MIT Enterprise Forum discusses pros, cons of AI
Latest news, TechnologyRegional business leaders explored artificial intelligence and its possible impacts on society and businesses at the latest event held by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Speakers said that while machines are decades or centuries away from developing consciousness, machines have the power to refine education, car driving and other things that humans Read More →
Vandenberg rocket launch delayed again
Latest news, TechnologyAn earth observation satellite sitting atop an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base has had its launch delayed again, this time because of a nearby wildfire. The WorldView 4 earth observation satellite was scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18, but the launch was scrubbed because Read More →
Rams executive says team on mission to help Conejo Valley
East Ventura County, Latest newsLos Angeles Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff spoke about a mission to help the Conejo Valley community, area businesses and California Lutheran University on Sept. 16. Demoff talked about the vision the team has for expanding football in the region, Olympic and Super Bowl bids for the Rams’ new Inglewood Stadium and the challenges Read More →
iFixit’s Wiens wants to help the world repair itself
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Lakers to hold training camp in Santa Barbara
Latest newsThe Los Angeles Lakers will hold training camp in Santa Barbara for the first time since 1999. The Lakers announced the news in a news release late Sept. 15. The six day camp will run from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 at Robertson Gymnasium on the UC Santa Barbara campus. On Aug. 25 university official Read More →
Mayors urge CPUC to deny PG&E proposal to close Diablo Canyon
Central Coast, Energy, Latest newsA group of mayors from six San Luis Obispo County cities asked the California Public Utilities Commission to deny a proposal to close the Diablo Canyon Power Plant because the proposal does not fully outline steps to be taken to mitigate effects of the closure. In a request filed with the utilities commission on Sept. Read More →
Commission recommends Puente Power Project be built on alternative site
Energy, Latest newsThe California Coastal Commission has unanimously recommended that Oxnard’s Puente Power Project be built somewhere other than the site of an existing power plant on Mandalay Beach. The Coastal Commission made the recommendation at a Sept. 9 meeting in Newport Beach, saying the Puente Power Project should be built on an alternative site outside of Read More →
