Good morning to you Hayward! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
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Also on today's calendar: San Leandro Cherry Festival & Parade and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• AI Is Not a Bubble. It Is a Feedback Loop. (medium.com) — Hayward is highlighted as home to 1X’s new NEO humanoid robot factory, described as America’s first high-volume, vertically integrated plant for this technology. The piece argues that AI and robotics are entering a self-reinforcing growth loop, with robots and AI systems increasingly helping design chips, write code, and even work inside the factories that build them.
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• Homelessness drops in Alameda County, but rises in Livermore (sfstandard.com) — New homelessness data show a significant decline in Hayward, grouping it with Oakland and Alameda as urban centers where numbers are finally dropping after years of increases. But the same countywide count reveals sharp rises in the Tri-Valley suburbs, especially Livermore, where homelessness is up 24%, driven by high costs and seniors on fixed incomes.
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• Mountain View nurse among three charged in Newark child predator sting (mercurynews.com) — A Hayward resident is among three Bay Area men charged after Newark police ran an undercover sting using an officer posing online as a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors say the men arranged meetings and sent explicit messages before being arrested in late April. All three face felony charges and are currently out of jail while the cases proceed.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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