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PowerSchool recognized for providing mission critical tools to educators throughout COVID-19 pandemic FOLSOM, Calif., March 14, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, has been named to the list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2022 honors businesses that are making the biggest impact on their industries and culture. PowerSchool’s acquisition of college and career readiness platform Naviance and updates made to its Unified Classroom® were recognized for offering a comprehensive suite of solutions that integrate PowerSchool’s learning management system, Schoology Learning®, and student information systems to help streamline every...[Read More]

WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most valuable crop. But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink flowers, so begin beehive thefts that have become so prevalent that beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cameras and other anti-theft technology to protect their precious colonies. Hive thefts have been reported elsewhere in the country, most recently three hives containing about 60,000 bees taken from a grocery chain’s garden in central Pennsylvania. They happen at a larger scale and uniquely in California this time of year because bees are most in demand d...[Read More]

Packed onto the slopes of the Sierra Nevada is a precious source of water for California — a frozen reservoir that climate change is already transforming. As the planet warms, the spring snowpack is dwindling. The snow is creeping up mountainsides to higher elevations, melting earlier in the year and seeping into dry soils rather than washing into rivers and streams that feed reservoirs. The risks are no longer futuristic or theoretical: The state’s projections for how much water to expect from the Sierra Nevada were so far from reality last spring that reforming the process has become increasingly urgent. Keep reading this article at vcstar.com.

Standing in their backyard a few minutes from downtown Seattle, each wearing a white headset and holding a pair of wireless touch controllers, Yurguis Moreno Bordama and his teenage son, Mateo Moreno-McQuarrie, look at the future foretold. “Look, the entire place is flooded,” Mateo said, looking at a virtual depiction of what his South Park neighborhood is predicted to look like by the time he reaches middle age. Keep reading this article at kcra.com.

          The Aggie Square innovation campus on Stockton Boulevard and Second Avenue in Sacramento will start construction in the coming weeks after a celebratory groundbreaking Wednesday kicked off by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg. Local, state and federal elected officials participated, along with leadership from Wexford Science + Technology, the project developer; and community activists who worked to ensure the $1-billion project would benefit residents in the surrounding zip codes. Keep reading this article at sacramentocityexpress.com.

Outer space is crowded. Not just with billionaires, but also space junk in orbit: old rocket bodies, defunct satellites, tools and other metal pieces. Davis-based startup Yolo Robotics aims to recycle those scraps in zero gravity. John Shepard, the startup’s cofounder and chief technology officer, spent 10 years in Silicon Valley developing high-performance motion control systems in aerospace. In 2021, when NASA put out a call for proposals on how to recycle space debris, he brainstormed with his friend Graham Ryland, who asked, “Wouldn’t it be cool to shape a blob of molten metal in space?” Keep reading this article at comstocksmag.com

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has received the prestigious Employer of the Year Award from the Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS) Sacramento chapter. This annual award recognizes a transportation organization for outstanding leadership in mentoring women in the transportation field, providing opportunities for upward mobility for women and having women at the highest levels of leadership. Keep reading this article at goldrushcam.com.

  (TNS) — Thousands of records containing health information and hundreds more with personal identifying information were exposed after a phishing scam involving Sacramento County employees last year. In a news release, county officials said five employees gave out their official login information through an external website after receiving emails sent by unknown scammers on June 22, 2021. During an audit of email mailboxes on Nov. 17, the county discovered that 2,096 records containing protected health information and 816 records of personal identification information were exposed after the phishing scam. Keep reading this article at govtech.com.

Agtonomy co-founder and CEO Tim Bucher was born and raised on a farm and was deep into his own farming business when he took a computer course while at UC Davis and got hooked. It was that parallel agriculture/technology career that led him to start Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service startup that turns tractors and other equipment into autonomous machines to provide a low-cost, technology-enabled labor force for local farms to manage such equipment. It came out of stealth mode last September with $4 million in seed funding from a group of backers that included Grit Ventures, GV and Village Global. Grit and GV came back again to invest in the South San Francisco-based company and were part of a $5 million seed extension that includes backers like Toyota Ventures, Flybridge,...[Read More]

Launched over a year ago as a high-tech answer to California’s contact tracing woes, most people who test positive for COVID-19 still are not using the “exposure notifications” smartphone app to warn close contacts of potential infection, data show. The CA Notify app also does not yet have an option for people who test positive at home to share their diagnosis. That means thousands of infected people who want to anonymously alert others have no easy way to do so. Social science and public health experts said the contact tracing tool has potential but thus far has failed to live up to expectations — especially in a tech-savvy state where more than 4 million people have tested positive since CA Notify launched… Keep reading this article at MSN.com.

When Jamie Von Sossan became CEO of 3fold Communications in December 2019, she couldn’t have known she’d be steering the company through an unprecedented global emergency. Earlier that year as director of operations, she’d spent months having the company’s headquarters at 21st and K in Midtown Sacramento redesigned and repainted. But her 25-person team had only a few months to enjoy the new look before the statewide shutdown sent them home to work. Keep reading this article at comstocksmag.com.

Greater Sacramento has one of the most diverse talent pools in the country. It’s not only the #2 most diverse city in the country (U.S. Census 2020), but also the #3 region for diversity in tech and STEM (Comp TIA). We’re among the most diverse and productive regions in California – all at a fraction of the cost of other major metros. We’re also diligently working on positioning ourselves for success in the future of work. The region’s Digital Upskill pilot program quickly and cost-effectively trained people from underrepresented communities for lucrative careers in tech. Now, we’re pivoting to scale the program as well as apprenticeships across the region. Keep reading this article at greatersacramento.com.