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• Watsonville City Council approves new restrictions on Flock cameras
  The Watsonville City Council on Sept. 22 adopted tighter restrictions on the use of automated license plate re…
• Watsonville leaders to discuss Flock contract
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• Bracing for El Niño: County looks to better forecasting, more alerts, road work
  Part of Lank Tree Lane in Boulder Creek collapsed during heavy rain in February 2025. (Amaya Edwards — Santa C…
• Capitola council candidate concerned over indoctrination of children by pro-LGBTQ+ educators, governments
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• Moss Landing battery facility reignites 1.5 years after fire
  Smoke rises from the Vistra Corp. lithium battery energy storage facility at the Moss Landing power plant on J…
• Learn to identify invasive beetles that threaten trees in Santa Cruz County
  An oak tree in Henry Coe State Park. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file) Shothole borer beetle meetings 10…
• Fallout from Watsonville airport land use dispute throws hotel, shopping center into jeopardy
  Land use disputes related to the airport have landed the city of Watsonville in court numerous times. (Amaya E…
• With developer chosen, Town Center plan in Scotts Valley advances
  The Scotts Valley Town Center plan stretches across 58 acres in the center of the city, including commercial s…
• Santa Cruz to build a new type of mental health care center for youth
  Serenity Smith, who lived at a residential treatment facility in Santa Cruz in 2024, drives to work in Aptos o…

• The News: September 28, 2026
  We briefly examine the phenomena of porch geese; Local news continues local elec…
• Working With Robots
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• Why and How We Are Using A.I. to Do Journalism
  As we ramp up to launch our white-hat AI product, we review what Open AI knew ab…
• The News: September 21, 2026
  Local voters are unhappy about Flock automatic license plate cameras, data cente…
• Bad News for the News Industry
  McClatchy slashes newsrooms nationwide, including at its once-great flagship, th…
• The News: September 14, 2026
  The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is observed across the state; Local news is reporti…
• California Forever. Religious freedom now.
  Local opposition stalls the planned Delta city, while a former president speaks…
• California Forever Faces a Setback
  The Solano County Board of Supervisors punts, effectively killing an assembly bi…
• The News: September 7, 2026
  What the Flock? People hate being spied on; cities and towns are gearing up for…
• California Local 2.0
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• Cruzio at the CPUC: What We Shared About Connecting San Jerardo
  On April 22, 2026, Cruzio had the opportunity to speak on a panel at a Californi…
• Cruzio celebrates completion of Equal Access Summits to the Sea project
  SANTA CRUZ- Cruzio Internet is celebrating the completion of their ambitious Equ…
• The Critters We See When We Build Infrastructure
  Out on the job, Cruzio’s top-notch tech crews encounter all sorts of animals. We…
• An Otterly Excellent Story
  As if you needed it, there’s another reason to love our local sea otters: they’r…
• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
  We edited this photo to look like a 1950s horror movie. But the tentacles were r…
• Giant Slugs & Giant Sloths — That’s So Santa Cruz
  In the Santa Cruz Mountains we’re used to getting slimed by banana slugs, which,…
• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
  Liminal Space Art Collective is a group of Santa Cruz artists building bridges a…
• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
  Earlier this year, the state of California awarded Cruzio $5.65 million to impro…
• 🎨 First Friday at CruzioWorks!🎨
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• Black-footed Cats
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• Court Pauses Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row
  Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die…
• UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says
  The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” I…
• Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry
  The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach o…
• Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology
  100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give…
• OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
  Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super…
• Another Day of Pounding Rain Raises Flooding Fears in Texas
  Texas had a dry summer, and rain on Wednesday could run off the arid ground like…
• FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one of the pilots may have been…
• Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
  A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside t…
• Congress Set to Leave Washington for the Midterms With No A.I. Progress
  Senate Democrats blocked a measure that would encourage, but not require, states…
• A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
  Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town,…

• Flydubai passenger describes putting attacker in chokehold after cockpit stabbing
  Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the “terrifying” moment th…
• What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to Israel
  A pilot has been arrested and is being questioned after another pilot was stabbe…
• Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster
  Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial f…
• UK-France 'one in, one out' migrant scheme scrapped
  Some 1,500 people have been removed to France since the scheme began just over a…
• Execution of US murderer Christa Pike halted shortly before it was due to happen
  Pike was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slem…
• Passengers describe stabbing on Israel-bound plane
  Passengers on the Flydubai flight bound for Israel filmed the moments following…
• Ethiopia fighting escalates in Tigray killing 52 civilians, medic tells the BBC
  The deadly fighting has also spread to neighbouring regions, stranding tourists…
• Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure since spring
  In total 11 regions of the country were attacked overnight, with residential bui…
• Dozens hurt and hundreds arrested in wave of French school protests
  Students have been protesting against conditions and resources in secondary scho…
• Botswana condemned for slaughtering 23 elephants for independence celebrations
  The government authorises the hunting of elephants and dozens of other wild anim…

• Hackers Stole Millions of US Military Personnel Records During Months-Long Data Breach
  A months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center exposed personal inform…
• Google Reportedly Tests Paying Publishers For AI Search Results
  Google is reportedly testing a program that pays around 100 publishers based on…
• Reddit Is Killing RSS Feeds, Ending Public API Access
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amid a number of updates fo…
• Singapore Pilots a Government-Built Dating Service
  Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Mashable: Singapore’s gove…
• Trump Administration Launches New AI-Powered 'America.gov' Website
  fahrbot-bot shares a report from CNN: President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled…
• Trump Hosts AI CEOs to Discuss Safety Standards, Rebrands AI as 'Super Intelligence'
  hcs_$reboot writes: Trump hosted executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google…
• Dutch Police Arrest 'Reformed' Hacker In Shiny Hunters Investigation
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Authorities in the Net…
• Wearable Nanotech Could Combat Nerve Agents
  alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Nanoparticles could someday pro…
• The Night Sky Is Getting 10% Brighter Every Year
  fjo3 quotes a report from The Guardian, written by Tove Danovich: Every year, th…
• Tech Workers Made ChatGPT Drive a Toyota Corolla
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Some tech workers in San Fra…

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