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www.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago
Cars

Crews battling two-alarm fire at Tesla plant in Fremont

Two-alarm fire at Tesla plant in Fremont being battled by crews. [ more ]
Austin Monitor
1 month ago
Austin

As Council moves to adopt HOME 2, groups call on Council to reject it or make major changes - Austin Monitor

The City Council discussed proposed amendments to make it easier to build more housing on smaller lots, including the consideration of a minimum lot size. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
California

California wildfire: Cartago evacuated, Highway 395 closed

Highway 395 reopened after wildfire closure
Evacuation for Cartago and Crystal Geyser due to wind-driven fire [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
2 months ago
Los Angeles

MTA bus part of 'rollover collision' in Baldwin Hills; 9 hurt, officials say

First responders treat passengers in a multi-car rollover collision involving an MTA bus in Baldwin Hills.
Nine people assessed and treated by firefighters after the collision in Los Angeles. [ more ]
Mission Local
2 months ago
Mission District

Truck strikes fire hydrant at 16th and Mission, causing it to erupt

A white truck struck a fire hydrant at 16th and Mission streets, causing an eruption of water that flooded the intersection briefly.
Fire department quickly arrived, shutting off the valve at 6:10 p.m. after water gushed into the air for about six minutes. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
New York City

Why the N.Y. Fire Dept. Canceled Its Black History Month Celebration

The documentary screening honoring NYC's first Black fire commissioner was canceled after family protested exclusion of influential Black firefighters' association. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago
Cars

Crews battling two-alarm fire at Tesla plant in Fremont

Two-alarm fire at Tesla plant in Fremont being battled by crews. [ more ]
Austin Monitor
1 month ago
Austin

As Council moves to adopt HOME 2, groups call on Council to reject it or make major changes - Austin Monitor

The City Council discussed proposed amendments to make it easier to build more housing on smaller lots, including the consideration of a minimum lot size. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
2 months ago
California

California wildfire: Cartago evacuated, Highway 395 closed

Highway 395 reopened after wildfire closure
Evacuation for Cartago and Crystal Geyser due to wind-driven fire [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
2 months ago
Los Angeles

MTA bus part of 'rollover collision' in Baldwin Hills; 9 hurt, officials say

First responders treat passengers in a multi-car rollover collision involving an MTA bus in Baldwin Hills.
Nine people assessed and treated by firefighters after the collision in Los Angeles. [ more ]
Mission Local
2 months ago
Mission District

Truck strikes fire hydrant at 16th and Mission, causing it to erupt

A white truck struck a fire hydrant at 16th and Mission streets, causing an eruption of water that flooded the intersection briefly.
Fire department quickly arrived, shutting off the valve at 6:10 p.m. after water gushed into the air for about six minutes. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
New York City

Why the N.Y. Fire Dept. Canceled Its Black History Month Celebration

The documentary screening honoring NYC's first Black fire commissioner was canceled after family protested exclusion of influential Black firefighters' association. [ more ]
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New York Post
5 months ago
New York City

Adams spares NYPD, FDNY and sanitation from latest round of migrant cuts

Mayor Eric Adams' administration has spared the Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments from the latest round of budget cuts.
The Adams administration has said three rounds of 5% spending reduction to cover the roughly $10 billion price tag for the migrant crisis. [ more ]
The Daily Wire
7 months ago
NYC politics

New Details Emerge In FBI Criminal Probe Into NYC Mayor Eric Adams' Campaign

The federal investigation into Mayor Eric Adams' 2021 campaign focuses on whether he pressured fire department officials to approve a Turkish construction project.
FBI agents seized Adams' electronic devices as part of the probe into potential illegal campaign donations.
Adams allegedly intervened to allow the Turkish government to occupy their new high-rise consulate in Manhattan despite safety concerns. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

A Daily Game of Russian Roulette': Homeless in San Diego

Laine Goettsch packed her emergency medical bag and drove into downtown San Diego to look for her favorite patient, afraid of what she might find.Sometimes, she saw Abdul Curry cleaning the sidewalks near his tent and dancing to a playlist of Ed Sheeran songs.Other times, she found him hypothermic in a wet sleeping bag and surrounded by people smoking fentanyl.
www.fastcompany.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Hallucinations, data leaks, toxic language: How Arthur AI is draining the ChatGPT cesspool

When ChatGPT took the world by storm last November, enthusiastic internet users who had never seen anything like it flooded OpenAI's website to test the generative artificial intelligence.Tech pundits used it to measure our distance from the singularity; laypeople used it for dinner-table fodder; students used itteachers fearedto write school essays.
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