Wanderland Workshops are here! Don’t miss our very first, a Travel in 2021 Workshop on Thursday, February 11th 2021, from 5-7PM EST! Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2020, including this criss-cross of my home country from January ... ...

California hospitals saw a surge in coronavirus admissions over the 4th of July weekend, reports Reuters. California Governor Gavin Newsom said the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased by 50% compared to two weeks ago. The number now stands at 5,800. Younger people make up 25% of the hospital patients. The coronavirus death count ...

Elon Musk may have threatened to remove his Tesla electric vehicles factories from California for its aggressive pandemic policies, but he'd better start thanking the state for its progressive environmental policies.  The California Air Resource... ...

A familiar name is back on the approved list for testing autonomous cars in California.  The California Department of Motor Vehicles added Uber Advanced Technologies Group Wednesday morning as the latest company allowed to test self-driving vehi... ...

Uber's making some interesting changes in California, but not for the usual reasons apps add new features. In an email received by customers in the Golden State, the ride-share giant revealed a small handful of new additions to the app. Attributed on... ...

Don’t be fooled by its name. There’s nothing friendly about Uber’s “Project Luigi.” The ride-share company publicly unveiled the project back in December under the guise of new features. But a Washington Post report Mond... ...

Until recently, Jackie Fielder was living in her van. At 25, the Stanford sociology grad couldn't afford rent in San Francisco.

Now Fielder -- who is of Hidatsa, Lakota and Mandan heritage -- is primarying an establishment Democrat to represent District 11 in the California Senate. District 11 is a very safe seat, so winning the ...

By jove, it works! California's earthquake early warning app, MyShake, sent out its first alert Tuesday notifying people nearby of a swiftly incoming 'quake.  At around 10:30 a.m. local time, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake in the central coast-adjac... ...

Last September, Jessica Lundquist passed through a body-scanner at Burbank airport and was told by a TSA screener that they wanted to conduct a "groin search" on her.

Lundquist refused to allow the screener to touch her *****, whereupon the screener summoned two colleagues. The "officers" (the TSA styles its employees as "officers" even though they ...

Back before Uber and Lyft ride-sharing (yes, there was a time!), hailing a regular cab didn't always guarantee a ride. In San Francisco, for instance, drivers would often deny passengers rides to neighborhoods on the far west side of the city, or acr... ...