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Waymo has recalled 3,791 robotaxis after an incident involving a flooded road, according to a report by Electrek. The company filed the voluntary recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) after a vehicle drove into a flooded road last week in San Antonio. Nobody was injured, as the taxi was not occupied, but the vehicle was swept away by the flood.

Librarians led hundreds of residents on tours to highlight the special features of the building. The May 9 celebration, hosted by the Santa Clara County Library District, afforded the huge crowd of eager residents a first glimpse of the new facility. Lion dancers, story time with characters, a musical performance and a bubble show were part of the festivities surrounding the long-awaited grand opening of the Campbell Library on Saturday.

"At this time, there is no immediate threat to public safety and no major infrastructure damage has been identified within the city," the city wrote. A viewer who didn't want to be shown on camera called the local ABC station on Saturday about the swarm and said she felt another earthquake while she was on the phone.

Emergency crews were able to safely evacuate the 26 workers on Platform Habitat, an operating oil rig about 9 miles off the shore from Carpenteria, though two minor injuries were reported, according to Petty Officer Kenneth Wiese, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard.

Almost three years after landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes began accelerating and expanding, prompting an ongoing local emergency, federal officials have secured the area some long-requested federal aid. U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Ted Lieu announced Thursday that officials in Rancho Palos Verdes are set to receive almost $2.3 million for two landslide mitigation projects. These are the first federal funds directed to the landslide area since the city declared a local emergency in October 2023, when land movement began reaching unprecedented levels, tearing up roads, splitting homes and upending utilities.

The outcome is unacceptable and runs counter to the core of what this office stands for. While the mistake occurred after an election worker did not follow proper procedures, the responsibility for what happened ultimately sits with me.

From 2019 to 2024, if California's employment in heavily remote job groups had grown at the nationwide rate, the state would have had 200,000 more jobs in 2024 than it actually had. Since 2019, employment in jobs that have high rates of remote work, such as those in the technology and finance sectors, grew by 16% in the rest of the U.S., while employment in those sectors only grew by 7% in California.

The driver of the white Jeep Cherokee abandoned the vehicle at the scene and fled the location on foot without stopping to identify themselves or render aid as required by law.

I do not see presently -- at least up to six weeks -- a supply shortfall. Beyond that, based on what we're hearing from the industry and what we've observed, the pricing will move molecules to California, but it will come at a price.

In one exchange, Villaraigosa and Bianco got into it over his association with The Oath Keepers, which hit a crescendo when one of them asked the other, 'Does that mean you molest kids?'

Thieves smashed glass display cases and ransacked a jewelry store inside an East Bay mall, prompting nearby workers and shoppers to run for safety. Cellphone video shows suspects using hammers to break into Zales Jewelers at Stoneridge Shopping Center.

At around 1:30 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers were in pursuit of an approximately 25-year-old suspect in the area of the 210 Freeway and Bledsoe Street.

Carnival confirmed the death, saying the guest apparently went over the balcony of her stateroom last week. The fall was reported around 2 a.m. April 27, within the first few hours of the trip.

Witnesses reported that Rinderknecht had been driving erratically while on Uber routes around the Palisades on New Year's Eve, describing him as 'angry, intense, driving erratically, and ranting about being 'pissed off at the world.''

Julie Harding filed for divorce and withdrew more than $220,000 from three bank accounts without Michael Harding's consent, leading to a conspiracy with O'Donnell to kill her husband.