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Should Lyft and Uber Charge More if Your Battery Is Low? California May Soon Ban That
Maya C. Miller / Aug. 4, 2025, 7:16 a.m. / Sacramento
… the Legislature does. Last year, Newsom vetoed a handful of bills that sought to regulate AI. They included bans on self-driving trucks and weaponized robots as well as a comprehensive measure compelling testing …
Sick of Working Alone? A Remote Worker in Arcata Has Opened a Shared Working Space, So People Can Work Remotely Together
Dezmond Remington / June 16, 2025, 7:02 a.m. / Bidness Time
… . “I’m kind of an anti-productivity, anti-focused person,” Frachon said. “We’re human beings. We’re not robots. But maybe I err too far on that side…I get up from my desk and wander around a lot. Or I …
Getting My Real ID on Opening Day of the Brand-New Eureka DMV
Isabella Vanderheiden / June 5, 2025, 1:52 p.m. / Government
… snaking toward an employee sitting below a sign asking DMV visitors to “START HERE” for “NON-APPOINTMENTS ONLY.” A robotic female voice calls out numbers in the queue, and it makes me think of nursing home …
California Has 30 New Proposals to Rein in AI. Trump Could Complicate Them
Khari Johnson / March 13, 2025, 7 a.m. / Sacramento
… . Bills will need to get through Newsom, who last year vetoed bills intended to protect people from self-driving trucks and weaponized robots and set standards for AI contracts signed by state agencies …
OBITUARY: Carol Lynn Wilson, 1942-2024
LoCO Staff / Oct. 22, 2024, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… Laughing Sal, that iconic robotic greeter at Playland at the Beach. As a child she eagerly looked forward to visiting Playland with her family on yearly vacations to San Francisco. All are but a memory …
Cal Poly Humboldt Breaks Ground on $100 Million Engineering Building
Dezmond Remington / Oct. 17, 2024, 4:16 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
… and a machine shop. It’s the first major teaching space construction on campus since 2008. “You could be building a part for a robot one day,” said Associate Vice President Michael Fisher, “and a frame …
PLANT DISMANTLED: They’ll Be Auctioning Off All Sun Valley Floral Farms’ Infrastructure Next Month
Hank Sims / Aug. 16, 2024, 1:12 p.m. / Business
… significant one we've seen in a while. Basically, it's a manufacturing estate sale.Need greenhouses? Planting crates? A big ol' stacking robot that looks like it's seen better days? A huge …
Did You See That Big Ship in Humboldt Bay Last Week? That’s the Vessel Mapping the Seabed and Collecting Data for Offshore Wind Development
Isabella Vanderheiden / Aug. 14, 2024, 12:13 p.m. / Offshore Wind
… ,400 to 3,200 feet. You can think of an AUV as an underwater drone. It is a self-propelled underwater robot that uses multibeam sonar, side scan imaging and sub-bottom profiling to map the ocean floor below …
Providence St. Joseph Hospital Foundation Raises $2M to Recruit Physicians, Celebrates With ‘Elegant Masquerade Ball’
LoCO Staff / July 22, 2024, 9:54 a.m. / Health Care
… invasive robotic surgery—never before offered locally—no longer have to travel for this level of care,” continued Setton. “The gala celebrated these advances along with achievements of health care …
California Boosts Spending to Help Students Earn Math and Science Degrees
Li Khan / July 9, 2024, 7:34 a.m. / Sacramento
… -year-old, who dreams of going into robotics. When she needs tutoring or just a quiet place to study away from her younger siblings, she comes to the MESA center. She’s still buzzing with excitement …
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Offshore Wind Ocean Floor?
The EcoNews Report / May 25, 2024, 10 a.m. / Environment
… that with autonomous underwater vehicles—think of them as the drones of the ocean: underwater robots that can map the ocean floor. Ciara Emery and Joel Southall of RWE join the EcoNews to talk about how they plan …
‘We Needed Wonder Woman’: Newsom Cuts to Foster Care, Child Services Worry Families
Wendy Fry / May 3, 2024, 8:09 a.m. / Sacramento
… in crisis 1,090 times. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, which received the most calls, said 87% of in-person responses resulted in a stabilized placement of the foster child …
ROBOT SURGERY! Meet St. Joe’s New, Badass Four-Armed Robot Surgery Buddy, the daVinci Xi
LoCO Staff / May 1, 2024, 2:39 p.m. / Health
… ROBOT SURGERY! Meet St. Joe's New, Badass Four-Armed Robot Surgery Buddy, the daVinci Xi Here's the best video tutorial the Outpost could immediately find on the daVinci Xi …
Meet the City of Eureka’s New Giant Metal Crab Sculpture, Which You Should Help Name
Ryan Burns / April 30, 2024, 4:49 p.m. / Art , Local Government , Tourism
… – that is, until he clapped eyes on El Pulpo Mecanico, the giant, fire-belching robotic octopus created by local artist Duane Flatmo, also for deployment at Burning Man. And so, with the blessing of the city …
More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping
Carolyn Jones / April 29, 2024, 7:26 a.m. / Sacramento
… billion to expand career and technical education in high schools, making it a leader nationwide. That money has translated to state-of-the-art robotics labs, welding shops, film studios and other career …
Police Want Drones in Car Chases. How SF’s Prop E Could Affect That
Khari Johnson / Feb. 26, 2024, 7:12 a.m. / Sacramento
… of chases resulted in a collision and 1 in 6 chases resulted in an injury to a suspect driver, police officer, or bystander, according to the California Highway Patrol. Vehicle pursuits of suspects led …
New, Swank, $100 Million Engineering Building Approved for Cal Poly Humboldt Campus, Administration Says
LoCO Staff / Jan. 31, 2024, 3:15 p.m. / Cal Poly Humboldt
… system is estimated to provide a cost savings of $1.3 million in comparison to a more typical approach, and dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of the building when compared to steel or concrete …
California Is Raising the Minimum Wage for 2 Industries. Others Could See Pay Hikes, Too
Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal / Dec. 21, 2023, 7:40 a.m. / Sacramento
… that will be effective Jan. 1. In June, health care workers will earn a minimum of $18, $21 or $23 an hour, depending on what type of facility employs them and where they work. The industry-specific wage increases …
OBITUARY: Margaret ‘Peggy’ Ellen Andrews, 1953-2023
LoCO Staff / Oct. 24, 2023, 6:56 a.m. / Obits
… ’t imagine a world without her, she made an indelible mark by helping us see the goodness in and around us. We will always think of her as that impressionable and whimsical person who loved robots, science …
Can You Guess How Many Hours of Sunshine We’ve Had This Year? Will This Godforsaken Miserable Weather Never End?
Hank Sims / June 26, 2023, 3:22 p.m. / How ‘Bout That Weather
… or less calculable, it turns out. Our good friends at the National Weather Service office on Woodley Island take observations every hour of the day, every day of the year. The Outpost robots have snatched …
(PHOTOS) Eureka Has Been ‘Fish Bombed!’ A New Mural is Going Up at Eureka’s Del Norte Pier Park, With Help From World Renowned Artist Chris Dyer
Stephanie McGeary / June 15, 2023, 11:24 a.m. / Art , Eureka Rising
… (PHOTOS) Eureka Has Been ‘Fish Bombed!’ A New Mural is Going Up at Eureka’s Del Norte Pier Park, With Help From World Renowned Artist Chris Dyer The “interdimensional robotic …
Facing California Deadlines, Automakers Race to Produce Electric Cars
Nadia Lopez / May 3, 2023, 7:15 a.m. / Sacramento
… transport the 1,600-pound batteries that power Ford’s flagship electric pickup truck to workers in various stations, who rush to bolt them to other parts. After workers inspect each battery, the robot …
INTRODUCING: LoCO Quake Bot, a Running Tally of Humboldt’s Shaky Moments
Andrew Goff / Jan. 13, 2023, 10:55 a.m. / Housekeeping
… the ground trembles with a force greater than 1.5M. You can find this tool by pulling down the News Gizmos tab on our homepage. With the help of our trusty robot friends, we will survive. …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Why No Aliens? Plus: Quiz Answers!
Barry Evans / Jan. 8, 2023, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… ’s Seth Shostak, “but I don’t know that that’s the majority of intelligence in the universe.” Robots. Any aliens speeding through space aren’t going to be biological creatures — they’ll have been …
STARK HOUSE SUNDAY SERIAL: The Broken Men Assemble in the First Chapter of Lionel White’s Clean Break
LoCO Staff / Dec. 4, 2022, 7:05 a.m. / Sunday Serial
… comes equipped with whimsical illustrations, a task the Outpost has delegated to some so-far friendly robots. Be nice to them now and maybe they'll be nice to us in the future.And now …
GROWING OLD UNGRACEFULLY: Moondust
Barry Evans / Sept. 18, 2022, 7 a.m. / Growing Old Ungracefully
… and develop techniques and equipment to go farther, in particular, to Mars;to justify the billions already spent on heavy-lift rockets at taxpayers’ expenseRegarding (1), the resources required to extract water …
Sheriff Office Bomb Bot Deployed During Cutten Suspicious Object Investigation
LoCO Staff / June 28, 2022, 10:06 a.m. / Crime
… .Utilizing an EOD robot, deputies determined the suspicious object to be a large modified illegal firework. The device was retrieved, safely transported to a remote area and rendered safe.There is no perceived threat …
Eureka Police Officers, Sheriff’s Deputies Find Live Explosive Device While Serving Search Warrant for Drug, Firearm Offenses, Department Says
LoCO Staff / May 4, 2022, 3:29 p.m. / Crime
… . | All photos courtesy EPD.###Press release from the Eureka Police Department: Garrett JuchtzerOn May 1, 2022, Officers with the Eureka Police Department and a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) K9 …
… or be returned to their creators. Robert “Robot” Adams, Kinetic Museum director, historian and archivist, seen here with his entry in this year's Eureka Street Art …
Riverside’s New Youth Center Offers Robotics, Coding, Web Design
Genesis Chavez-Caro / Sept. 22, 2021, 6:50 p.m. / Sacramento
… Riverside’s New Youth Center Offers Robotics, Coding, Web Design ###CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. …