UC Santa Cruz campus bus crash injures six
SANTA CRUZ — A UC Santa Cruz Loop Bus crashed into a historic lime kiln near the campus’ main entrance on Coolidge Drive about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, injuring six people. …
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Tesla recalls 2 million vehicles limit use of ‘Autopilot’ feature after nearly 1,000 crashes
By Chris Isidore | CNN New York — Tesla is recalling nearly all 2 million of its cars on US roads to limit the use of its Autopilot feature after …
California man among 8 who died in U.S. Air Force Osprey crash near Japan
A Riverside resident was among the eight members of the U.S. Air Force crew that perished in last week’s crash of a CV-22B Osprey during a training mission off of …
GM’s Cruise robotaxi service faces fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident’s severity
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | AP Technology Writer California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of …
UC Santa Cruz researchers build AI to prevent drownings
Alex Pang and Fahim Hasan Khan at Seabright State Beach in November. Pang and his team at UC Santa Cruz are working on algorithms — sets of programmed instructions …
Disneyland lamppost falls and injures visitors during high winds
Several Disneyland visitors were injured when a lamppost on Main Street U.S.A. fell during high winds and toppled onto a walkway near the entrance to the Anaheim theme park, according …
SpaceX loses rocket, spacecraft over Gulf of Mexico in 2nd test flight
(CNN) — SpaceX’s gargantuan deep-space rocket system, Starship, safely lifted off Saturday morning but ended prematurely with an explosion and a loss of signal. The Super Heavy booster and Starship …
Pilot dead after plane out of Bay Area crashes in Southern California
BY KAREN KUCHER | San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO — A small Cessna plane crashed in La Jolla Wednesday night, killing the pilot, officials said. The wreckage of the plane, …
Drivers of boxy SUVs and pickup trucks are more likely to kill pedestrians, study finds
By Peter Valdes-Dapena | CNN Big trucks and SUVs, especially those with flat front ends, aren’t just more intimidating to look at, they are genuinely deadlier for pedestrians, according to …
US-bound plane takes off with missing window panes as crew fails to spot damage
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill | CNN An Airbus A321 aircraft took off from London Stansted Airport last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were missing, according to UK …