[ applause ] dont get carried away. Shell get, you know. Now, obviously, i could do this privately and i have, but id like to say a public thank you to terry for her support, which has not only been tangible in support of the series but also personal in her encouragement and advice over the course of many years, including many good topic suggestions and if you are here, you know she was responsible for the beach boys, but others we have enjoyed over the years. Thanks to her suggestion. So, terry, would you please stand up . [ applause ] now, tonights speaker claire l. Evans has achieved notable success both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conception al pop group yacht and has in fact recently turned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. In that regard, she is the former futures editor of mother board and a contributor to vic
Obviously, i could do this privately and i have but i would like to say a public thank you to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. So terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, vices sciencefiction chro
You to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. Terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a vices sciencefiction chronicle. However, the thing that particularly commands her to our attention and brings are
Independent mostly, taking over Power Distribution from pg e and setting up its own microgrids to power the population. How we can ensure distribution of local generation and storage of energy. Reporter liccardo admits it would be an expensive undertaeking, one that would first have to pass public opinion. I think its a great idea. Reporter would you be willing to pay more in taxes . Yeah. Reporter its not without precedence. Nearby santa clara has had its own utility for more than 120 years. Last weeks power outage was really related to the distribution lines. So, we own, maintain, and operate our own distribution. So, we were not affected by what pg e was doing. Reporter something san jose would like to say in the future. Mayor liccardo says he will present the plan next wednesday but pg e says south bay facilities are not for sale. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. In ma ryme county, a close call here, this brush fire burned up to the edge of the highway 37 this afternoon. This is ne
Targeting children and turning millions into nicotine addicts us president dog transplantable the war on the border with mexico is being criticized for its expensive price tag is the cost to the environment thats now being questioned with those living in the area warning flag a devastating impact on biodiversity jocasta reports mccallan texas. In this crook of the Rio Grande River where mexico lies on one bank the United States on the other flora shiz biodiversity we have over 240 species of butterflies documented on the property with the possibility of about 350. 00 species that can be seen in north america and mexico found here the National Butterfly center is a private charity that owns and conserves this land but now its fighting the trumpet ministrations plans to build an 11 meter high wall through the Properties Middle the centers director says that will begin a chain of damaging ecological changes that we will have nothing to produce we hear nothing to filter our groundwater not