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CBS News
23-06-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
CBS Texas unveils new augmented/virtual reality immersive studio
CBS Texas is proud to announce the launch of its state-of-the-art Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) broadcast studio, making it the only station in the region to offer this groundbreaking technology. We recognize the importance of staying current with the latest technology and advancements to enhance the storytelling experience. The new AR/VR set launched June 23, introducing an exciting way to deliver weather and news, immersing audiences in the story instead of just viewing it. insert quote With the ever-changing and often unpredictable weather across North Texas, meteorologists will be able to use the entire studio as a blank canvas to create realistic 3D weather elements such as clouds, wind streamlines and storm systems. CBS Texas is committed to providing audiences with quality newscasts that contain valuable information, and the AR/VR studio will help continue that mission. second quote here CBS Bay Area created the proprietary blueprint of the cutting-edge AR/VR technology that's now being implemented across CBS Stations, in CBS News national broadcasts, and streaming on CBS News 24/7.
Axios
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Bay Area protesters decry U.S. airstrikes on Iran amid global tensions
As the world braces itself for fallout from the U.S.'s airstrikes on Iran, many in the Bay Area are joining calls for an end to war. Driving the news: People took to the streets over the weekend to protest President Trump's actions, which amounted to a historic escalation in the Middle East. State of play: At least four protests, each planned by different groups, took place on Sunday alone, per NBC Bay Area. Signs and banners ranged from "Stop bombing Iran" to "Remember Hiroshima. Remember Vietnam." Friction point: Near the Ferry Building Sunday afternoon, two groups of demonstrators got heated over differing views on the attacks, CBS Bay Area reports. Though many Iranian Americans are afraid the U.S.'s involvement will worsen the situation on the ground, some are also hopeful that it will end the current regime in Iran. (The Trump administration has said it's not seeking a regime change.) Heightened tensions led San Francisco police to intervene. Yes, but: Politics aside, many are worried about their family in Iran.
CBS News
01-05-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Budget issues may force Oakland to delay pothole repairs
The streets in Oakland have gone from bad to worse… at least that's what some residents tell CBS Bay Area. According to the city's transportation director, due to money issues, the city might not have the cash needed to move ahead with schedule repaving projects. "I'm rushing to get to school and BOOM! I'm like oh my gosh!" says Leslie Alfred. She says she knew exactly what happened a few weeks ago. It was the "car-eating pot hole," as she calls it. It's not far form her son's school, and that day, she hit it. "I had to get two new tires and an alignment. It cost me like $300 or $350," she said. Alfred says the surface streets in Oakland just keep getting worse, and she doesn't understand why the city doesn't do more to fix it. "It's very frustrating. So now I've got to do the roads like a video game. Especially in East Oakland too. It's really bad," she says. "The administration is hired specifically, specifically to administer what the voters approved and it didn't happen," says Oakland City Councilmember, Noel Gallo, who represents East Oakland and the Fruitvale. He's talking about Measure U bonds that were approved by voters in 2022 for housing and roads, but according to the Oakland director of transportation, the finance department didn't sell the bonds last fall. That means there's a massive gap in funding, possibly as much as $55 million. "When the voter passes an initiative, to raise money, there is no excuse from the governmental body that we can't do the work or we cannot generate the money," says Gallo. Without it, Gallo says the projects that are supposed to start around Lake Merritt and High Street are now in jeopardy - and the only work that will get done are the projects that are already under contract. And for drivers like Leslie, that's not what she wants to hear. "It's a terrible thing. I wish somebody could do something about it,' she says. The city could try to issue bonds near the end of the year to raise needed money for the roads, but the problem is the city's credit rating is dropping because of all the budget issues.
CBS News
12-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Lawsuit filed against City of San Francisco to prevent Great Highway from becoming a park
SAN FRANCISCO — In just a few days, the Great Highway on the west side of San Francisco is scheduled to be closed to car traffic. It comes after voters decided to turn the area into a park with Prop K on the November ballot. Almost 55% of voters in San Francisco agreed the section of highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard should be re-purposed into a beachfront park. Now one group of neighbors filed a lawsuit Tuesday saying Proposition K was not legal and should be reversed. "I get worried about safety. When the upper highway, Great Highway is closed, traffic flows into the neighborhoods," says Matt Boschetto. His family has lived on the west side for 5 generations, and he is also a small business owner. That's why he decided to get into the fight over the planned park, literally on the Great Highway. "San Francisco is the most democratic city in the U.S. It used to be a city about people power. It used to be a city that had very, very inclusive processes, and this is the absolute opposite," Boschetto said. Matt is helping to lead "Livable SF," the group that held a rally Tuesday to announce a lawsuit suing the city saying passing Prop K was not legal. The idea to close the Great Highway was met with opposition since the start. Residents in the Sunset neighborhoods said by closing the highway there would be more traffic in the neighborhoods, making the streets less safe for families. They also argued it would be harder for people to get to the commercial corridors, which would then hurt small business. Those in favor of the park say there are work arounds to those concerns. "We have extended multiple invites to the leaders of the no on K folks to work together on neighborhood improvements including addressing their concerns on traffic. Their answer is filing lawsuits to try to undo the democratic will of San Franciscan's," says Lucas Lux, president of the Friends of Ocean Beach Park, a group that's supported Prop K. But as many have pointed out, the people most impacted on the west side of San Francisco voted overwhelmingly against closing the Great Highway - where as the people living on the other side of the city generally voted for it. "We all live in a city together. We all vote together, and we honor the democratic outcome," says Lux. Opponents, like Matt, say they fought it before voters approved it and they will continue to fight it now. "I think there's little we can do to stop the closure at this point, but I do think it is a very strong argument and if we do win in the court of law, the ballot measure will be null and void," says Boschetto. This has all gotten so contentious, the group against the park has even started a recall effort for the San Francisco supervisor who represents this district, Joel Enguardio. He released a statement today saying he believes the measure was legal and the lawsuit has no merit. CBS Bay Area also reached out to the San Francisco Mayor's office and the city attorney's office for comment.
CBS News
08-03-2025
- Health
- CBS News
San Francisco protesters rally against Trump administration's proposed medical research cuts
Thousands of demonstrations erupted across the nation as healthcare providers, scientists and researchers demanded funding for medical research and rallied against what they call an "attack on science." Elizabeth Blackburn was a Nobel winner for her groundbreaking discovery of telomeres, protective caps found on the ends of the human chromosome. CBS Bay Area caught up with her as she painted the sign she'd later display at a protest in San Francisco. "The U.S. has been a beacon for the kind of research that I and so many others do, which is to understand how life works," Blackburn told CBS Bay Area in between drawing her signs. The funding Blackburn relied on for her studies is now threatened by the Trump Administration, who proposed millions in funding cuts to medical research. Most at risk is the National Institutes of Health, a massive research agency responsible for giving grants to universities and independent scientists researching all medical anomalies from cancer to infectious diseases. Halting funds would spell disaster for hundreds of researchers who rely on federal money to continue their studies. Blackburn said this decision would cost the United States decades of valuable gains in medical knowledge. "We want everybody to understand, not just scientists," Blackburn said. "We want everybody to understand that this is not something that we can just lightly throw away." Blackburn brandished her sign proudly. It read: "Got polio? Me neither, thanks to science." Blackburn was joined by hundreds of doctors, researchers, and scientists in front of city hall. This protest was one of nearly 30 demonstrations erupting across the nation. Wendy Miller, a cancer survivor who came out to the rally, said science saves lives. "I've had two separate occurrences of breast cancer with two separate diagnoses," Miller said. "The difference in my treatment from 2009 and 2020 was phenomenal and it's all based on science." Miller stood opposite Casey Harper, who was optimistic about Friday's demonstration. She said she had hope. "I'm here standing up for what I think is right and what I believe in, although I don't believe in science because science is a fact. It does not require my belief," Harper said.
