Waymo's pilot program will select participants to use its app to hail free rides in the company’s self-driving white electric Jaguar I-Pace cars, which will have back-up drivers behind the wheel.
Waymo is being close-mouthed about details, including how people can score the Willy Wonka golden ticket for robo rides to their errands, work, school and other in-city destinations.
As for the second ballot question of whom Californians would want to replace Newsom, FiveThirtyEight’s polling averages show Larry Elder in the lead at 28%. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
When the name is Squaw, there's a lot of meaning attached - not good meaning, either. That's why the ski resort will now be known as Palisades Tahoe. What other natural features, monuments, businesses, streets and parks will follow suit?
“It was just the right time”: After a year’s worth of community Zoom hearings, committee brainstorms and consultations with tribal leaders, Squaw Valley in north Lake Tahoe announced its new name.
A wave of Bay Area restaurants and pop-ups have recently closed temporarily to give time off to overworked employees feeling the mental and physical drain of working during the pandemic.
This moment feels particularly trying for workers in the restaurant industry. Besides uncertainty about the delta variant, a shortage of workers means that even one person taking a day or two off creates extra work for others.