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Jan 9, 2025 | ktvu.com | Andy Clausen

By Andy ClausenUpdated  January 9, 2025 5:54am PST Flames from the wind-driven Eaton Fire engulf a house in Altadena, California, January 8, 2025. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) SANTA ROSA, Calif. - An app that was developed in Santa Rosa is seeing a big jump in popularity in response to the recent Southern California wildfires. Watch Duty allows users to subscribe to emergency alerts for their neighborhood and county.

Aug 15, 2024 | ktvu.com | Andy Clausen

By Andy ClausenPublished  August 15, 2024 8:35am PDT Researchers use computer to give Bay Area man with ALS the gift of speech A Bay Area man with ALS can now communicate, all thanks to a computer linked to his brain. Casey Harrell has ALS and can't speak, but a new Brain-Computer Interface developed by researchers at UC Davis Health has let him communicate again. It works by reading his brain waves, then transforming them into words that the computer reads out loud.

Aug 15, 2024 | aol.com | Andy Clausen

Fox localAugust 15, 2024 at 10:35 AMA Bay Area man with ALS can now communicate, all thanks to a computer linked to his brain. Casey Harrell has ALS and can't speak, but a new Brain-Computer Interface developed by researchers at UC Davis Health has let him communicate again. It works by reading his brain waves, then transforming them into words that the computer reads out loud. Casey Harrell works with software to help him communicate again.

May 22, 2024 | ktvu.com | Andy Clausen

By Andy ClausenPublished  May 22, 2024 6:38am PDT A partial power outage at the Richmond Chevron refinery is causing visible flaring. Nov. 27, 2023. RICHMOND, Calif. - Voters in Richmond could have the final say on a proposal to tax the Chevron refinery. On Tuesday night, the city council voted unanimously to ask the city attorney to prepare a Richmond Refinery Tax Act ballot initiative.

May 22, 2024 | aol.com | Andy Clausen

RICHMOND, Calif. - Voters in Richmond could have the final say on a proposal to tax the Chevron refinery. On Tuesday night, the city council voted unanimously to ask the city attorney to prepare a Richmond Refinery Tax Act ballot initiative. A city report finds Richmond has a $24 million gap in its 2024 budget, and the city needs new revenue to balance the budget.