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"content": "\u003cp>Tech billionaire \u003ca href=\"http://foundersfund.com/team/peter-thiel/\">Peter Thiel\u003c/a> is set to make history when he delivers his prime-time remarks Thursday night at the Republican convention. The openly gay entrepreneur who financially backed Hulk Hogan's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/business/dealbook/peter-thiel-tech-billionaire-reveals-secret-war-with-gawker.html\">lawsuit\u003c/a> against Gawker is ready to rock the boat, and apparently Donald Trump is down with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Trump campaign released the list of speakers at this week's RNC convention in Cleveland, Thiel was among the names that raised eyebrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The co-founder of PayPal is a delegate for Trump but also represents an industry that's lined up solidly against the soon-to-be Republican nominee. In fact, about 140 Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, recently published a \u003ca href=\"https://shift.newco.co/an-open-letter-from-technology-sector-leaders-on-donald-trumps-candidacy-for-president-5bf734c159e4#.nk4lnpxvw\">letter\u003c/a> warning that a Trump presidency would be ruinous for the tech industry and all it stands for.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Peter Thiel believes he'll be the first speaker at a Republican convention to say 'gay' and 'proud' in the same sentence.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"He (Trump) campaigns on anger, bigotry, fear of new ideas and new people, and a fundamental belief that America is weak and in decline,\" they wrote. \"We have listened to Donald Trump over the past year and we have concluded: Trump would be a disaster for innovation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thiel has gotten not just a prime-time speaking slot, but he's scheduled for Thursday night, when ratings will no doubt be highest. He is scheduled just three speakers before Trump accepts his party's nomination. So how will he use that seven minutes he's been allotted?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source familiar with Thiel's speech tells me it will focus on two things: income inequality and the importance of keeping the U.S. out of wars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Silicon Valley is an island of prosperity,\" Thiel's confidante told me, \"and Peter will say that all you need to do is cross a bridge\" to find people who are struggling. Thiel will stress the importance of policies aimed at addressing those disparities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thiel, who is well known for his Libertarian viewpoint, sees Trump as the candidate best able to keep the U.S. out of military conflicts. That may be surprising, since the controversial mogul seems to already be in a verbal war with Mexico, Great Britain and Muslims worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"vsf9jJAFsn6b5KvNYxDXt2YDJgypXi5d\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are not perfect choices,\" the source told me, referring to Trump and Hillary Clinton. After asking why Thiel doesn't just support the Libertarian candidate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/govgaryjohnson\">Gary Johnson\u003c/a>, I was told Thiel sees Trump and Clinton as the only \"relevant choices.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Thiel comments sure to get the most headlines will be along the lines of \"I am a proud openly gay American.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thiel believes he will be the first speaker at a Republican convention to say \"gay\" and \"proud\" in the same sentence.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nNote: Former Arizona congressman \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+RELUCTANT+WARRIOR.(openly+gay+Republican+Jim+Kolbe)-a066681215\">Jim Kolbe \u003c/a>became the first openly gay speaker at a GOP convention in 2000, but did not mention his sexual orientation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm told Thiel will also speak to the furor created by the controversial \"bathroom bill\" in North Carolina, which requires people to use the public bathroom that corresponds to their gender at birth. The message there: These culture wars are a waste of time and get in the way of serious issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just how Thiel's speech will go over in the hall, in front of delegates who approved the most anti-gay Republican platform in history, remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the debacle involving \u003ca href=\"http://www.melaniatrump.com/\">Melania Trump's \u003c/a>speech earlier this week, I would think the Trump campaign won't be surprised by what Thiel has to say.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Kings County is known for farmed products like cotton and milk, as well as prisons and the Naval Air Station in Lemoore. Now, a Southern California group wants to build a brand-new high-tech town in this agricultural county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people who visit the rural county don’t even realize they’re there. That’s because they’re zooming by along Interstate 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halfway along the drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco, a tiny oasis appears. It’s here that drivers like Rob Parker, from Vancouver, stop to stretch their legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our 2-year-old boy was bouncing off the walls inside of our motor home and I looked out the window and I saw a sign for Kettleman City,” Parker says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Parkers ended up at a western-themed strip mall called Bravo Farms. Michelle Magallan, the manager, is scooping ice cream for a customer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get people from out of state, out of the country,\" Magallan says. \"You’re in the middle of nowhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magallan says she’s heard rumors of a state-of-the-art city in the works about 8 miles south of here on I-5 called Quay Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11013051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11013051\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-800x470.jpg\" alt=\"Kettleman City is one of the largest rest stops on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-800x470.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-400x235.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-1180x693.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-960x564.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kettleman City is one of the largest rest stops on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the moment this proposed town is nothing but 7,500 acres of desert. But Southern California real estate developer and entrepreneur Quay Hays wants to change that. His company, GROW Holdings, develops green projects. But this is Hays' first foray into creating a new town. He's worked in marketing, book publishing, finance and the film industry. It’s sort of a legacy project for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My name’s on the door,” Hays says. “I gotta make sure it turns out OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed town calls for multiple mixed-use village centers with stores, parks, restaurants, a mall and a college with a focus on sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You’ll go under an underpass and what you’ll see to the right we would have a very large entertainment destination,\" says Hays. \"On the left we would have some very unique themed resort hotels and then you go into the community itself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272737620\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007 a slump in the economy and a lawsuit over water halted Hays' initial plan to build Quay Valley. Now the project is back on the table. He says it will create professional careers as well as retail jobs. Hays also says the future city of 75,000 people will feature houses and apartments run on solar energy, a graywater system and a futuristic transportation system called a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/18/who-wants-to-design-a-hyperloop-for-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperloop\u003c/a>, first imagined by Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the initial testing of moving humans, it could be an intermodal transportation system within Quay Valley,” Hays adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GROW Holdings is paying for all the plans, permitting, land and water acquisitions. Development funds will come from private capital and buyers. But for this city to become a reality, the company’s plans will have to get past the Kings County Planning Division, led by Greg Gatzka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very excited about this process, but to build an entire new community when there’s nothing that exists there is very comprehensive in terms of everything that would be necessary to actually support that,” says Gatzka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11013000\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11013000 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan-800x988.jpg\" alt=\"A draft land use plan for the Quay Valley project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan-400x494.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A draft land use plan for the Quay Valley project. \u003ccite>(Courtesy GROW Holdings)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gatzka’s staff is working with Hays on the very early stages of planning. He says there are a number of looming questions yet to be answered. His biggest concern is that lack of water could halt the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where is the water going to come from and how are they going to provide it in a sustainable manner?\" Gatkza asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When finished, the town is supposed to use around 12,000 acre-feet of water a year. Some of that water will come from water rights Hays purchased for the initial phase, but he isn’t sure where the rest will come from. UC Davis environmental design professor Stephen Wheeler questions whether this project is even sustainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am pretty skeptical,” says Wheeler. “If we were really thinking about investing $5 billion or whatever it’s going to be, it would be way more sustainable to invest it in some existing city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would rather see that money used in communities with infrastructure already in place. Cal State Fresno urban planning professor Hongwei Dong agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s supposed to be self-sustained, but on the other hand I assume they are going to rely on people from off-site to go shopping there, to go there for entertainment,” Dong adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says all those people traveling to Quay Valley could actually increase pollution in the area. An environmental review will also need to take place as part of the approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Kettleman City, people who live in the area, like Michelle Magallan, think a high-tech town could boost the economy in Kings County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would she live in Quay Valley?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I probably would. It’d probably keep me healthier and living longer. Why not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it will be at least a couple of years before Magallan could even consider buying a house in Quay Valley. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get people from out of state, out of the country,\" Magallan says. \"You’re in the middle of nowhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magallan says she’s heard rumors of a state-of-the-art city in the works about 8 miles south of here on I-5 called Quay Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11013051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11013051\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-800x470.jpg\" alt=\"Kettleman City is one of the largest rest stops on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-800x470.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-400x235.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-1180x693.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/BravoFarmsBig-960x564.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kettleman City is one of the largest rest stops on Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the moment this proposed town is nothing but 7,500 acres of desert. But Southern California real estate developer and entrepreneur Quay Hays wants to change that. His company, GROW Holdings, develops green projects. But this is Hays' first foray into creating a new town. He's worked in marketing, book publishing, finance and the film industry. It’s sort of a legacy project for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My name’s on the door,” Hays says. “I gotta make sure it turns out OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed town calls for multiple mixed-use village centers with stores, parks, restaurants, a mall and a college with a focus on sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You’ll go under an underpass and what you’ll see to the right we would have a very large entertainment destination,\" says Hays. \"On the left we would have some very unique themed resort hotels and then you go into the community itself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272737620&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272737620'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007 a slump in the economy and a lawsuit over water halted Hays' initial plan to build Quay Valley. Now the project is back on the table. He says it will create professional careers as well as retail jobs. Hays also says the future city of 75,000 people will feature houses and apartments run on solar energy, a graywater system and a futuristic transportation system called a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/18/who-wants-to-design-a-hyperloop-for-elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperloop\u003c/a>, first imagined by Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the initial testing of moving humans, it could be an intermodal transportation system within Quay Valley,” Hays adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GROW Holdings is paying for all the plans, permitting, land and water acquisitions. Development funds will come from private capital and buyers. But for this city to become a reality, the company’s plans will have to get past the Kings County Planning Division, led by Greg Gatzka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very excited about this process, but to build an entire new community when there’s nothing that exists there is very comprehensive in terms of everything that would be necessary to actually support that,” says Gatzka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11013000\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11013000 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan-800x988.jpg\" alt=\"A draft land use plan for the Quay Valley project.\" width=\"800\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/LandUsePlan-400x494.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A draft land use plan for the Quay Valley project. \u003ccite>(Courtesy GROW Holdings)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gatzka’s staff is working with Hays on the very early stages of planning. He says there are a number of looming questions yet to be answered. His biggest concern is that lack of water could halt the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where is the water going to come from and how are they going to provide it in a sustainable manner?\" Gatkza asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When finished, the town is supposed to use around 12,000 acre-feet of water a year. Some of that water will come from water rights Hays purchased for the initial phase, but he isn’t sure where the rest will come from. UC Davis environmental design professor Stephen Wheeler questions whether this project is even sustainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am pretty skeptical,” says Wheeler. “If we were really thinking about investing $5 billion or whatever it’s going to be, it would be way more sustainable to invest it in some existing city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He would rather see that money used in communities with infrastructure already in place. 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Several \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/05/26/tesla-autopilot-crash/\" target=\"_blank\">have blamed\u003c/a> the company for accidents that did occur, including 1) \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/model-s-on-autopilot-crashes-into-other-car-proving-yet-again-tesla-owners-arent-paying-close-enough/\" target=\"_blank\">this one in Europe\u003c/a>, 2) \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/another-driver-says-teslas-autopilot-failed-to-brake-tesla-says-otherwise/\" target=\"_blank\">this one in California\u003c/a> and 3) \u003ca href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/11/11658226/tesla-model-s-summon-autopilot-crash-letter\" target=\"_blank\">this one in Utah\u003c/a> — in which the Tesla crashed without the driver inside while the car was self-parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla, after reviewing vehicle logs, has attributed those accidents to human error, saying the drivers 1) were inattentive, 2) disabled the automation and 3) misused the Summon feature and didn't heed the vehicle's warnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google's fully self-driving cars, which mostly ride in city environments as opposed to highways, have so far caused one crash. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is from \u003ca href=\"https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tragic-loss\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla's blog\u003c/a> in response to the fatal crash:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Autopilot is getting better all the time, but it is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert. Nonetheless, when used in conjunction with driver oversight, the data is unequivocal that Autopilot reduces driver workload and results in a statistically significant improvement in safety when compared to purely manual driving.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Google instead is focusing on creating a fully autonomous car, all at once, and isn't selling any of them. That means it's lagging behind Tesla on driven miles, but they don't involve regular drivers. (Tesla \u003ca href=\"https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tragic-loss\" target=\"_blank\">says\u003c/a> Autopilot has been activated for more than 130 million miles, while Google's \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/where/\" target=\"_blank\">website says\u003c/a> its self-driving cars have driven 1.5 million miles.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technologically, the approaches differ, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google relies on a highly expensive complex remote-sensing system called Lidar, which \u003ca href=\"http://9to5google.com/2015/10/16/elon-musk-says-that-the-lidar-google-uses-in-its-self-driving-car-doesnt-make-sense-in-a-car-context/\" target=\"_blank\">the website 9to5google.com explains\u003c/a> as an \"array on top of the vehicle, which — in simple terms — measures distance by pointing lasers at targets surrounding the car and analyzing the light that's reflected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk late last year suggested \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/73_Qjez1MbI?t=35m32s\" target=\"_blank\">in a press conference\u003c/a> that Lidar was a bit excessive for an automobile:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"For full autonomy you'd obviously need 360-degree cameras, you'd need probably redundant forward cameras, you'd need redundant computing hardware, and then redundant motors and a steering rack. ... That said, I don't think you need Lidar. I think you can do this all with passive optical and then with maybe one forward radar.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Tesla's Autopilot relies on a combination of \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.teslamotors.com/presskit/autopilot\" target=\"_blank\">cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors\u003c/a> and data automatically steer down the highway, change lanes, and adjust speed in response to traffic,\" and uses auto braking technology by Israeli company Mobileye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement \u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/01/mobileye-tesla/\" target=\"_blank\">posted by TechCrunch\u003c/a>, a Mobileye executive said the emergency auto braking was \"designed specifically\" for rear-end collision avoidance, and not a lateral collision like the fatal case revealed this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla drivers, including the man killed in the deadly crash, have posted scores of videos of near-collisions involving Autopilot use. Several \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2016/05/26/tesla-autopilot-crash/\" target=\"_blank\">have blamed\u003c/a> the company for accidents that did occur, including 1) \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/model-s-on-autopilot-crashes-into-other-car-proving-yet-again-tesla-owners-arent-paying-close-enough/\" target=\"_blank\">this one in Europe\u003c/a>, 2) \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/another-driver-says-teslas-autopilot-failed-to-brake-tesla-says-otherwise/\" target=\"_blank\">this one in California\u003c/a> and 3) \u003ca href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/11/11658226/tesla-model-s-summon-autopilot-crash-letter\" target=\"_blank\">this one in Utah\u003c/a> — in which the Tesla crashed without the driver inside while the car was self-parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla, after reviewing vehicle logs, has attributed those accidents to human error, saying the drivers 1) were inattentive, 2) disabled the automation and 3) misused the Summon feature and didn't heed the vehicle's warnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google's fully self-driving cars, which mostly ride in city environments as opposed to highways, have so far caused one crash. The Lexus model \u003ca href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/29/11134344/google-self-driving-car-crash-report\" target=\"_blank\">collided at low speed\u003c/a> with a public bus in California in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=What+Tesla+And+Google%27s+Approaches+Tell+Us+About+Autonomous+Driving&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In a big win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's \"net neutrality\" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a victory for consumer groups and content companies such as Netflix that want to prevent online content from being blocked or channeled into fast and slow lanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules treat broadband service like a public utility and prevent internet service providers from offering preferential treatment to sites that pay for faster service.\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"q4atSrh3skQsW8izkzTpjBGUQWMPE9z9\"]\u003cbr>\nConsumers are not likely to see an immediate impact, since the rules have been in effect since last June. But it could make some services more expensive or limit some content, such as T-Mobile's Binge On service that allows customers to watch unlimited video for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Federal Communications Commission argued that the rules are crucial for allowing customers to go anywhere on the internet without a provider favoring its own service over that of other competitors. The FCC's move to reclassify broadband came after President Obama publicly urged the commission to protect consumers by regulating internet service as it does other public utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has tried for years to enforce net neutrality, but the same appeals court had twice previously struck down similar rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cable and telecom opponents claim the rules prevent them from recovering costs for connecting to broadband hogs like Netflix that generate a huge amount of internet traffic. Providers like Verizon and AT&T say the rules threaten innovation and undermine investment in broadband infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Judges David Tatel and Sri Srinivasan denied all challenges to the new rules, including claims that the FCC could not reclassify mobile broadband as a common carrier. That extends the reach of the new rules as more people view content on mobile devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The telecom industry had argued that broadband was an information service, and the FCC didn't have the authority to change in which camp it fell. But the court ruled that the FCC was justified in reclassifying broadband as a telecom utility because consumers see broadband as a pipe for internet service and a way to get online to use websites and apps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Given the tremendous impact third-party internet content has had on our society, it would be hard to deny its dominance in the broadband experience,\" the judges said in their 115-page majority opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Over the past two decades, this content has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from profound actions like choosing a leader, building a career, and falling in love to more quotidian ones like hailing a cab and watching a movie,\" the judges said. \"The same assuredly cannot be said for broadband providers' own add-on applications.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a lengthy dissent, Judge Stephen Williams said he would have struck down the rules. He said the FCC \"fails to offer a reasoned basis\" for its view that giving preferential treatment to customers who pay for faster service is a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By regulating broadband service like \"natural monopolies,\" Williams said the FCC provides \"little economic space for new firms seeking market entry or relatively small firms seeking expansion through innovations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler praised the ruling as an affirmation of the government's power to keep the internet open for all consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"After a decade of debate and legal battles, today's ruling affirms the commission's ability to enforce the strongest possible internet protections -- both on fixed and mobile networks -- that will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future,\" Wheeler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Yoo, a professor of law, engineering and communications at the University of Pennsylvania, said some services could become more expensive for consumers or too difficult for providers to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It may lead to the withdrawal of some tailored plans that provide enhanced access to certain types of content,\" Yoo said. Over the long run, he said the biggest impact will be limits on new services \"that deliver video or other particular types of content in an innovative way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the ruling vowed to appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have always expected this issue to be decided by the Supreme Court, and we look forward to participating in that appeal,\" said David McAtee, AT&T senior executive vice president and general counsel, in a statement posted on the company's website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berin Szoka, president of TechFreedom, a think tank opposed to net neutrality, said the court's decision gives the FCC \"a blank check to regulate the internet however it sees fit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only way to end this madness is a legislative solution that gives the FCC clear but narrow authority over the core of its rules -- but stops the FCC's other power grabs,\" Szoka said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wireless Association, an industry trade group also known at CTIA, also said it would pursue legislation to restrict the reach of the rules. 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"content": "\u003cp>In California, there is so much solar energy that grid operators have to switch off solar farms. One solution to dealing with the additional power generated is to share the renewable wealth across state borders -- but in the West, it's sparking some not-so-neighborly opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Traweek's job is to balance California's electrical grid at the California Independent System Operator, keeping the lights on for 30 million people. She relies on huge natural gas power plants that put out a steady stream of electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lately, Traweek's job has gotten harder because of solar and wind power. If clouds come in, solar power drops off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That needs to come from somewhere else immediately,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Traweek has to keep the natural gas plants going in the background in case that happens. But running solar, gas and wind together is a problem because on certain days they make more power than California needs. Traweek will have to tell solar farms to shut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now, we really gotta start cutting as much as we possibly can,\" she says. \"If that's not done, then you could have a blackout.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One solution to avoid that situation is for California to join up with other Western states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, California's grid runs mostly on its own, like an island. But if there was one big Western grid where states could share power, it would be easier for California to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201510090900\">hit its goal of 50 percent renewable energy\u003c/a> by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you can operate it as an integrated whole, you can just operate the system more efficiently,\" says Keith Casey, who also works at the California grid operator. \"It's a win-win.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When California has too much solar power, Western states would buy it instead of having to switch off those solar farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>TOO MUCH RENEWABLE POWER\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb> On March 27, a sunny day, some solar farms had to shut down because there was more power on the grid than Californians were using. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_611449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1730px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-611449\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Solar_-Grid_Desktop.png\" alt=\"SOURCE: California ISO. \" width=\"1730\" height=\"1000\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOURCE: California ISO. \u003ccite>(Teodros Hailye/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_611442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-611442 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Solar_Grid_Mobile.png\" alt=\"SOURCE: California ISO\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOURCE: California ISO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Different Commitments May Hamper Partnership\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marriage of electric grids would start with PacifiCorp, a utility in Oregon, Utah and Wyoming, where negotiations are already underway. But PacifiCorp isn't a partner everyone wants to get in bed with — because much of their electricity is generated by coal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a big problem for California,\" says Travis Ritchie, staff attorney with the Sierra Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says coal doesn't fit into California's ambitious climate change agenda, a plan some Western states actively oppose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Will California actually lose the ability to lead on climate issues if it gives up its power to Utah and Wyoming?\" Ritchie says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those states feel the same way about California -- for the opposite reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyoming's Public Service Commissioner Bill Russell is one of the regulators who would need to bless a Pacificorp-California marriage. As it's currently proposed, he's not inclined to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10982728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10982728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Power lines next to the Laramie River Station coal-fired power plant in Wheatland, Wyo. It's one of a dozen coal-fired power plants in the state.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power lines next to the Laramie River Station coal-fired power plant in Wheatland, Wyoming. It's one of a dozen coal-fired power plants in the state. \u003ccite>(Leigh Paterson/Inside Energy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"California policies, whether you like them or not, are going to be exported throughout the entire West, and all of us in the West are going to be importing California policies,\" Russell says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policies like California's commitment to renewable energy are not shared by Wyoming, the nation's largest coal-producing state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California isn't the only one who might benefit from sharing electricity between Western states. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificorp.com/about/newsroom/2015nrl/western-grid-integration.html\">initial study by Pacificorp\u003c/a> estimated its customers would save $2 billion over 20 years, which is why Russell isn't dismissing the idea outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wouldn't say it's dead yet,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharing Energy Across States Is Not A New Idea\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regional grids like the one proposed to share all kinds of power already thrive in the Midwest, New England and in the mid-Atlantic. But Western states have resisted similar arrangements in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Politics, at the end of the day, are going to be the biggest obstacle,\" says Cindy Crane, CEO of Rocky Mountain Power, the Pacificorp subsidiary in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. She worked on some of the previous efforts to integrate the Western grid. She says she is hopeful this time will be different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it has a better shot, but there are some pretty big threshold issues to get through,\" Crane says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If those issues can't be overcome, California will have to find a way to store all the extra renewable energy from wind and solar, which is difficult and expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the West may soon find that it can't afford not to share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now, we really gotta start cutting as much as we possibly can,\" she says. \"If that's not done, then you could have a blackout.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One solution to avoid that situation is for California to join up with other Western states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, California's grid runs mostly on its own, like an island. But if there was one big Western grid where states could share power, it would be easier for California to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201510090900\">hit its goal of 50 percent renewable energy\u003c/a> by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you can operate it as an integrated whole, you can just operate the system more efficiently,\" says Keith Casey, who also works at the California grid operator. \"It's a win-win.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When California has too much solar power, Western states would buy it instead of having to switch off those solar farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>TOO MUCH RENEWABLE POWER\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb> On March 27, a sunny day, some solar farms had to shut down because there was more power on the grid than Californians were using. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_611449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1730px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-611449\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Solar_-Grid_Desktop.png\" alt=\"SOURCE: California ISO. \" width=\"1730\" height=\"1000\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOURCE: California ISO. \u003ccite>(Teodros Hailye/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_611442\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-611442 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Solar_Grid_Mobile.png\" alt=\"SOURCE: California ISO\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SOURCE: California ISO\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Different Commitments May Hamper Partnership\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marriage of electric grids would start with PacifiCorp, a utility in Oregon, Utah and Wyoming, where negotiations are already underway. But PacifiCorp isn't a partner everyone wants to get in bed with — because much of their electricity is generated by coal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a big problem for California,\" says Travis Ritchie, staff attorney with the Sierra Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says coal doesn't fit into California's ambitious climate change agenda, a plan some Western states actively oppose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Will California actually lose the ability to lead on climate issues if it gives up its power to Utah and Wyoming?\" Ritchie says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those states feel the same way about California -- for the opposite reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyoming's Public Service Commissioner Bill Russell is one of the regulators who would need to bless a Pacificorp-California marriage. As it's currently proposed, he's not inclined to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10982728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10982728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Power lines next to the Laramie River Station coal-fired power plant in Wheatland, Wyo. It's one of a dozen coal-fired power plants in the state.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/powerlines-29e600589875f91b80ab93a84e0a6102fa2fcf87-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power lines next to the Laramie River Station coal-fired power plant in Wheatland, Wyoming. It's one of a dozen coal-fired power plants in the state. \u003ccite>(Leigh Paterson/Inside Energy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"California policies, whether you like them or not, are going to be exported throughout the entire West, and all of us in the West are going to be importing California policies,\" Russell says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policies like California's commitment to renewable energy are not shared by Wyoming, the nation's largest coal-producing state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California isn't the only one who might benefit from sharing electricity between Western states. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.pacificorp.com/about/newsroom/2015nrl/western-grid-integration.html\">initial study by Pacificorp\u003c/a> estimated its customers would save $2 billion over 20 years, which is why Russell isn't dismissing the idea outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wouldn't say it's dead yet,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharing Energy Across States Is Not A New Idea\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regional grids like the one proposed to share all kinds of power already thrive in the Midwest, New England and in the mid-Atlantic. But Western states have resisted similar arrangements in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Politics, at the end of the day, are going to be the biggest obstacle,\" says Cindy Crane, CEO of Rocky Mountain Power, the Pacificorp subsidiary in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. She worked on some of the previous efforts to integrate the Western grid. 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"content": "\u003cp>Apple Inc. is investing $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, China's most popular ride-hailing app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a striking foray into the Chinese market — where Apple has recently faced strategic challenges — and a possible hint as to Apple's continued interest in the world of transportation. The company has \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/02/21/387906258/apple-must-think-different-on-cars-or-join-ranks-of-failed-new-brands\">widely been rumored\u003c/a> to be working on self-driving cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Didi Chuxing, previously known as Didi Kuaidi, is a major competitor of Uber, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/18/uber-ceo-company-losing-1-billion-a-year-compete-in-china\">spending big\u003c/a> to try to break into China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By investing in the company, Apple joins Web giants Alibaba Group (an e-commerce company) and Tencent Holdings (a game and entertainment service), Didi Chuxing said in \u003ca href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/didi-chuxing-announces-progress-in-current-fundraising-round-300268199.html#continue-jump\">its announcement Friday\u003c/a>. But Apple's investment is the single biggest infusion of cash in the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ride-hailing company says it has 300 million customers in 400 cities, and claims to hold \"over 87 percent market share in private car-hailing and over 99 percent market share in taxi-hailing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'A Chance To Learn More' About China\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple has hit some trouble in the Chinese market recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/22/475240876/apple-s-movies-and-books-services-are-closed-in-china\">as we reported on the Two-Way\u003c/a>, China shut down Apple's movie and book stores on iTunes — after they'd been open only for about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in general, Apple is vulnerable to changes of heart in China, as NPR's Aarti Shahani \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/04/29/476203963/apples-lousy-week-could-signal-times-of-trouble-for-tech-giant\">reported two weeks ago\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the age of the Internet, public libraries are constantly looking for ways to stay relevant and to connect with their communities. In the Central California city of Salinas, the library is trying a new twist on the old bookmobile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paletero pushcarts are kid magnets with their crunchy snacks and namesake \u003cem>paletas\u003c/em> (the Spanish word for popsicles). The library’s version seems to be no exception, even though the only thing it's peddling is food for thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262299557\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Do you have a library card?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question Luis Alejandre has for nearly everyone he passes as he pushes a small blue cart with a clunky wheel along a busy street. He’s a librarian at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.salinaspubliclibrary.org/ceasar-chavez-library\" target=\"_blank\">Cesar Chavez Library\u003c/a> in east Salinas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When kids gather round, he pulls the lid off the cart to reveal stacks of books for teens and tweens. There’s visible excitement as one kid says, “You have Minecraft books. Sweet!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twice a week, two library staff members push the cart around this predominantly Latino neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You’d be surprised to see how many people who live close to the library do not check out the library. Because either they don’t have time to come or don’t know what services we offer,” says Alejandre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10944958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10944958\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks-800x580.jpg\" alt=\"Librarian Luis Alejandre (R) and Library Clerk Luis Moya (L) help kids check out books from the Paletero cart.\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks-800x580.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks-400x290.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks-1180x856.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/KidsBrowseBooks-960x697.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Librarian Luis Alejandre (R) and Library Clerk Luis Moya (L) help kids check out books from the Paletero cart. \u003ccite>(Krista Almanzan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And that’s the idea behind the Paletero cart: connect the neighborhood with resources just a few blocks away, such as ESL classes, bilingual storytime for kids and computer classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are in a world where we are advancing really fast with technology. It's really important to help our community keep up with that, and that’s why we are performing the services free,\" says Luis Moya, a library clerk who is also walking with the cart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the walk through the neighborhood, Lupita Ayala flags down the cart. She says her kids love to read, but they don’t have time to get to the library today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cart has Wi-Fi and an iPad to handle book checkouts and returns, and it can sign people up for library cards. They also give away free books in English and Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the state, libraries are constantly adapting to the public’s changing needs, says Misty Jones, president of the California Library Association. She says it's hard to beat the basic benefit of just getting a book into someone’s hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10944964\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10944964\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kids need a parent's permission to get a library card. The Paletero cart offers free books to kids without a library card.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/GirlBookSelection-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids need a parent's permission to get a library card. The Paletero cart offers free books to kids without a library card. \u003ccite>(Krista Almanzan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The ability to have that story, to have that information is something that you never can take away from someone. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 11:36 a.m. PDT with an editor's note at \u003ca href=\"#editorsnote\">the end of the story\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes you call an Uber, and what you thought would be an $8 ride is going to be two, three, even four times more — the result of greater demand brought on by a blizzard, or a baseball game. Whatever the reason, surge pricing is not fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those price spikes are there for a reason: to persuade more drivers to get in their cars at times of peak demand and pick up riders. But Uber says it's working on something that could end surge pricing. The move likely will be great for riders, but not for drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hunting for the Surge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many on-demand drivers plan their days around surge rates; Nathan Sapp is one of them. He's sitting in his garage in Columbus, Indiana, a little after midnight, \"trying not to wake up the family,\" he says. His wife and three kids are asleep, but he just got back home from driving for Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sapp showed NPR pay stubs for a recent three-month period. On average, he is in his car and logged into his Uber app — either driving passengers or waiting to get one — 42.4 hours per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many drivers, he's got a system in place for finding surges: He talks to fraternity and sorority members at the campus of Indiana University, over in Bloomington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I definitely keep up with the news regarding events in town,\" he says. \"They could be business meetings, conventions. They could be specific sporting events.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.npr.org/player/embed/476513775/476559549\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surge is Uber's solution when passenger demand outstrips driver supply: Inform customers that their ride is going to cost more — maybe way more — then pick up those who agree and accept the loss of the ones who don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers want surge pricing, though the system for getting it isn't foolproof. Sapp doesn't know in advance where any one fare will take him. He recalls one time he planned his day around a big Bernie Sanders event, \"but not 20 minutes prior to the start of the speech, I got a trip that took me 60 miles away.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He ended up working in a completely different, slower city that night. To be clear, though, Sapp isn't complaining. He knows unpredictable trips are part of the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the three months of stubs he provided, surge fares were about a quarter of his total take-home pay, boosting his income by nearly $700 a month. That's money to fix his car, pay insurance, take the family out. A day at the museum, for example, costs $100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That might not be a lot of money to some people, but for us $100 is $100,\" Sapp says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber driver David Thrasher, who works primarily in Atlanta, puts it more bluntly: \"Surge is absolutely make or break. If there was no surge, ever, I wouldn't be able to afford doing this at all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thrasher also showed NPR months of pay stubs. When there's not much surge fare, he makes about $11 an hour. When he gets many surge rides, his weekly earnings go up to more like $16 or $17 an hour, on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's pretty good,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Automate It\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While drivers see surge as a key feature of the job — and Uber advertises it as such to them — inside the company surge pricing is considered a market failure, a problem to be solved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where machine learning comes in. That's where the next generation comes in,\" says Jeff Schneider, engineering lead at \u003ca href=\"https://www.uberatc.com/\">Uber Advanced Technologies Center\u003c/a>. \"Because now we can look at all this data, and we can start to make predictions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schneider grants an onstage interview at a Silicon Valley insider conference called \u003ca href=\"http://www.structuredata.com/data-2016/schedule/\">Structure Data\u003c/a>. It is a well-known fact that, in the long term, Uber is working on self-driving cars with no need for human drivers. In the shorter term, killing surge rates is at the top of Schneider's list of priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think of it this way: When a Beyoncé concert lets out, it's a no-brainer that there's a ton of demand. Drivers know that. What's harder, Schneider explains, \"is to find those Tuesday nights when it's not even raining and for some reason there's demand — and to know that's coming. That's machine learning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With enough of the right data inputs, computer algorithms can do the research that driver Nathan Sapp already does — only better, \"so the surge pricing never even has to happen,\" Schneider says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers would be informed of the extra demand. \"And I think that's one of the really cool things that machine learning's doing for Uber right now,\" Schneider says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By \"right now,\" he means he's on it. UberEATS, the company's food delivery service, is already using machine learning to anticipate how many people will call for lunch in a given area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber hasn't released an exact timeline for the end of surge, and it's not clear if the company plans to make an announcement or just phase it out so that riders lose the unpleasant 400 percent price increase without ticking off drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wage Fluctuations the Norm\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sapp can't say he's surprised when I break the news to him, given the company's nonstop recruitment efforts. More drivers mean less surge pricing brought on by excess demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I get what seems like five to 10 notices every week to invite my friends and family to drive for Uber,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is competitive because of price: On average, Uber rides are about two-thirds the cost of a taxicab ride, according to data compiled by Certify. And there's a culture — a norm — of changing the rates for drivers regularly. Sapp says he gets a notice every few months telling him the new rates in his area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no conversation about it,\" he says. \"The end.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/04/22/475228363/uber-settles-2-lawsuits-over-whether-drivers-are-employees-or-contractors\">recent class-action settlement\u003c/a>, Uber plans to start letting drivers collect tips. It could be that the income lost from surge is replaced by passengers voluntarily giving a bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thrasher says it'll take more than tips — that the company will need to raise the base fare for drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If they took away surge and kept the base fare as it is, nobody could survive doing it,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Editor's Note:\u003c/strong> Since this story ran, media outlets including \u003ca href=\"http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-isnt-killing-surge-pricing-2016-05-03#:rbu8j8FhDpV64Q\" target=\"_blank\">MarketWatch\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/03/uber-denies-plans-to-kill-surge-pricing-in-us/?ncid=rss\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch\u003c/a> have raised questions about its accuracy, citing a statement from Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR's reporting is based on an on-the-record public conversation with Jeff Schneider, a leading technologist at the Uber Advanced Technology Center. 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