About this episode

The episode discusses safety concerns regarding e-bikes in California and the misleading data behind these concerns, alongside other environmental and technological issues in the state.

California lawmakers are considering new rules for electric bikes as safety concerns grow on roads and trails. But experts say much of the data behind those concerns is misleading. Reporter: Gerardo Zavala, CapRadio New research from UC Santa Cruz shows climate change is a bigger threat to California’s native trees than previously thought. Reporter: Erin Malsbury, KAZU To the north of the Imperial Valley, another battleground is emerging in the debate over AI data centers. Residents are pushing back against a large data center campus in the city of Coachella. Reporter: Kori Suzuki, KPBS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• e-bikes
• safety concerns
• California legislation
• climate change
• AI data centers
• community activism

Keywords

• e-bikes
• California
• safety
• climate change
• AI data centers
• community pushback
• legislation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Santa Cruz, CapRadio, KAZU, KPBS

Places: California, Imperial Valley, Coachella

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