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Berkeleyside
Text • Vanessa Arredondo

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

Berkeley Unified serves more than 1,100 students with special needs, but navigating services can be complicated. We created this guide to help families understand the system and get support.

Berkeleyside
Text • Vanessa Arredondo

¿Tiene su hijo(a) que estudia en Berkeley alguna discapacidad?

Hemos creado una guía para ayudar a las familias a entender el sistema de educación especial de BUSD y obtener apoyo.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Democrats Lead By 8 Points on Generic Ballot

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
Text • BUMP OPERA

Enjoy 43 Lovely Portraits of Minnesotans Thriving at the 2026 MN State Fair

Enjoy 43 Lovely Portraits of Minnesotans Thriving at the 2026 MN State Fair

At the Great Minnesota Get-Together, humanity shines as bright as the midday Midway sun.

Electrek
Text • Fred Lambert

Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision

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.

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SCOTUSblog
Text • Neil Weare

Laboratories of (un)democracy

The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC, March 2, 2025.
The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC, March 2, 2025.

SCOTUSblog
Text • Kelsey Dallas, Nora Collins

Mail-in voting returns to the interim docket

Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured
Carved details along top of Supreme Court building are pictured

Plus, this morning, the court will release its third and final summer order list.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Inside Trump’s Ballroom Obsession

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
Text • Taegan Goddard

RFK Jr. Probes Whether Troops Died of Covid Vaccine

“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
Text • Stephen Clark

Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.

Ars Technica - All content
Text • Ryan Whitwam

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
Text • Jess

Brushing Scam Making Its Way Across New York State

Did you receive a package you didn't order recently? It could be part of something called a Brushing Scam. Continue reading…

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Vance’s 2028 Audition with Voters Has Begun

“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
Text • Taegan Goddard

Matt Bevin Booked Into Jail After Arrest

“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.”

ProPublica
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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.

https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-enforcement-division-sima-sciences-midnight-drops?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Colorado #Denver #Cannabis #Marijuana #Health #Safety #Regulation

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Adrian Bridgwater

“1% of my engineers are responsible for 40% of token spend”: Why Coder and SpaceXAI want to give developers nice things

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
Text • Kevin V. Nguyen

Inside the vault: A rare look at where the Bay Area’s cash lives and dies

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
Text • Emily Landes

Sold but true: Lars Ulrich’s Bay Area real estate sales just drummed up $84 million 

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
Text • Sophie Bearman

Bip City is dead. Who killed it?

Car break-ins in San Francisco dropped 75% in the last two years.

The San Francisco Standard
Text • John Shea

With Josuar Gonzalez and Luis Hernández, the San Jose Giants offer a peek at the future

The top prospects in the Giants organization are playing for an affiliate that has received key reinforcements including Peyton Bonds and Jackson Flora.