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Also on today's calendar: Illusive Comics' Free Comic Book Day and 10 more events.
Today's riddle: What dries when it gets wet? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
1. Mountain View's timeline for safe drinking water in Cuesta Park pushed to Sunday at earliest (mv-voice.com) — Dozens of Mountain View households near Cuesta Park still can’t safely use their tap water after a contractor’s breach contaminated a water main, and officials say restrictions will last at least until Sunday, May 3. The city has declared a state of emergency, is flushing pipes, distributing bottled water, and coordinating with state regulators while stressing that water elsewhere in Mountain View remains safe.
2. Embarcadero Media CEO Dawes announces he will step away (mv-voice.com) — Leadership at the nonprofit that publishes the Mountain View Voice is changing, as CEO Adam Dawes plans to step down later this year after steering Embarcadero Media through a major shift to nonprofit status and digital upgrades. His tenure brought financial stability, a new Palo Alto headquarters, and a modernized website platform serving Mountain View and neighboring Midpeninsula communities while a search begins for his successor.
3. Mountain View-based Khan Academy partners with nonprofits to build online AI degree program (mv-voice.com) — A Mountain View-based nonprofit, Khan Academy, is teaming with TED and ETS to launch an online Khan TED Institute offering an affordable bachelor’s degree in applied AI. Rooted in Khan’s Mountain View operations and Khan Lab School, the program aims to keep tuition under $10,000, emphasize competency over seat time, and open applications in 12 to 18 months pending accreditation.
4. From Spreadsheet To Prediction Tool: A Practical Artificial Intelligence Guide For Urologists (cureus.com) — Mountain View gets a nod as home to Google, whose Colab platform underpins this step‑by‑step guide for clinicians to build AI prediction tools from ordinary urology spreadsheets. The article walks urologists through cleaning data, choosing models, using large language models for coding help, and deploying free web apps, all while stressing validation, ethics, and bias checks before clinical use.
5. Robotaxis can break traffic laws without fines under new California rules (mercurynews.com) — New state rules will let police issue noncompliance notices when robotaxis like Mountain View-based Waymo’s vehicles break traffic laws, but they still won’t face fines or license-style penalties. Lawmakers and safety experts say the change improves tracking of problems yet leaves cities covering enforcement costs and still worried about robotaxis blocking roads and emergency responders across the Bay Area.
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