
Berkeleyside
• Vanessa Arredondo
Does your Berkeley student have a disability? Here’s what to know about BUSD’s special education services.

Berkeleyside
• Vanessa Arredondo

Berkeleyside
• Vanessa Arredondo

Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
A new University of Massachusetts Amherst poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 42% to 34%. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats 42% Republicans 34% University of Massachusetts Amherst poll
Racket
• BUMP OPERA
At the Great Minnesota Get-Together, humanity shines as bright as the midday Midway sun.
Electrek
• Fred Lambert

Tesla is rolling out a new version of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software that can take control of your car to avoid a crash, even when you’re driving manually.
The automaker announced the feature, part of FSD Supervised v14.3.9, in a post from its AI team early Friday.
more…
SCOTUSblog
• Neil Weare
SCOTUSblog
• Kelsey Dallas, Nora Collins
Plus, this morning, the court will release its third and final summer order list.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
New York Magazine: “Since Trump’s return to the White House, his administration has made changes to more than 100 structures in Washington, D.C. The total price tag: somewhere north of a billion dollars. The biggest project, in terms of both cost (estimated to be $800 million when done) and presidential mindshare, is the ballroom and […]
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“An Army doctor told a federal court in Virginia she’s working with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to probe whether troops died from Covid-19 vaccines after President Joe Biden mandated the shots for service members in 2021,” Politico reports.
Ars Technica - All content
• Stephen Clark
Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.
Ars Technica - All content
• Ryan Whitwam
Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.
Did you receive a package you didn't order recently? It could be part of something called a Brushing Scam. Continue reading…
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“The past couple of weeks have shown the gauntlet Vice President JD Vance will have to navigate if he seeks to sew up the GOP nomination for president in 2028,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “He will need to stay close to President Trump while also owning the fact that he is not President Trump.”
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
“Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) was arrested Thursday evening in Paris, Kentucky, according to 911 dispatchers,” WDRB reports. “The active bench warrant against Bevin was for failing to turn over financial documents related to his ongoing child support case.”
Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
#News #Colorado #Denver #Cannabis #Marijuana #Health #Safety #Regulation
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Adrian Bridgwater

Coder announced its Coder Agent Relay service this week, with SpaceXAI as its launch partner. The service lets software engineering
The post “1% of my engineers are responsible for 40% of token spend”: Why Coder and SpaceXAI want to give developers nice things appeared first on The New Stack.
The San Francisco Standard
• Kevin V. Nguyen
The Federal Reserve Bank opened its doors to the public for the first time in years, revealing its outsize role in supplying currency across the West.
The San Francisco Standard
• Emily Landes
In addition to a $68 million compound in San Francisco, the Metallica drummer sold a 161-acre plot in Marin County.
The San Francisco Standard
• Sophie Bearman
Car break-ins in San Francisco dropped 75% in the last two years.
The San Francisco Standard
• John Shea
The top prospects in the Giants organization are playing for an affiliate that has received key reinforcements including Peyton Bonds and Jackson Flora.