Personal Digest: Waymo cleared to scale robotaxis across California
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18 counties — California regulators approved Waymo’s expansion into 18 counties, including Sacramento and San Diego, allowing the company to scale commercial driverless service across the state.
 | CaliforniaWaymo gets statewide green light to scale robotaxis |
 | Southern CaliforniaYouth baseball and robotaxis put SoCal in the spotlight Little League World Series (marconews.com) · Autonomous vehicles (cbsnews.com) |
 | Los AngelesLakers sold and Waymo clears LA expansion — big city, big moves Los Angeles Lakers (latimes.com) · Autonomous vehicle (latimes.com) |
| San DiegoWaymo rolls into San Diego as robotaxis arrive locally |
 | ParentingParental roles evolve: paternity leave, free-range fights, and e-bike scares Paternity leave (reasonstobecheerful.world) · Work-life balance (womanandhome.com) · Child safety (nbcbayarea.com) |
 | ClimateHeat, smoke and melting assumptions stress systems and models Heat Waves (economist.com) · Data Center (insideclimatenews.org) · Carbon Sequestration (thebulletin.org) |
 | Video GameGTA6 mania, studio shakeups, and games-as-career tools Grand Theft Auto VI (hothardware.com) · Netflix (stuff.co.nz) · List of best-selling video games (seekingalpha.com) |
 | CultureSports and traditions collide in identity-packed headlines Women's National Basketball Association (thefp.com) · Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas (stcroix360.com) |
 | TelevisionHall of Fame honors and reality TV cliffhangers keep TV buzzy Ted Sarandos (thewrap.com) · Big Brother (lohud.com) · Music television (broadwayworld.com) |
 | MusicRock's identity crisis, fresh albums, and a 35-year film encore Rock Music (variety.com) · Album (lpm.org) · The Commitments (crookedmarquee.com) |
 | EntertainmentD23 dazzles, theater goes cinematic, and Bourdain gets a biopic The Walt Disney Company (thewaltdisneycompany.com) · Animated film (cnet.com) · Anthony Bourdain (theguardian.com) |
 | GeographyEU seeks an Arctic map before it makes strategy |
 | FilmFranchises, festivals, and fresh voices — cinema doubles down Zootopia (google.com) · Bluey (google.com) · Green Day (google.com) |
 | EconomyConsumers pull back as jobs wobble and deficit alarms ring Retail (morningbrew.com) · Employment (seekingalpha.com) · Stock Market (qz.com) |
 | MediaScam ads and sports rights reshape trust and TV money Paid Media (abc7news.com) · Broadcasting rights (sportico.com) · Social Media (politico.com) |