an uplink antenna would connect the mobile network to zephyr, and then zephyr could serve an area oflometres, in theory, for months at a time. this is a real proposition. or in the event of, say, a natural disaster, a plane could be flown to an area that had suddenly become cut—off from the grid. mobile operators have something called cell on wheels — cow — which is usually a truck that has some equipment. we have a cell on wings, a flying cow, which is flying cell on wings. these cows — er, planes — will fly autonomously. there are no joysticks involved. the pilots send the planes coordinates and flight plans — but they're mainly interested in how much energy it's using, and making adjustments to keep its batteries fully charged. so this is the ground, and this is 80,000 feet. and all this colourful stuff, that's wind — you don't want to be in that — but if you can keep the zephyr above it, from about 60,000 feet and up, it's pretty plain sailing. the problem is, you've got to get to 60,000 feet in the first place — something that can take ten hours from that weird hand—launched ta

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an uplink antenna would connect the mobile network to zephyr, and then zephyr could serve an area of theory, for months at a time. this is a real proposition. or in the event of, say, a natural disaster, a plane could be flown to an area that had suddenly become cut—off from the grid. mobile operators have something called cell on wheels — cow — which is usually a truck that has some equipment. we have a cell on wings, a flying cow, which is flying cell on wings. these cows — er, planes — will fly autonomously. there are no joysticks involved. the pilots send the planes coordinates and flight plans — but they're mainly interested in how much energy it's using, and making adjustments to keep its batteries fully charged. so this is the ground, and this is 80,000 feet. and all this colourful stuff, that's wind — you don't want to be in that — but if you can keep the zephyr above it, from about 60,000 feet and up, it's pretty plain sailing. the problem is, you've got to get to 60,000 feet in the first place — something that can take ten hours from that weird hand—launched ta ke—off. tryi

and it is here that you'll find the zephyr. least strange thing about it. see, it only travels at aomph, it only weighs 75kg. it's launched by hand, it's completely solar—powered —

an uplink antenna would connect the mobile network to zephyr, and then zephyr could serve an area ofnd, and this is 80,000 feet. and all this colourful stuff, that's wind — you don't want to be in that — but if you can keep the zephyr above it, from about 60,000 feet and up, it's pretty plain sailing. the problem is, you've got to get to 60,000 feet in the first place — something that can take ten hours from that weird hand—launched ta ke—off. we've spent a lot of time and effort studying meteorology in the tropopause, so that we can understand how to transit through it as safely as possible with this aircraft. and we've now done a global study of where all the weather is, and all the different weather conditions around the world, and we've found some of the best locations in the world to start launching and landing these from regularly. so, where the air is nice and clear, all the way up. all the way through, yeah, and once we're in the stratosphere, we're away. in fact, zephyr�*s parent company has just announced kenya as the location of its first planned permanent launch site. but

the ftc says razor and its affiliates marketed the zephyr mask as an n95 without submitting it to federal agencies for testing or any kind of certification. the ftc has also ordered the video game accessory company to pay a $100,000 fine. >>> comedian and san francisco native christina wong was in the middle of her one-woman show when the pandemic shut down theaters ending her run earlier. so she threaded up her sewing machine and started a movement making masks. >> that inspired her show "sweatshop overlord" which became a pulitzer prize for drama and it's playing here in the bay area. our jenna franco spoke to christina about why it's so important to tell this story about unity. >> this is actually a replica of my sewing machine that i sewed my first mask on. >> reporter: in march 2020 when the world shut down and needed help, christina wong turned on her hello kitty sewing machine and started sewing. >> i can make masks and save america and that turned into me making a very naive promise to america. >> reporter: overpromising at first, but that's how the auntie sewing squad was born. >

now let's, take a look here in lake tahoe at zephyr cove.you see the dixie there and the flag blowing in the wind. it's a quieter morning today with no snowfall as the storm has passed. and that recent snow certainly helped our above average snowpack totals. as for the week ahead, lisa is tracking a warm up? yeah, that's right. >> we saw 18in at donner pass. and how about that point nine five yesterday? redwood city, 0.73 at the oakland airport. so many locations eclipsed their monthly totals in just one day. so it's quiet out there. but that cold air mass in place right now. here's a look at emeryville. so sunny out there. it's 50 downtown as well as redwood city, 55 in hayward. you picked up almost a point nine yesterday as well. so really some big totals coming down in a short period of time. and as we look at vollmer peak, it is 50 in santa rosa as well as napa, 52 in concord, golden gate bridge, a lot of sunshine there. so below average today at least will be in the 60s though. and then for your monday, slightly warmer by a couple degre

inflation, by 8 points n of crime, and safety, so all the top issues people think trump can handle it zephyrjumps out to me is the top issueses according to voters, four of the top six, four of the top seven are issues that are dismissed by the biden administration as unreal or uncovered by main stream media, they're telling you the economy is in great shape, inflation is under control, it's a falsehood about crime and safety, that it's not true, that everything is down, they're telling the voters those are not reals problems and the voters say those are some of my issues. protecting democracy, a nebulous concept that's used to sort of being a rallying cry for the left. >> clue for going after your oafter youropponent. some are saying you're wrecking the constitution and that could go in that corner too. rachel: the off the wall, i thought it was interesting to see the parallels, made me think about bbenny and what was happen michigan and how things have changed and i thought about how back then the radical kids on the campus we couldn't say that the democrat party necessarily created those

as we look at a live view from zephyr cove, it's not going to be such a sunny view. we have a winter weather advisory for this late season storm saturday morning at 11 until 8 a.m. sunday. we're looking at 4 to 8in above 5000ft, up to a foot for those higher peaks with gusty winds, travel is going to be an issue. i'll be back with a full look at the rain timeline for your weekend coming up. ama jr. >> thanks so much, sandhya. coming up next, giving back and building a better bay area will live to see what a difference it's making in san francisco. >> and we have a date good. when you've got type 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse death. even when meeting your a1c goal. discomfort can help you act. i'm not trying to scare you. i'm empowering you... to get real with your health care provider. talk to them about lowering your risk of stroke, heart attack or death. salonpas lidocaine flex. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. a

this morning in zephyr cove. it is quieter, but overnight we did see the snow coming down.ent snow helped our already above average snowpack totals. as for the week ahead, lisa is tracking the very latest for us. we've certainly seen a lot of rain this season. how many weekends have we been? okay, here it is again. but do we get a little break now? >> yes, we're getting a break. it's still snowing in the mountains. maybe a couple more inches. temperatures in the 20s there with some flurries. so certainly cold conditions. and behind our cold front. yes, certainly chilling out with numbers in the 40s. a lot colder than what we've been used to. and you can see still a few showers behind me. they're down around monterey off the coast there, but for the bay area, a couple clouds around and those snowflakes that continue to linger and the cold air mass. right now it is 42. good morning to you in danville. and napa with 49 in oakland, 50 in hayward. and gilroy is in the low 40s with 50 in santa rosa, 46 in san rafael. so certainly a cool night out there as we get into the week ahe

and here's a live look at in lake tahoe this morning at zephyr cove. you see the dixie there. the flag blowing in the wind. it's certainly a quieter morning today with no snow. the storm has passed and all that recent snow certainly helping our already above average snowpack totals. as for the week ahead, though, lisa is tracking some heat to that we can look forward to. >> yeah, that's right, donner pass 18in yesterday. so doing pretty well in terms of snow. yes. and that winter storm warning for the sierra nevada expires in less than two hours. so maybe a couple of inches left there and winds up to 20 to 25 miles an hour. so still slick roadways if you're headed to the mountains or coming back that way, and a few lingering showers in the mountains. otherwise, the shower activity closer to home is down towards monterey and it is off the coast. had a few showers towards davenport and pescadero very early this morning, but as we look outside here, we have spun the earth and this is santa cruz where it is 42 degrees. so chilly here and looking at highs today just around 60. so o

we're looking at a live picture from zephyr cove. it is really quiet up there.going to be changing. turns stormy tomorrow. it's going to be a rain snow mix and windy. so tomorrow is not a good day to travel. sunday. slight chance of some morning showers and then sunshine. mostly sunny and nice weather on monday. so here's a look at the sierra snow totals by sunday afternoon. we're talking over two feet for kirkwood and donner. if you're heading up, carry those chains. be prepared for travel delays. i here in the bay area, we're going to have some rain beginning tomorrow morning. continuing through tomorrow afternoon and then switching over to scattered showers before this system gets on out of here in time for your sunday plans tomorrow afternoon, mid 50s to low 60s. much cooler. it's going to be breezy to windy. it's a level one for saturday. cinco de mayo is sunnier but cold in the morning. larry. >> all right. thank you. sandia volunteers here in the bay area and around the world have been busy documenting millions of living creatures. this is part of a world

, and zephyr is the west wind, it pours flowers out of the square, it’s the spring wind, this is such fact, a ventilation tower for a maritime library, well, it’s just a ventilation tower, since it was made by an englishman, and for an englishman this was a cult architectural thing, then initially he attached the same triton there, now let’s move on to the words: weather vane, weather vane, weather vane, yes, what this is a weather vane, well, of course, this is a weather vane, this is a wing and a blade. but you mentioned the cockerel, this is not without reason, we need to bring some order to our language, and for this another language will help us, well, let’s take english for simplicity, which is simpler than english, but there are two concepts: weather vein, actually, like a vane, yes, a vane is that we have a blade, well, maybe even some kind of piece of matter, well, in the archaic sense of the word there is a weather cock, yeah, strictly speaking, a weather cockerel, but with us that’s all weather vane and weather vane, he... no, in the russian language there were also analogu

when we hear the stories of the zephyrs in northern nevada, there's no operation center. no collective movement of resource is. segregated by property lines and jurisdictions. we need an outcome based view, one of consequence management, as we do by hurricanes. the coordination effort currently being led by fire administration, the fact that they're holding a bistate workshop on this issue in two weeks. our responsibility includes wildfire brakes. we know floods follow fire. tying fled to the fire is essential for resource poor communities. collaboration is key, given wildfire response. structural firefighters are a primary wildfires once. federal grant help local governments fight the fire. administrator chris wells looking to increase. no one wants fraud waste. we want to create the best outcomes in the shortest amount of time. there's a fine balance between those two needs, a balance point which we continually seek. they need our support to support their whole community. they must be sufficiently resourced and funding for the response recovery mitigation. our amc partn