Santa Rosa's average price for a gallon of regular gas has inched down to $4.436 after skyrocketing within a few days to a record $4.65 two weeks ago. Why our are gas prices so crazy? There's an excellent story in the Los Angeles Times by Ken Bensinger that explains it [...]
Here's an interesting story from the Associated Press about driverless cars: MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for driverless cars in California. The bill by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla will establish safety and performance regulations to test and operate autonomous vehicles [...]
Think there's a lot of cars and trucks on the road in Sonoma County? You're right. As of Dec. 31, 306,556 cars were registered in Sonoma County, according to the DMV. There also were 107,071 commercial vehicles -- from pickups to big rigs -- and 17,066 motorcycles, for a total [...]