Going Beyond Coal: The Challenge for Utilities
California prides itself on being a green state, but the state's largest metropolitan area still depends on coal to keep the lights on. There's a lot of political pressure on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to wean itself off coal.
Silicon Valley Pioneer Dies at 84
California's technology community is mourning the death of another influential figure. John McCarthy was a computer scientist at Stanford, and a pioneer in artificial intelligence -- in fact, he coined the term.