
Bigad Shaban
Senior Investigative Reporter at KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)
Senior Investigative Reporter @NBCBayArea | Floridian-Egyptian🐫 now Cali guy | God is good | @UF Gator | Bego to my Kels | Peabody, duPont, 18-time Emmy Winner
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2 weeks ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Jeremy Carroll
Nonprofit organizations across San Francisco are expected to gather on the steps of City Hall Wednesday to rally against what they describe as “unconscionable” budget cuts proposed by Mayor Daniel Lurie in his recently unveiled financial plan for the city. “My overall reaction is extreme disappointment,” said Adrian Tirtanadi, founder and executive director of Open Door Legal, a legal aid nonprofit and one of the organizers for Wednesday’s rally.
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1 month ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Michael Horn |Alex Bozovic
From flame-wielding robots to driverless tractors, autonomous technology is fueling a robot revolution across America’s farmlands. While much of the agricultural advancements were produced in California, farmers in the state are frustrated by the fact they aren’t legally allowed to utilize the technology. “It's crazy,” said Larry Jacobs, who has been farming in California for the past 40 years.
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1 month ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Michael Bott |Lucia Walinchus |Alex Bozovic
An NBC Bay Area investigation reveals DOGE’s ongoing efforts to slash government contracts have led to the termination of more than 100 contracts with ties to Bay Area businesses and nonprofitsAndrew Cameron and his small Pleasanton-based software company were in the fourth year of a federal contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development when, without warning or explanation, he received a notice informing him the government was terminating his contract.
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1 month ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Jeremy Carroll
Waymo is releasing new research that shows its fleet of driverless cars are dramatically better than humans at avoiding a wide range of collisions on public roads. According to the peer-reviewed paper, which is set to be published in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal, Waymo’s self-driving cars experienced 82% fewer crashes with bikers and motorcyclists compared to human drivers, and 92% fewer crashes with pedestrians.
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2 months ago |
nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban
Even so-called “sanctuary” communities, which aim to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation, are at odds over when to cooperate with federal immigration officials. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, often seeks assistance from local law enforcement agencies to find and deport those who are undocumented, however, an NBC Bay Area investigation reveals how those requests are met with varied responses across the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
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Legal aid advocates in San Francisco warn the mayor's roughly $16 billion proposed budget includes deep cuts to legal services that could increase homelessness across the city. https://t.co/wZ78fR4rsW @nbcbayarea

#Breaking: Waymo limiting service of driverless cars in parts of San Francisco per “guidance from law enforcement.” Yesterday, Waymo cars were set on fire in LA amid anti-ICE immigration protests. “Out of an abundance of caution,”Waymo is avoiding potential protest areas in SF. https://t.co/wsLqsuBtUE

Farmers are fuming over California's ban on driverless tractors. Driverless cars have been allowed to navigate busy roadways across the state for years, but farmers can't use similar tech in smaller and slower robots on their wide-open farms. https://t.co/qmlTrJL4B4 @nbcbayarea