The Berkeley Space Center will launch technological breakthroughs in fields such as astronautics, quantum computing, climate studies and social sciences, in facilities on 36 acres at NASA Ames.
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Bay Area’s Nasa Ames Research Center Played Major Role in Recent Rover Landing on Mars
This project, which started in 2013, is called the Mars Sample Return and will help scientists know whether there is life on Mars.
NASA Hosts Pelosi, Eshoo at Women’s Leadership Summit
The Women’s Leadership Summit, held at NASA Ames, featured House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Silicon Valley Congresswoman Anna Eshoo.
NASA Ames Workers Struggle to Get By Amid Federal Shutdown
The Mountain View research center, which employs more than 1,000 staffers and another 1,000 contractors, is hard hit by the budget crisis.
Newsom Makes Overdose Antidote Naloxone Available for all Californians at $24
California is the first state in the nation to provide an affordable direct-to-consumer drug online.
Tiny Shelters Offer Refuge for Unhoused in San Jose, Santa Cruz
A tiny home project building bicycle-locker-sized enclosures in Santa Cruz morphed into Simply Shelter and expanded to San Jose.
Ground Zero: Rain Brings Little Relief to California’s Depleted Groundwater
Communities, largely home to low-income Latino residents, still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects — and ultimately, much less pumping.
California Wants to Force Insurers to Reward Homeowners for Fireproofing Homes
New rules proposed by California’s Department of Insurance would require insurers to take homeowners’ efforts to reduce wildfire risk into account when setting premiums. But they would still allow non-renewals.
San Jose Man Charged with Smuggling And Exporting U.S. Aviation Technology To Chinese
Federal prosecutors said Jonathan Yet Wing Soong funneled payments for Army aviation software to a restricted Beijing University.
Rain is Good News, but Doesn’t Change California’s Dire Drought Outlook
Worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather all contribute to California water woes.
Santa Clara County Considers Spending $25M for New ‘Interim’ Housing Units
The interim housing units for unsheltered people would be built out of converted shipping containers that are about 40 square feet in size. Each unit costs between $50,00 to $200,000 per unit and can take less than six months to complete.
Santa Clara County Covid-19 Testing Rate Drops by 34 Percent
Health officials say testing is critical to understanding where the region stands in the pandemic, particularly as new variants circulate.
What Silicon Valley’s Sewers Reveal About the Coronavirus
Because Covid-19 can be found in stool, even from people without symptoms, researchers are testing wastewater to monitor the virus.
Pay to Stay: Delays, Barriers Plague Santa Clara County’s Quarantine Subsidies
The vast majority of people who seek wage-replacement payments to isolate and prevent the spread of Covid-19 never get the help they need.
San Jose Telemedicine Company Releases At-Home Covid-19 Test
Even though the technology is ready, no company has federal approval to sell the tests to consumers for widespread screening.
Health Officials Hope to Increase Covid-19 Testing Numbers
The state Covid-19 framework gives counties credit toward their case rate for reopening if they test more people than the state average.
