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Transportation disruptors: Hyperloop and BIRD Scooter

Hosted by Madeleine Brand Jan. 11, 2018

How about going from LA to Vegas in 30 minutes? Reporters got a look at Virgin’s hyperloop at CES in Vegas. And in Santa Monica, there’s an electric scooter that’s delighting kids but worrying city officials.

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The rescue effort in Montecito

Rescue personnel are still looking for missing people. Residents are trying to take stock of the enormous damage - hundreds of homes and businesses. Parts of the 101 are...

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Creating the list of 'Media Men' and bearing the consequences

We look at how the spreadsheet accusing men in media of sexual harassment took off, and why the woman who started it outed herself. She lost friends and was fired from The...

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Challenges in making the hyperloop a reality

Virgin’s version of the hyperloop is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company is developing vacuum tubes to shuttle people at more than 200 mph....

9 min, 40 sec

New electric scooter delights teens, but city officials worry about safety

There’s a fleet of electric scooters taking over Santa Monica. Maybe you’ve seen them on sidewalks or rolling down the street. The company that operates them is called BIRD....

9 min, 16 sec

State Dept: Don’t travel to Michoacán, Sinaloa, and 3 other Mexican states

The U.S. State Department is telling Americans not to travel to five Mexican states. The states are in the same warning category as Syria, Somalia, and Yemen.

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