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Valley Is Diverse, Invisible, and Most Productive Ag Region in U.S.

California’s San Joaquin Valley is often dismissed as small and rural. To the contrary, it’s a massive area of farms, ranches, small towns, and growing cities, emblematic of the American West as a blend of Old West values and New West technology. It’s also historically distinctive as one of the...

Walters: Newsom Now Owns DMV’s Woes

Another day, another plan to make the state Department of Motor Vehicles something other than the agency Californians love to hate. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a report from the “strike force” he created to attack the DMV’s managerial and technological shortcomings that have forced motorists to endure hours-long...

State Government's Tech Has Been a Mess for Decades. Can Newsom Fix It?

California government’s technology drastically pales in comparison to Silicon Valley, but Gov. Gavin Newsom is betting $40.8 million and a new office will change that. Even though California is home to innovative tech giants like Google and Apple, its government historically has used technology that can’t handle simple tasks–like accepting...

Holograms to Power High Tech Learning at Valley's New Medical School

Cutting-edge holographic technology will replace the traditional cadaver lab normally used for teaching anatomy when the Valley's first four-year medical school opens next year. On Thursday, California Health Sciences University demonstrated the 3D HoloAnatomy system that students attending the College of Osteopathic Medicine will use to explore the intricacies of...

US Delay to Huawei Ban Gives Tech Sector Time to Adjust

BEIJING — The United States is delaying restrictions on U.S. technology sales to Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei in what it calls an effort to ease the blow on owners of its cell phones and smaller U.S. telecoms providers that rely on its networking equipment. The Trump administration insists the sanctions...

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

California officials have pursued Gilbert Hyatt for nearly three decades, trying to force him to pay state income taxes on royalties he began receiving in the early 1990s from his groundbreaking technology inventions. Hyatt moved from Southern California to Las Vegas just before the royalty payments began rolling in, clearly...

Schools Turn to Technology to Reduce Toll During Shootings

LOS ANGELES — Efforts to combat school shootings are starting to shift from preventing the violence to reducing the number of victims through technology that speeds up law enforcement's response and quickly alerts teachers and students to danger. School districts are using products like gunshot detection systems that identify where...

San Francisco May Ban Face Recognition Tech by Police

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco supervisors will vote on surveillance oversight legislation Tuesday that includes a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by police and other city departments. If approved by the full board, San Francisco would become the first U.S. city to outlaw the tech at a...

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