Sunnyvale’s Planning Commission unanimously backed changes to the city’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance on Oct. 12, recommending higher in-lieu fees while retaining the 15% affordable-unit requirement. The proposal, shaped by a city-commissioned feasibility study, goes to the City Council on Nov. 10.

American Housing Co., a subsidiary of Oakland-based oWow, is pursuing a roughly 25-story, 261-foot residential tower at 439-451 South Fourth Street in San Jose with 368 affordable units plus four manager residences. Project costs are estimated near $159.6 million, and earlier 2024 plans for the site never reached construction.

On Nov. 2, 2026, Amigos de Guadalupe held a get-out-the-vote rally outside Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose, urging Latino and immigrant residents to vote amid immigration enforcement concerns. Speakers included Councilmember Peter Ortiz and Congressman Sam Liccardo, who urged reporting voter intimidation.

Foundation work has begun on a 10-story affordable building at 825 Berryessa Station Way beside the Berryessa BART station in Northeast San Jose, with roughly 195 income-restricted units. Affirmed Housing is developing the project, which received $38.5 million from a state program and targets completion as early as spring 2028.

Testing on an MSI Prestige RTX Spark laptop found native Linux limited GPT-OSS-120B to 13.9 tokens per second when plugged in, versus 65.4 on Windows. The slowdown is attributed to a Windows-only Nvidia platform controller whose encrypted power table Linux cannot decrypt, while WSL retains Windows-level GPU clocks.

Researchers propose a framework that frames harms from hazardous species as avoidable risks arising where ecosystem hazards meet human exposure and vulnerability, drawing on how the IPCC handles climate risk. The study also ties risks such as snakebite and mosquito-borne disease to poor healthcare access and wider inequality.

Google said Tuesday that K-12 schools will need to turn on each Google tool individually, including Gemini and search, with each off by default. Because search is integrated with AI, schools that reject AI altogether would also lose access to Google search.

A clinician who has studied delusions examines how beliefs tied to personal identity can serve psychological purposes, and traces his own shift from arguing that religious belief is delusional toward accepting his transgender son's self-understanding, which he reads as growing visibility rather than social contagion.

A clinician who has studied delusions examines how beliefs tied to personal identity can serve psychological purposes, and traces his own shift from arguing that religious belief is delusional toward accepting his transgender son's self-understanding, which he reads as growing visibility rather than social contagion.

Initial returns showed 61.6% support for Measure RTM, a 14-year regional sales tax, and 72.5% for San Francisco’s Proposition H. The measures are intended to raise about $1 billion annually for Bay Area transit agencies and an estimated $184 million yearly for Muni.

Claudia Jiménez, a two-term Richmond city council member, leads Ahmad Anderson 52.46% to 47.54% in the city's nonpartisan mayoral race, per the Contra Costa County clerk-recorder. If her lead holds, she would extend two decades of Richmond Progressive Alliance leadership under the city's new run-off system.

Democrats captured at least three previously Republican-held California House seats in the 2026 election, helped by voters' disapproval of President Donald Trump and a redistricting map state voters approved. The AP called House control nationwide for the Democrats.

Democratic midterm gains, including Gina Hinojosa's win as Texas governor on a pledge to halt data center construction, suggest political permission has become a major limit on AI buildout, the author argues, noting that nearly every local ballot measure opposing data centers passed.

The Vancouver Canucks fell 5-4 to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday after Anaheim converted all three of its power plays and also scored shorthanded. Canucks coach Manny Malhotra and his players blamed repeated offensive-zone penalties and penalty-kill breakdowns that left Cutter Gauthier open.

PLD Space has completed an explosive test of the MIURA 5 flight termination system at Delta-V Energetics facilities in Utah, saying the result supports a major regulatory approval. The rocket's inaugural flight is now targeted for the first half of 2027, a slip from 2026.

An essay examines philosopher Judith Shklar's treatment of treachery, from personal loyalty conflicts to treason and subversion in democracies, asking whether betrayal is still a useful political concept. It applies her ideas to recent US foreign policy, including a deal with Russia and reduced support for Ukraine.

An essay examines philosopher Judith Shklar's treatment of treachery, from personal loyalty conflicts to treason and subversion in democracies, asking whether betrayal is still a useful political concept. It applies her ideas to recent US foreign policy, including a deal with Russia and reduced support for Ukraine.

Philosopher W. Alex Foxworthy disputes a Nature commentary by Anil Seth, Ned Block and Giulio Tononi that deems consciousness in silicon-based AI extraordinarily unlikely, arguing that unresolved theory keeps the question open and that precautions for AI need not undercut human oversight.

Philosopher W. Alex Foxworthy disputes a Nature commentary by Anil Seth, Ned Block and Giulio Tononi that deems consciousness in silicon-based AI extraordinarily unlikely, arguing that unresolved theory keeps the question open and that precautions for AI need not undercut human oversight.