chart of the Day: California’s Mysteriously High Gasoline Prices 11/12/2017 By Kevin Drum, MOTHER JONES http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/11/chart-of-the-day-californias-mysteriously-high-gasoline-prices/# This chart illustrates a mystery: Because…
Nov 12, 2017
Waymo Trials Take Humans Out Of The Driver’s Seat 11/10/2017 By Hailey Desormeaux, AMERICAN SHIPPER https://www.americanshipper.com/main/news/waymo-trials-take-humans-out-of-the-drivers-seat-69664.aspx?source=Little4 The automated car subsidiary of Google…
Nov 10, 2017
Waymo to Give Phoenix Riders a Lift in Driverless Minivans 11/8/2017 By Paul A. Eisenstein, THE DETROIT BUREAU http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2017/11/waymo-to-give-phoenix-riders-a-lift-in-driverless-minivans/ Pilot program just…
Nov 8, 2017
Waymo Taxis First To Ditch Drivers 11/7/2017 By Nora Naughton, THE DETROIT NEWS http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/11/07/driver-will-take-back-seat-google-waymo-shuttles/107431458/ Google’s self-driving car spinoff, Waymo, will be the…
Nov 8, 2017
Waymo’s Autonomous Cars Cut Out Human Drivers In Road Tests By Daisuke Wakabayashi, THE NEW YORK TIMES https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/technology/waymo-autonomous-cars.html SAN FRANCISCO — The…
Nov 7, 2017
Look, Ma, No Driver! Waymo Robot Cars In Arizona Go Fully Autonomous By Carolyn Said, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 7, 2017…
Nov 7, 2017
Look, Ma, No Anything Whatsoever: Waymo Begins Operating Fully Driverless Test Cars on Public Roads 11/7/2017 By Pete Bigelow, CAR AND…
Nov 7, 2017
Internet Companies Drop Opposition To Bill Targeting Online Sex Trafficking By Tom Jackman – THE WASHINGTON POST https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/07/internet-companies-drop-opposition-to-bill-targeting-online-sex-trafficking/?utm_term=.67209bebd050 When Congress launched an…
Nov 7, 2017
Harris, Feinstein Back Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill After Months of Silence By Susan Crabtree, WASHINGTON FREE BEACON http://freebeacon.com/politics/harris-feinstein-back-anti-sex-trafficking-bill-months-silence/ California Sen. Kamala Harris (D.)…
Nov 6, 2017
Self-Driving Cars Could Save Lives Even Before They’re Perfected, Report Says By Carolyn Said, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE November 6, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Self-driving-cars-could-save-lives-even-before-12336374.php…
Nov 6, 2017
In Reversal, Tech Giants Back Sex Trafficking Bill By Cecilia Kang, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — After a bruising week before…
Nov 4, 2017
Harris, Feinstein Sign On For Bill Targeting Sites That Enable Sex Trafficking By Jill Tucker, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Harris-Feinstein-sign-on-for-bill-targeting-12331051.php California’s two…
Nov 3, 2017
Oil Industry Spent Millions On Lobbying As California Lawmakers Debated Cap-And-Trade Extension By Patrick McGreevy, LOS ANGELES TIMES http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-oil-industry-spent-millions-on-lobbying-1509645501-htmlstory.html Corporations, unions and…
Nov 2, 2017
Report: Trump to Withdraw Proposed V2V Mandate By John Eggerton, BROADCASTING AND CABLE http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/report-trump-withdraw-proposed-v2v-mandate/169789 Administration said to be backing away from DSRC…
Nov 1, 2017
Industry Faces Long Haul To Legalize Self-Driving Semis By Keith Laing, THE DETROIT NEWS October 30, 2017 http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2017/10/30/industry-faces-long-haul-legalize-self-driving-semis/107182628/ Washington — Trucking companies…
Oct 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — For years, the country’s biggest technology companies have been virtually untouchable in Washington. The public adored the companies’ new devices,…
Oct 26, 2017
Law360, New York (October 23, 2017, 7:03 PM EDT) — A California man on Friday became the latest in a string of…
Oct 25, 2017
Perhaps some day, every well up in Aliso Canyon will sit empty and dry, with no trace— not one molecule— of natural…
Oct 23, 2017