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  • The final chapter in the history of Malibu Grand Prix in Redwood City is about to end.
  • The final chapter in the history of Malibu Grand Prix in Redwood City is about to end.
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redwood city, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • new Bay Bridge
  • The new Bay Bridge gets a green light from the federal government and is one step closer toward its opening day.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, bay area traffic, jonathan bloom
  • NakedWines.com glass
  • Like so many other entrepreneurs, indie winemakers in the Bay Area are turning to crowdfunding to get off the ground.
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sonoma county, wine industry, alcohol, internet, websites, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Outside Lands 2010
  • There's new technology this year that'll let you plug in and connect to the live music at SF's Outside Lands, even if you're not there.
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music, art, golden gate park, AT&T, websites, internet, youtube, celebrity, smartphones, cellphone, apps, entertainment, jonathan bloom
  • New Yahoo logo
  • If something looks different about Yahoo!, your eyes aren't deceiving you -- the Sunnyvale company has a new look.
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sunnyvale, yahoo, marissa mayer, youtube, websites, internet, business, jonathan bloom
  • Tile is a wireless homing beacon for pretty much anything.
  • When's the last time you couldn't find your car keys or misplaced your purse?
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burlingame, apps, smartphones, technology, jonathan bloom
  • FlightCar in San Francisco
  • FlightCar is launching a new service for people who want to rent their cars, but they're getting into hot water with the city of San Francisco.
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san francisco city hall, san francisco international airport, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • Stanford graduate students combine innovation and education at the Learning, Design and Technology Expo.
  • The graduate students at the Learning, Design and Technology Expo are facing a Master's thesis like none other.
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stanford university, apps, education, jonathan bloom
  • Carma app
  • A Bay Area-based app company is offering incentives for people willing to step up and drive carpools during a BART strike.
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oakland, BART, unions, SEIU, strike, traffic, transportation, apps, smartphones, websites, internet, bay area traffic, jonathan bloom
  • San Francisco taxi drivers protest smartphone-based ride-sharing companies in front of City Hall.
  • Tuesday afternoon, a long-awaited ruling spelled out the future of ride-sharing services like Lyft and Sidecar.
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smartphones, apps, protest, ed lee, san francisco city hall, san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • GoPro camera on a drone
  • There is quite a buzz about how photographer Eric Cheng took an aerial video of surfers in Santa Cruz.
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santa cruz, palo alto, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Linkbots picking up small blocks
  • A robot camp, designed for middle school girls, aims to inspire tomorrow's engineers.
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uc davis, mountain view, robots, children, math, technology, jonathan bloom
  • SF Mayor Lee talks at unveiling of Emerald Park in SFs Rincon Hill neighborhood
  • San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood is getting a new kind of park that won't cost taxpayers a cent.
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ed lee, real estate, san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • SJSU police officers switch to electric motorcycles
  • Their patrol cars may be black and white, but at San Jose State they have a new fleet of police motorcycles that are all about being green.
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san jose, south bay news, jonathan bloom
  • eBay Now car
  • eBay announced their one-hour delivery service is now available on the peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose.
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san jose, ebay, amazon, silicon valley, south bay news, jonathan bloom
  • Scanadu Scout
  • The Indiegogo campaign for the Scanadu Scout, a real-life version of Star Trek's Tricorder, is breaking crowdfunding records.
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mountain view, NASA, movies, medical research, technology, jonathan bloom
  • ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano
  • With normal and high-end cameras the astronauts tell us about their passion for photographing the view from space.
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NASA, space, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Marc Roth at TechShop San Francisco
  • Marc Roth, who was formerly homeless, used all of his money to learn how to use a laser cutter and created his own job.
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homeless, soma, jobs, unemployment, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Anthropologist Grant McCracken.
  • An anthropologist visiting San Francisco decided to turn himself over to the Twitter-verse for a day.
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social media, justin herman plaza, twitter, technology, jonathan bloom
  • The battle is heating up between taxi drivers and new ride sharing services.
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apps, traffic, transportation, ed lee, business, jonathan bloom
  • Wendell Hom says he didnt hesitate when he was given the chance to go back to the site of the crash.
  • Wendell Hom says he didn't hesitate when he was given the chance to go back to the site of the crash.
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san francisco international airport, plane crash, Asiana Airlines crash, NTSB, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • Taking mobile technology to the next level
  • Some big product announcements were made at the Mobile Beat conference in San Francisco.
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cellphone, apps, smartphones, tablets, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Stanford students build solar-powered car
  • A group of Stanford engineering students will compete in an Australian race in the fall with a solar-powered car they've built.
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solar energy, stanford university, palo alto, competition, school competition, south bay news, jonathan bloom
  • Stranded passenger at SFO.
  • With one runway still closed at SFO, flight delays continue with some passengers still trying to get home.
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Asiana Airlines crash, crash, san francisco international airport, oakland, united airlines, american airlines, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • Watson supercomputer
  • ABC7 News tech reporter Jonathan Bloom challenges IBM supercomputer "Watson" at the Computer History Museum.
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ibm, computers, mountain view, technology, jonathan bloom
  • A San Francisco-based start-up called Voxer created an app that turns any smartphone into a walkie-talkie.
  • A San Francisco-based start-up called Voxer created an app that turns any smartphone into a walkie-talkie.
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cellphone, sprint, business, jonathan bloom
  • Task Rabbit app
  • A San Francisco couple has found a way to make enough money off apps like Task Rabbit and Airbnb to quit their day jobs.
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smartphones, apps, fashion, jobs, travel, animal, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Concord police arm car owners with Clubs
  • The Concord Police Department bought 900 Clubs to help reduce the number of vehicle thefts in their city.
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crime, concord, east bay news, jonathan bloom
  • School is out, but summer is no vacation for families who have trouble putting food on the table.
  • School is out, but summer is no vacation for families who have trouble putting food on the table.
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barbara lee, oakland, congress, food, children, east bay news, jonathan bloom
  • Its not just the future farmers showing off at the San Mateo County Fair; future builders and programmers are there too.
  • It's not just the future farmers showing off at the San Mateo County Fair; future builders and programmers are there too.
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san mateo county, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • Class teaches people on tight budget how to cook
  • A program in San Francisco is teaching cooking and nutrition classes to low-income families.
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mission district, children, food, san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • A man shopping for a digital camera
  • Google is taking a closer look at how people use smartphones when they're out shopping.
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google, shopping, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Teen creates light up shirt at Stanfords inventors program
  • Stanford's "Makers-in-Residence" program aims to give teenagers the hands-on experience and tools they need to become inventors.
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stanford university, teachers, south bay news, jonathan bloom
  • Store surveillance camera
  • When you shop, you're being watched. Not just by security. Some privacy advocates are upset over new, big brother-like technology.
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retail, shopping, internet, assignment 7, jonathan bloom
  • It turns out office graffiti is becoming a thing in the tech world.
  • Graffiti is a major problem in most cities, but it turns out office graffiti is becoming a thing in the tech world.
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art, assignment 7, jonathan bloom
  • In a part of San Francisco where apartments and condos are springing up everywhere, neighbors say something is missing: parks.
  • In a part of San Francisco where apartments and condos are springing up everywhere, neighbors say something is missing: parks.
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san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • Biologists research Coho salmon at Lagunitas Creek
  • A Marin County group is on the hunt for the person who derailed their research and may have killed endangered fish in the process.
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marin county, vandalism, crime, california department of fish and game, food, animal, animals in peril, reward, caught on tape, real estate, north bay news, jonathan bloom
  • Veterans competing at a Hack-a-Thon at Facebooks headquarters
  • A "Hackathon" event at Facebook's headquarters is all about helping recent war vets get help with the next chapter of their lives.
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veterans, facebook, menlo park, military, air force, army, marines, navy, jobs, websites, internet, apps, homeless, hunger, social media, competition, technology, jonathan bloom
  • computer programming school
  • The App Academy is staking its reputation and its bank accounts on finding every graduate a job.
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apps, computers, technology, jonathan bloom
  • FlightCar makes money by renting out ordinary peoples cars for half the price of Hertz or Avis.
  • The high-price of car rentals is a huge headache for travelers, but a Bay Area start-up is trying to cut those prices down to size.
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san francisco international airport, peninsula news, jonathan bloom
  • Healthbeat aims to bring medicine, computers together
  • Doctors have been so slow to adapt to digital medical records that the government is offering them money to make the change.
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computers, internet, medical research, google, san francisco news, jonathan bloom
  • Woman wearing Google Glass
  • Some of the Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists are preparing to speak at the Churchill Club's annual panel on the top tech trends.
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silicon valley, menlo park, santa clara, google, driving, websites, internet, space, SpaceX, apps, waze, smartphones, cellphone, social media, ibm, computers, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Google Glass.
  • Technology enthusiasts are pouring into San Francisco and nearly everyone wants to hear the latest on Google Glass.
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google, apps, computers, smartphones, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Man working in TechShop.
  • Dozens of inventors are meeting in San Francisco Monday night to show off their products to investors.
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apps, internet, computers, websites, san mateo, technology, jonathan bloom
  • SkyCube satellite
  • A tiny satellite called SkyCube will orbit the earth, sending back tweets and photos to people willing to pay a dollar for the privilege.
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san jose, silicon valley, space, navy, apps, websites, internet, technology, jonathan bloom
  • Ian Shakil, founder of a company called Augmedix.
  • The Bay Area is known for investors who bet big on young companies but now investors can also bet on young people.
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apps, google, business, jonathan bloom
  • While other kids practice football or basketball, the members of the Newark High Rocketry Club practice rocket science.
  • While other kids practice football or basketball, the members of the Newark High Rocketry Club practice rocket science.
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newark, competition, education, jonathan bloom
  • 10x Management
  • The competition for good engineers is so fierce now that there's a talent agency for the superstars of the tech world.
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silicon valley, jobs, technology, jonathan bloom
  • NASA technology to help in upcoming fire season
  • The U.S. Forest Service will soon use new technology, developed by NASA, on a jet to collect data to fight wildfires.
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NASA, moffett field, wildfire, south bay news, jonathan bloom
  • New Waste Management truck runs on methane from Altamont Landfill
  • Waste Management is testing a new generation of trash trucks that run on methane pulled from Livermore's Altamont Landfill.
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livermore, waste management, alternative energy, gas prices, climate change, green, jonathan bloom