Year about the libraries intention to get privacy threatening radio frequency identification technology, rifd. Well, february 1st came, and the Library Commission approved funding 3. 5 million for an implementation. Unfortunately, it represents, as far as i can tell, the city librarian final poison pill present to our city. I ask you to do what you did 13 years ago and 12 years ago when the Library Commission likewise forwarded this in their budget, and that was you rejected the funding for rfid. And i hope that you will do that again this year. Some interesting notes at the Library Commission. When more than one person complained about rfids toxicity to patron privacy, the staff gave two reasons why they asserted. There is no threat to the public. They said, first of all, the librarys databases are unhackable. Unhackable. Knowing what we know about Library Databases and other databases, that is a pretty farfetched claim. In addition, it doesnt take hacking into the database to raise a
More to the end of the week. Its a thursday storm that will have the most rain and wind. Its mainly the wind you have to worry about. Mild temperatures. Low 60s for the moment. Upper 60s to low 70s during the day today. Hour by hour, here is what you can expect. Mid morning commute, north bay continue to see the rain. Lunch time moving south into the peninsula in east bay. By 6 00 and 7 00 beginning to see rain approaching the south bay for the evening commute. The story this morning, those breezy conditions. There are advisories from chp from the san mateo highrise so be careful as youre crossing the bay. I dont think its due to the winds. As we jump into the south bay, 280, we did have a tree down across lanes. Good news, caltrans cleared that. Remaining activity off the shoulder down 280. Northbound, a little commute starting to slowdown north of 680 despite that patch of slowing. About 22 minutes for 101 from where it splits with 85 to where it joins with 85 in the north. Faster fo
More to the end of the week. Its a thursday storm that will have the most rain and wind. Its mainly the wind you have to worry about. Mild temperatures. Low 60s for the moment. Upper 60s to low 70s during the day today. Hour by hour, here is what you can expect. Mid morning commute, north bay continue to see the rain. Lunch time moving south into the peninsula in east bay. By 6 00 and 7 00 beginning to see rain approaching the south bay for the evening commute. The story this morning, those breezy conditions. There are advisories from chp from the san mateo highrise so be careful as youre crossing the bay. I dont think its due to the winds. As we jump into the south bay, 280, we did have a tree down across lanes. Good news, caltrans cleared that. Remaining activity off the shoulder down 280. Northbound, a little commute starting to slowdown north of 680 despite that patch of slowing. About 22 minutes for 101 from where it splits with 85 to where it joins with 85 in the north. Faster fo
More to the end of the week. Its a thursday storm that will have the most rain and wind. Its mainly the wind you have to worry about. Mild temperatures. Low 60s for the moment. Upper 60s to low 70s during the day today. Hour by hour, here is what you can expect. Mid morning commute, north bay continue to see the rain. Lunch time moving south into the peninsula in east bay. By 6 00 and 7 00 beginning to see rain approaching the south bay for the evening commute. The story this morning, those breezy conditions. There are advisories from chp from the san mateo highrise so be careful as youre crossing the bay. I dont think its due to the winds. As we jump into the south bay, 280, we did have a tree down across lanes. Good news, caltrans cleared that. Remaining activity off the shoulder down 280. Northbound, a little commute starting to slowdown north of 680 despite that patch of slowing. About 22 minutes for 101 from where it splits with 85 to where it joins with 85 in the north. Faster fo
School, Christian Camp and homes to evacuate near sonora. One person was injured. Firefighters said its growing at a dangerous rate of speed, now 20 contained. The area is going to get considerably hotter over next few days. In yosemite, the fire burned 500 acres with no containment. It was spotted last night in indian canyon, burning dead trees, creating a large plume of smoke. Yosemite is expected to get hotter, like the bay area. So well check in with Spencer Christian to get the latest on our weather. Turning your attention to the heat. My goodness, it was steamy out there. The variations of color confirms it was very hot all over today. In alameda, people kept cool with a dip in the bay off crown beach. There is nothing like a heat wave to make you crave ice cream. That generates a lot of sales, meaning long lines at mission city creamery. Now, take a look at our power cam over in emeryville, pointing at downtown San Francisco. You can see smog over the bay. Its hot and is going t