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The matter requires further review and analysis which the department is undertaking immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming days, the DMV will be meeting with regulators and industry to continue working through this issue. Pending this further review, Vehicle Industry News alert VIN 2015-1, which affected ride share operators, is hereby revoked including any reference to the requirement of a commercial plate.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission officially sanctioned ride services in 2013, creating a new category of vehicle-for-hire services called transportation network companies, which are now licensed by the CPUC under a set of regulations addressing safety, training, insurance coverage and other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, legislation was passed last year by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. 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A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol confirmed the commercial registration requirement but said it was impossible to determine if it had ever been enforced because CHP does not track citations for different types of registration violations, but rather lumps them all together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding fuel to the fire yesterday, Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) and Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/01/assembly-gop-dmv-uber-commercial-license-plate.html\" target=\"_blank\">threatened\u003c/a> in a letter to the DMV and the CPUC to introduce legislation to amend the law unless the department exempted ride-service drivers from the commercial registration requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Jan. 26:\u003c/strong> We put in a request to the CPUC for its take on this issue. 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The second was in the northern part of San Francisco, as well as Marin County and the southwestern part of Sonoma County, with a 6.6 percent rate of vaccine refusal. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_27350529/kaiser-study-clusters-unvaccinated-children-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bay Bridge’s history of trouble: How a landmark became a debacle\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sometime in the next few weeks, the lead contractor for the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span will finally declare that the most complex public works project in California history is done — and state and local authorities will be solely responsible for a landmark beset by problems that trace back more than 16 years, to the day a handful of experts picked a design that bordered on the experimental. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-s-troubles-How-a-landmark-became-a-6021955.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Facebook report: Users have $227 billion global economic impact\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Venture Beat)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If you thought Facebook was just one giant time-suck vortex where your life disappears while sharing cat videos and finding quizzes to discover which character on “Friends” you most resemble, then here’s some good news: The company says you are actually doing your part to boost the world’s economy. \u003ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/20/facebook-report-says-its-1-35-billion-users-have-227-billion-global-economic-impact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County gearing up for annual homeless census\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury News)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Francisca Garcia canvasses Santa Clara County later this month to help gauge the size of the local homeless population, she will know exactly where to look for young people living on the streets. 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While water continues to flow for most of us, the land, as these photographs testify, is hurting. \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2015/01/children-of-the-drought-new-generation-looks-at-california.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Model killed by train during video shoot on tracks \u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Associated Press)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Friends of a fitness model and actor who was hit by a train and killed while making a video said Monday that he was a bold and fearless person who just made a rare mistake. “It was just a freaky moment where something got out of control,” said Warren Coulter, who had been friends for 15 years with 37-year-old George Gregory Plitt Jr., who went by “Greg.” Plitt, among the more recognizable faces and physiques in the fitness industry, was shooting a video for his website with two crew members when the Metrolink commuter train hit him Saturday afternoon in Burbank, authorities and friends said. \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f1747c8e65c14d0ca2fe0ac8f182dd8e/fitness-model-was-filming-when-killed-train-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SpaceX releases video of rocket crash-landing on barge\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>(Associated Press)\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SpaceX has released dramatic footage of its booster rocket trying to land on a floating ocean barge after a launch — an unprecedented attempt that ended in a fiery explosion. 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"content": "\u003cp>I worked in the so-called sharing economy for about a year, driving for the ride company Lyft. I was doing it to make \u003ca href=\"http://drivingwithstrangers.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a podcast\u003c/a>, and it was a convenient vehicle for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I had concerns. It seemed like the income kept falling and would keep falling if no one regulated the number of drivers. I was unsure about insurance coverage. Most of all, I felt like driving for Lyft was taking money out of the pockets of cab drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current Lyft driver Dan Carrigan has some of the same concerns. He says he does not feel like his interests as an individual are a priority for the company, nor does he feel protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can only trust a process to a certain extent,” Carrigan says. “Nobody is taking care of you in this business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone with aspirations to be self-employed — an entrepreneur of some kind — Carrigan is drawn to the sharing economy. There seem to be all kinds of possibilities for people, like running errands on TaskRabbit, providing services through Fiverr, or cleaning houses for Handy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan started by trying to rent out his apartment on Airbnb, but he stopped because he was worried about getting evicted. So now he is driving for Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettSharingEcoStruggles2014.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he drives to pay his bills. He was laid off from his previous job and wanted flexibility while he figured out what to do next. At first it seemed great, and he thought he could do it for a few years. But now he says he has realized there is not enough stability because as a driver he is replaceable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re part of a pool, you are really part of a pool,” Carrigan says, “so if suddenly companies could pay much less to drivers, and there were still drivers willing to drive for that rate, they would. And the rates are going lower and lower and lower.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft Says It’s Listening\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft says it listens to drivers, and that it has recently improved the tipping system. In the summer, Lyft let drivers keep all their earnings. But now it takes a 20 percent commission on each fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft representative Katie Dally told KQED via email:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lyft’s commission is 20 percent of each trip cost — and drivers keep 100 percent of tips from passengers. Lyft is also the only ridesharing platform to offer drivers an opportunity to earn a percentage of their weekly earnings as a bonus. The more drivers drive, the more they can earn, up to 20 percent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if they drive enough, they earn back the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carrigan says he makes between $25 and $31 an hour, and that is before insurance, gas, taxes and car upkeep. It is less than I made a year ago, and Carrigan says the income continues to fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10382936\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10382936\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS13765_Dan-Carrigan.JPG.jpg-alt_209-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Carrigan drives for Lyft to help pay the bills. 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(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for earning the bonuses for logging more hours, Carrigan says that makes it more like a regular job, which is not what he signed up for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be nice to know that I could do this for a while without it changing,” Carrigan says, “but the way things are now, I’m looking for work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Union Organizing Begins\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, some drivers for Lyft’s competitor, Uber, are trying to organize a union so they can achieve more stability and a stronger voice within the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A local chapter of the Teamsters union is giving them support and advice. Teamsters spokesman Galen Munroe says that when it comes down to it, this is just the same old story — companies using part-time workers to cut costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These companies “don’t want the responsibilities or the costs associated with direct employees,” Munroe says, “and to a certain degree we feel that this is misclassification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a fine line between contract worker and employee, and it is causing trouble for these new gig sites. Uber faces \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250503465/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-12-14-Amended-Complaint\">lawsuits\u003c/a>, as does \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Handy-com-housecleaners-lawsuit-could-rock-5891672.php\">Handy\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/250504957/O-Connor-Et-Al-v-Uber-Technologies-Inc-Et-Al-11-25-14-Defendant-s-Answer-to-Amended-Complaint\">claims\u003c/a> are that they control workers like employees, but do not give them benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is the dark side of these companies, says Gerald Friedman, economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Friedman adds that by cleverly branding this work as the sharing economy, these tech companies are normalizing what is really unprotected, deregulated contract labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friedman says these tech platforms are “used to deny workers protections that we established in the New Deal era to protect people against unemployment, health crisis and to protect people’s work safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the gigs on these sites are pitched, Friedman says, sounds kind of like the worker utopia described by Karl Marx, where one could hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, and do criticism in the evening, without having to become a hunter, a fisherman or a critic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of flexibility is desirable, he says, but in our modern capitalist society such gig work brings a harsh reality of less protection and more instability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that charge, Lyft makes the case that its workers can purchase health insurance on their own now, with the Affordable Care Act. And the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Lyft-plays-Whac-a-Mole-with-regulators-nationwide-5958762.php\">company says\u003c/a> drivers work for them precisely because they don’t want an employer, or because they already have one and just want to make money on the side. The point here is the freedom that Lyft provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts on Taxi Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\">Of course what may be freedom for the ride-service drivers has impacts on others,\u003c/a> such as San Francisco cabbie Harbir Batth. He says taxi drivers in this city used to have the kind of gig advertised by these tech companies: flexible decent pay, plus even some protection and stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never had a union. It is kind of a self-employed industry,” Batth says. “Everybody is divided. 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Citing unnamed \"people familiar with the company's thinking,\" the Wall Street Journal said this week that the layoffs could total at least 3,000 -- about 10 percent of the San Jose online retailing site's workforce -- when it splits next year. \u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_27125981/ebays-split-paypal-reportedly-could-mean-thousands-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>New technology increases scrutiny of workers inside, outside offices\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury News)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Employers are rushing to embrace the Internet of Things, with its array of smart gadgets, to keep watch on their workers. Studies contend that these devices help reduce theft, boost productivity and weed out lazy, incompetent or abusive employees. ... 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Mellody Hobson, a prominent Chicago businesswoman. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/star-wars-museum-rahm-emanuel-got-campaign-cash-disney-george-lucas-wife-pushing-1726849\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://gawker.com/lemony-snicket-makes-series-of-racist-jokes-at-national-1661096744\" target=\"_blank\">Lemony Snicket Makes Series of Racist Jokes at National Book Awards\u003c/a> (Gawker):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After Jacqueline Woodson accepted the National Book Award in young people's literature for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming last night, host Daniel Handler shared a \"joke\" about her with the audience: she's allergic to watermelon. Get it? Because she's black. You can feel the tension in the room through your screen.\u003ca href=\"http://gawker.com/lemony-snicket-makes-series-of-racist-jokes-at-national-1661096744\" target=\"_blank\"> Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-puts-in-chips-for-2024-Olympics-5905458.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco puts in chips for 2024 Olympics\u003c/a> (San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A $350 million “pop-up” stadium in a Brisbane field. Beach volleyball in front of San Francisco City Hall. Table tennis in Chinatown. San Francisco is officially bidding on the 2024 Olympics, organizers have disclosed to The Chronicle, and their pitch for the Summer Games will focus on the Bay Area’s distinctions, ingenuity and character. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-puts-in-chips-for-2024-Olympics-5905458.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26977398/street-robbers-santa-clara-sunnyvale-targeting-people-indian\" target=\"_blank\">Street robbers in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale targeting people of Indian descent \u003c/a>(Bay Area News Group):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Street robberies in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale have been targeting people of Indian descent wearing gold jewelry, the Santa Clara Police Department announced Wednesday. Suspects in the robberies will come up to their victims on the street and either grab the jewelry and run or brandish a handgun and demand the victims' jewelry and wallet, according to police. The robberies have been reported both during day and evening hours, police said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26977398/street-robbers-santa-clara-sunnyvale-targeting-people-indian\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26977085/port-oakland-closed-longshormen-mourn-colleague-who-died\" target=\"_blank\">Port of Oakland closed following death of longshoreman in Benicia\u003c/a> (Bay Area News Group):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Truckers at the Port of Oakland were turned around on Thursday after arriving to news that union workers were staying home to mourn the death of a colleague who died on the job. International Longshore and Warehouse Union member Thomas Hoover died Thursday while doing work on a ship in Benicia, union spokesman Craig Merrilees said. Hoover suffered distress while on the ship, but Merrilees did not have details about what happened.\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26977085/port-oakland-closed-longshormen-mourn-colleague-who-died\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/movies/mike-nichols-celebrated-director-dies-at-83.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Nichols, Acclaimed Director, Dies at 83\u003c/a> (New York Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Dryly urbane, Mr. Nichols had a gift for communicating with actors and a keen comic timing, which he honed early in his career as half of the popular sketch-comedy team Nichols and May. In films like “The Graduate,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Carnal Knowledge” and in comedies and dramas on stage, he accomplished what Orson Welles and Elia Kazan but few if any other directors have: achieving popular and artistic success in both film and theater. He was among the most decorated people in the history of show business, one of only a dozen or so to have won an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/movies/mike-nichols-celebrated-director-dies-at-83.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Al Franken Asks Uber CEO Tough Questions on User Privacy\u003c/a> (TechCrunch):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Subcommittee On Privacy, Technology, and the Law, has posted a public letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in which he addresses many of the claims made over the past few days that the company has consistently compromised user privacy as a matter of course. \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/senator-al-franken-asks-ubers-ceo-tough-questions-on-user-privacy/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.franken.senate.gov/files/letter/141119UberLetter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Franken's letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick\u003c/a>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I am writing in regard to reports of recent comments and actions by top Uber executives concerning journalists. The reports suggest a troubling disregard for customers' privacy, including the need to protect their sensitive geolocation data. ...\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.franken.senate.gov/files/letter/141119UberLetter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Full letter\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dailycal.org/2014/11/19/100-individuals-occupy-wheeler-hall-wednesday-night-protest-tuition-hikes/\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds of students occupy Cal's Wheeler Hall in protest of tuition hikes \u003c/a>(The Daily Californian):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The group of occupiers, who hail from an array of progressive organizations, started with about 50 individuals but more than quadrupled in size by midnight. About 7:45 a.m. Thursday, protesters voted on whether to fully occupy the hall but instead resolved to declare an “open university,” allowing students access to the building for classes. \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailycal.org/2014/11/19/100-individuals-occupy-wheeler-hall-wednesday-night-protest-tuition-hikes/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/star-wars-museum-rahm-emanuel-got-campaign-cash-disney-george-lucas-wife-pushing-1726849\" target=\"_blank\">'Star Wars' Museum: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel got campaign donation from Disney and George Lucas's wife before pushing to donate city land\u003c/a> (International Business Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Windy City preservationists are suing to block the construction of a so-called “Star Wars” museum after Mayor Rahm Emanuel offered to let George Lucas build the $400 million project on publicly owned lakefront land. The mayor has defended the proposal to lease the prime real estate to the billionaire Lucas for just $1 a year. ... What he hasn’t mentioned is the almost $50,000 worth of campaign donations he has received from those with vested interests in the project. One of those donors is ... Mellody Hobson, a prominent Chicago businesswoman. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/star-wars-museum-rahm-emanuel-got-campaign-cash-disney-george-lucas-wife-pushing-1726849\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://gawker.com/lemony-snicket-makes-series-of-racist-jokes-at-national-1661096744\" target=\"_blank\">Lemony Snicket Makes Series of Racist Jokes at National Book Awards\u003c/a> (Gawker):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After Jacqueline Woodson accepted the National Book Award in young people's literature for her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming last night, host Daniel Handler shared a \"joke\" about her with the audience: she's allergic to watermelon. Get it? Because she's black. You can feel the tension in the room through your screen.\u003ca href=\"http://gawker.com/lemony-snicket-makes-series-of-racist-jokes-at-national-1661096744\" target=\"_blank\"> Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-puts-in-chips-for-2024-Olympics-5905458.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco puts in chips for 2024 Olympics\u003c/a> (San Francisco Chronicle):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A $350 million “pop-up” stadium in a Brisbane field. Beach volleyball in front of San Francisco City Hall. Table tennis in Chinatown. San Francisco is officially bidding on the 2024 Olympics, organizers have disclosed to The Chronicle, and their pitch for the Summer Games will focus on the Bay Area’s distinctions, ingenuity and character. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-puts-in-chips-for-2024-Olympics-5905458.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26977398/street-robbers-santa-clara-sunnyvale-targeting-people-indian\" target=\"_blank\">Street robbers in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale targeting people of Indian descent \u003c/a>(Bay Area News Group):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Street robberies in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale have been targeting people of Indian descent wearing gold jewelry, the Santa Clara Police Department announced Wednesday. Suspects in the robberies will come up to their victims on the street and either grab the jewelry and run or brandish a handgun and demand the victims' jewelry and wallet, according to police. The robberies have been reported both during day and evening hours, police said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26977398/street-robbers-santa-clara-sunnyvale-targeting-people-indian\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26977085/port-oakland-closed-longshormen-mourn-colleague-who-died\" target=\"_blank\">Port of Oakland closed following death of longshoreman in Benicia\u003c/a> (Bay Area News Group):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Truckers at the Port of Oakland were turned around on Thursday after arriving to news that union workers were staying home to mourn the death of a colleague who died on the job. International Longshore and Warehouse Union member Thomas Hoover died Thursday while doing work on a ship in Benicia, union spokesman Craig Merrilees said. Hoover suffered distress while on the ship, but Merrilees did not have details about what happened.\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_26977085/port-oakland-closed-longshormen-mourn-colleague-who-died\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/movies/mike-nichols-celebrated-director-dies-at-83.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Nichols, Acclaimed Director, Dies at 83\u003c/a> (New York Times):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Dryly urbane, Mr. Nichols had a gift for communicating with actors and a keen comic timing, which he honed early in his career as half of the popular sketch-comedy team Nichols and May. In films like “The Graduate,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Carnal Knowledge” and in comedies and dramas on stage, he accomplished what Orson Welles and Elia Kazan but few if any other directors have: achieving popular and artistic success in both film and theater. He was among the most decorated people in the history of show business, one of only a dozen or so to have won an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/movies/mike-nichols-celebrated-director-dies-at-83.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 10:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The other shoe hasn't fallen yet in Uber's ReporterGate. Emil Michael, the senior vice president who suggested spying on and discrediting journalists critical of the company still apparently has his job. But the company is being strafed with a string of reports on its culture and alleged privacy violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> reviews the latest stories here: \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-controversy-20141119-story.html\">Uber -- as drivers get perks, riders lose patience with privacy snafus\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>LAT\u003c/em> list includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-employee-competencies-fierceness-and-super-pumpedness-2014-11\" target=\"_blank\">a must-read item from \u003cem>Business Insider\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on the qualities the company most values in employees. In addition to standard checklist items like \"vision\" and \"innovation\" -- aren't we all visionary innovators now? -- Uber wants to see \"fierceness\" and \"super-pumpedness\" in its workers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Tuesday, Nov. 19):\u003c/strong> Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to get ahead of the avalanche of criticism roaring down on the ride-service company -- by issuing a 14-tweet explanation/manifesto/apology about a fellow Uber exec's musings about playing dirty tricks on journalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a taste of Kalanick's Twitter epic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/travisk/status/534790695157248000\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More from the Uber CEO later. But first, how did we get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalanick's, and Uber's, crisis was sparked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/uber-executive-suggests-digging-up-dirt-on-journalists\" target=\"_blank\">BuzzFeed's account\u003c/a> of a dinner the company sponsored for \"an influential New York crowd\" last Friday night. Kalanick was in attendance, as was a senior vice president named Emil Michael. Here's BuzzFeed's account of Michael's remarks:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[H]e outlined the notion of spending “a million dollars” to hire four top opposition researchers and four journalists. That team could, he said, help Uber fight back against the press — they’d look into “your personal lives, your families,” and give the media a taste of its own medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael was particularly focused on one journalist, Sarah Lacy, the editor of the Silicon Valley website PandoDaily, a sometimes combative voice inside the industry. Lacy recently accused Uber of “sexism and misogyny.” She wrote that she was deleting her Uber app after BuzzFeed News reported that Uber appeared to be working with a French escort service. “I don’t know how many more signals we need that the company simply doesn’t respect us or prioritize our safety,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the dinner, Michael expressed outrage at Lacy’s column and said that women are far more likely to get assaulted by taxi drivers than Uber drivers. He said that he thought Lacy should be held “personally responsible” for any woman who followed her lead in deleting Uber and was then sexually assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he returned to the opposition research plan. Uber’s dirt-diggers, Michael said, could expose Lacy. They could, in particular, prove a particular and very specific claim about her personal life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael at no point suggested that Uber has actually hired opposition researchers, or that it plans to. He cast it as something that would make sense, that the company would be justified in doing.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>When someone suggested that carrying out such a plan might create problems for Uber, BuzzFeed reported, Michael said, \"Nobody would know it was us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BuzzFeed report prompted a scathing response from \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sarahcuda\" target=\"_blank\">Lacy\u003c/a> on PandoDaily: \"\u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Tuesday on KQED's \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>, Lacy said she attributed Michael's remarks to a company culture she says is essentially hostile to women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"... You know, there was a really disturbing [advertising] campaign that was put out in Uber France office that was essentially treating female drivers like prostitutes. And it was incredibly disturbing. Everyone was bothered by that. BuzzFeed wrote about it. When I saw it, yeah, I saw the culmination of two-year company’s culture growing from something that was cute and fratty and funny when it launched to something that is quite disturbing that remains unchecked in the company. And as a woman I simply didn’t feel safe getting in the cars. Again, no on was fired for that. And when you’re sending a message out to drivers and riders, and you’re frankly sending it to corporate executives, that treating a woman like a prostitute is funny, it’s really scary.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177544871&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacy also said that Michael's remarks made her fear for her family's safety. \"It’s been a crazy 24 hours of changing a lot of the security in my house, a lot of the security protocols around my kids,\" Lacy said. \"As you know, I’ve been covering Silicon Valley for a very long time, writing critical things about lots of powerful people, and this is an extreme one, even for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BuzzFeed story and Lacy's response touched off a flurry of official Uber responses cast more as explanations than apologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The remarks attributed to me at a private dinner -- borne out of frustration during an informal debate over what I feel is sensationalistic media coverage of the company I am proud to work for -- do not reflect my actual views and have no relation to the company’s views or approach,\" Michael said in a statement released by the company. \"They were wrong no matter the circumstance and I regret them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company spokeswoman Nairi Hourdajian added: \"We have not, do not and will not investigate journalists. Those remarks have no basis in the reality of our approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael, in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/emilmichael/status/534579297449955329\" target=\"_blank\">a Twitter conversation with critics\u003c/a> Tuesday night, \u003cem>did\u003c/em> offer an apology to Lacy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/emilmichael/status/534580244095959040\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that, finally, leads us back to Kalanick's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/travisk/status/534789412094496768\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter War&Peace\u003c/a>. The CEO starts out by calling Michael's comments \"terrible,\" says the company needs to do a better job showing that it's \"principled and means well,\" and ends with an apology to Lacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing Kalanick doesn't say is whether Michael will keep his job. And here's why you might wonder about that. The company is universally celebrated in the annals of entrepreneurship for its $18 billion market valuation, its rapid inroads into markets worldwide and its seeming determination to sidestep or steamroll opposition wherever it's encountered. But now the company, its attitude and Kalanick's leadership are under all-out media siege, to judge from a few headlines. To wit:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>New York Times Bits blog:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/emil-michael-of-uber-proposes-digging-into-journalists-private-lives/?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Uber Executive's Comments Leave Company Scrambling\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Slate:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/11/18/uber_comments_on_digging_up_dirt_on_journalists_when_funding_makes_a_tech.html\" target=\"_blank\">Uber Keeps Acting Like It's Invincible. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 10:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The other shoe hasn't fallen yet in Uber's ReporterGate. Emil Michael, the senior vice president who suggested spying on and discrediting journalists critical of the company still apparently has his job. But the company is being strafed with a string of reports on its culture and alleged privacy violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> reviews the latest stories here: \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-controversy-20141119-story.html\">Uber -- as drivers get perks, riders lose patience with privacy snafus\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>LAT\u003c/em> list includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-employee-competencies-fierceness-and-super-pumpedness-2014-11\" target=\"_blank\">a must-read item from \u003cem>Business Insider\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on the qualities the company most values in employees. In addition to standard checklist items like \"vision\" and \"innovation\" -- aren't we all visionary innovators now? -- Uber wants to see \"fierceness\" and \"super-pumpedness\" in its workers. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (Tuesday, Nov. 19):\u003c/strong> Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to get ahead of the avalanche of criticism roaring down on the ride-service company -- by issuing a 14-tweet explanation/manifesto/apology about a fellow Uber exec's musings about playing dirty tricks on journalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a taste of Kalanick's Twitter epic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>More from the Uber CEO later. But first, how did we get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalanick's, and Uber's, crisis was sparked by \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/uber-executive-suggests-digging-up-dirt-on-journalists\" target=\"_blank\">BuzzFeed's account\u003c/a> of a dinner the company sponsored for \"an influential New York crowd\" last Friday night. Kalanick was in attendance, as was a senior vice president named Emil Michael. Here's BuzzFeed's account of Michael's remarks:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[H]e outlined the notion of spending “a million dollars” to hire four top opposition researchers and four journalists. That team could, he said, help Uber fight back against the press — they’d look into “your personal lives, your families,” and give the media a taste of its own medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael was particularly focused on one journalist, Sarah Lacy, the editor of the Silicon Valley website PandoDaily, a sometimes combative voice inside the industry. Lacy recently accused Uber of “sexism and misogyny.” She wrote that she was deleting her Uber app after BuzzFeed News reported that Uber appeared to be working with a French escort service. “I don’t know how many more signals we need that the company simply doesn’t respect us or prioritize our safety,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the dinner, Michael expressed outrage at Lacy’s column and said that women are far more likely to get assaulted by taxi drivers than Uber drivers. He said that he thought Lacy should be held “personally responsible” for any woman who followed her lead in deleting Uber and was then sexually assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then he returned to the opposition research plan. Uber’s dirt-diggers, Michael said, could expose Lacy. They could, in particular, prove a particular and very specific claim about her personal life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael at no point suggested that Uber has actually hired opposition researchers, or that it plans to. He cast it as something that would make sense, that the company would be justified in doing.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>When someone suggested that carrying out such a plan might create problems for Uber, BuzzFeed reported, Michael said, \"Nobody would know it was us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BuzzFeed report prompted a scathing response from \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sarahcuda\" target=\"_blank\">Lacy\u003c/a> on PandoDaily: \"\u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women.\u003c/a>\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Tuesday on KQED's \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>, Lacy said she attributed Michael's remarks to a company culture she says is essentially hostile to women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"... You know, there was a really disturbing [advertising] campaign that was put out in Uber France office that was essentially treating female drivers like prostitutes. And it was incredibly disturbing. Everyone was bothered by that. BuzzFeed wrote about it. When I saw it, yeah, I saw the culmination of two-year company’s culture growing from something that was cute and fratty and funny when it launched to something that is quite disturbing that remains unchecked in the company. And as a woman I simply didn’t feel safe getting in the cars. Again, no on was fired for that. And when you’re sending a message out to drivers and riders, and you’re frankly sending it to corporate executives, that treating a woman like a prostitute is funny, it’s really scary.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177544871&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacy also said that Michael's remarks made her fear for her family's safety. \"It’s been a crazy 24 hours of changing a lot of the security in my house, a lot of the security protocols around my kids,\" Lacy said. \"As you know, I’ve been covering Silicon Valley for a very long time, writing critical things about lots of powerful people, and this is an extreme one, even for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BuzzFeed story and Lacy's response touched off a flurry of official Uber responses cast more as explanations than apologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The remarks attributed to me at a private dinner -- borne out of frustration during an informal debate over what I feel is sensationalistic media coverage of the company I am proud to work for -- do not reflect my actual views and have no relation to the company’s views or approach,\" Michael said in a statement released by the company. \"They were wrong no matter the circumstance and I regret them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company spokeswoman Nairi Hourdajian added: \"We have not, do not and will not investigate journalists. Those remarks have no basis in the reality of our approach.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael, in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/emilmichael/status/534579297449955329\" target=\"_blank\">a Twitter conversation with critics\u003c/a> Tuesday night, \u003cem>did\u003c/em> offer an apology to Lacy:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/uber-executive-suggests-digging-up-dirt-on-journalists\" target=\"_blank\">Uber executive suggests digging up dirt on journalists \u003c/a>(Buzzfeed):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A senior executive at Uber suggested that the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media — and specifically to spread details of the personal life of a female journalist who has criticized the company. The executive, Emil Michael, made the comments in a conversation he later said he believed was off the record. In a statement through Uber Monday evening, he said he regretted them and that they didn’t reflect his or the company’s views. \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/uber-executive-suggests-digging-up-dirt-on-journalists\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women\u003c/a> (Pando Daily):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A \"horrifying scoop\" in Buzzfeed details the lengths that at least one Uber executive, Emil Michael, was willing to go to discredit anyone– particularly a woman– who may try to question how Uber operates. Ruining her life? Manufacturing lies? Going after her family? Apparently it’s all part of what Uber has described as its “political campaign” to build a $30 billion (and counting) tech company. A campaign that David Plouffe was hired to “run,” that’s looking more like a pathetic version of play acting House of Cards than a real campaign run by a real political professional. Because step one of an illegal smear campaign against a woman is: Don’t brag about it to a journalist at a party. \u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/ubers-travis-kalanick-takes-charm-offensive-to-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's Travis Kalanick takes 'charm offensive' to New York City\u003c/a> (Buzzfeed):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Travis Kalanick, CEO of the hotly covered tech juggernaut Uber — whose relations with the media have been rocky — was in New York City Friday meeting with reporters, the latest episode in an apparent charm offensive. ... The event, the substance of which was off-the-record by agreement, appears to be part of a new approach by the confrontational company, which recently brought on former Obama aide David Plouffe to help shape its image. \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/ubers-travis-kalanick-takes-charm-offensive-to-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/17/the-best-way-to-get-people-on-your-side-is-to-annoy-them/\" target=\"_blank\">Cabs cause gridlock at SFO to protest Uber, Lyft and Sidecar\u003c/a> (TechCrunch):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At San Francisco International Airport this evening, a large group of Bay Area taxi drivers has decided to make picking passengers up nearly impossible in an effort to protest the airport’s recent decision to allow ride-sharing companies to operate on its premises. But according to reports on Twitter, the protest has not only limited the use of alternative ride-hailing apps at SFO, but it has caused gridlock for anyone trying to get in or out of the airport’s terminals. \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/17/the-best-way-to-get-people-on-your-side-is-to-annoy-them/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26956121/san-jose-report-says-sjpd-ranks-could-fall\" target=\"_blank\">Report: San Jose Police Department ranks could fall to 1985 levels\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The number of San Jose police officers will fall to the lowest in three decades if current trends continue unabated, and even that projection hinges on an optimistic view of the agency's ability to retain officers and recruit new blood, according to a new report. A department report produced for Tuesday's City Council meeting estimates that with current attrition and hiring, the number of sworn staff will drop from the current 1,010 down to 988 by July, which would mark the first time since 1985 that the force steadily fielded fewer than 1,000 officers. That same model projects a sworn staff of 949 by July 2017. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26956121/san-jose-report-says-sjpd-ranks-could-fall\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/21b7a5db4a0a435eb17850be6883e5a8/ntsb-govt-aircraft-regulations-apply-drones\" target=\"_blank\">NTSB: Government aircraft regulations apply to drones -- even tiny ones\u003c/a> (Associated Press):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The FAA had fined Raphael Pirker, an aerial photographer, $10,000 for operating his Ritewing Zephyr in a reckless manner on the University of Virginia campus in 2011. An administrative law judge with the National Transportation Safety Board, which hears appeals of Federal Aviation Administration enforcement actions, sided with Pirker earlier this year, saying the FAA hasn't issued any regulations specifically for drones and therefore can't determine their use. \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/21b7a5db4a0a435eb17850be6883e5a8/ntsb-govt-aircraft-regulations-apply-drones\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDMTR&wfo=MTR\" target=\"_blank\">Rain -- rain! -- on the way\u003c/a> (National Weather Service Area Forecast Discussion):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A series of Pacific storms systems are forecast to impact the region through late week, bringing periods of unsettled weather. The first chance of rain will start this evening and continue into Wednesday. \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDMTR&wfo=MTR\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.weatherwest.com/archives/1967\" target=\"_blank\">A dry start to autumn for most of California; prospects for rain murky\u003c/a> (California Weather Blog):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A rather extraordinary sequence of atmospheric events has unfolded over the Pacific Ocean and across adjacent North America over the past week or so. The current pattern is strongly reminiscent of the extremely high amplitude wave pattern that dominated most of winter 2013-2014 and the latter half of 2012-2013. 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In a statement through Uber Monday evening, he said he regretted them and that they didn’t reflect his or the company’s views. \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/uber-executive-suggests-digging-up-dirt-on-journalists\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women\u003c/a> (Pando Daily):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A \"horrifying scoop\" in Buzzfeed details the lengths that at least one Uber executive, Emil Michael, was willing to go to discredit anyone– particularly a woman– who may try to question how Uber operates. Ruining her life? Manufacturing lies? Going after her family? Apparently it’s all part of what Uber has described as its “political campaign” to build a $30 billion (and counting) tech company. A campaign that David Plouffe was hired to “run,” that’s looking more like a pathetic version of play acting House of Cards than a real campaign run by a real political professional. Because step one of an illegal smear campaign against a woman is: Don’t brag about it to a journalist at a party. \u003ca href=\"http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-far-uber-will-go-to-silence-journalists-and-attack-women/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/ubers-travis-kalanick-takes-charm-offensive-to-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">Uber's Travis Kalanick takes 'charm offensive' to New York City\u003c/a> (Buzzfeed):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Travis Kalanick, CEO of the hotly covered tech juggernaut Uber — whose relations with the media have been rocky — was in New York City Friday meeting with reporters, the latest episode in an apparent charm offensive. ... The event, the substance of which was off-the-record by agreement, appears to be part of a new approach by the confrontational company, which recently brought on former Obama aide David Plouffe to help shape its image. \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/ubers-travis-kalanick-takes-charm-offensive-to-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/17/the-best-way-to-get-people-on-your-side-is-to-annoy-them/\" target=\"_blank\">Cabs cause gridlock at SFO to protest Uber, Lyft and Sidecar\u003c/a> (TechCrunch):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At San Francisco International Airport this evening, a large group of Bay Area taxi drivers has decided to make picking passengers up nearly impossible in an effort to protest the airport’s recent decision to allow ride-sharing companies to operate on its premises. But according to reports on Twitter, the protest has not only limited the use of alternative ride-hailing apps at SFO, but it has caused gridlock for anyone trying to get in or out of the airport’s terminals. \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/17/the-best-way-to-get-people-on-your-side-is-to-annoy-them/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26956121/san-jose-report-says-sjpd-ranks-could-fall\" target=\"_blank\">Report: San Jose Police Department ranks could fall to 1985 levels\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The number of San Jose police officers will fall to the lowest in three decades if current trends continue unabated, and even that projection hinges on an optimistic view of the agency's ability to retain officers and recruit new blood, according to a new report. A department report produced for Tuesday's City Council meeting estimates that with current attrition and hiring, the number of sworn staff will drop from the current 1,010 down to 988 by July, which would mark the first time since 1985 that the force steadily fielded fewer than 1,000 officers. That same model projects a sworn staff of 949 by July 2017. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26956121/san-jose-report-says-sjpd-ranks-could-fall\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/21b7a5db4a0a435eb17850be6883e5a8/ntsb-govt-aircraft-regulations-apply-drones\" target=\"_blank\">NTSB: Government aircraft regulations apply to drones -- even tiny ones\u003c/a> (Associated Press):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The FAA had fined Raphael Pirker, an aerial photographer, $10,000 for operating his Ritewing Zephyr in a reckless manner on the University of Virginia campus in 2011. An administrative law judge with the National Transportation Safety Board, which hears appeals of Federal Aviation Administration enforcement actions, sided with Pirker earlier this year, saying the FAA hasn't issued any regulations specifically for drones and therefore can't determine their use. \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/21b7a5db4a0a435eb17850be6883e5a8/ntsb-govt-aircraft-regulations-apply-drones\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDMTR&wfo=MTR\" target=\"_blank\">Rain -- rain! -- on the way\u003c/a> (National Weather Service Area Forecast Discussion):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A series of Pacific storms systems are forecast to impact the region through late week, bringing periods of unsettled weather. 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The Cardinal (2-0) showed poise and perseverance in its 88-86 win that ended the Huskies' 47-game win streak in front of 5,367 bedazzled fans. \"People got their money's worth,\" Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_26958157/stanford-women-topple-no-1-uconn\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_26959674/saint-marys-beats-new-mexico-state-83-71\" target=\"_blank\">St. Mary's beats New Mexico State 83-71 in midnight game\u003c/a> (San Jose Mercury News):\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>While most of the country slept, Saint Mary's continued its late-night dominance on the basketball court. The Gaels beat New Mexico State 83-71 in a middle-of-the-night Tuesday matchup that was part of ESPN's annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon. 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