Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that uses algorithms, or a set of instructions for solving a problem or accomplishing a task. Most AI is performed using machine learning.

30% increase in yields during times of extreme weather, and match to conventional yields for cash crops during normal weather patterns. 1 billion tons of croplands worldwide have the potential to ...

Travis Credit Union said it is strengthening its focus on internet safety with the hiring of two professionals with 50 years of combined experience in payments, cybersecurity, risk management and ...

Farmers and winery owners in Sonoma County affected by the Point Fire may tend to their fields and livestock now that the county has declared the “ag pass” in effect. Ag passes allow owners and ...

California lawmakers are entertaining the possibility of making it easier to find premade cocktails on store shelves. Today, ready-to-drink beverages that are beer, malt or wine based such as White ...

Planners for California’s electrical grid have eyed up to $88.6 million in needed upgrades to transmission lines and equipment in Sonoma and Napa counties to prevent forecast overloads in certain ...

Napa architect Chris D. Craiker, AIA, NCARB, wonders if the 1st century wine could taste any worst than the Thunderbird from his ’60s college days. Reach him at 707-224-5060, [email protected]. Editor ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed off on a law allowing cannabis dispensaries to serve food and drink. But implementing Assembly Bill 1775, introduced by Assemblyman Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, will ...

Pat Avila knows firsthand how important fire-resistant construction is to her living space. In Sonoma County’s devastating Tubbs Fire of 2017, the longtime real estate agent’s residential complex with ...

Napa-based architect Chris D. Craiker, AIA, NCARB, has been designing affordable and sustainable housing for almost 50 years. Reach him at 707-224-5060 or [email protected]. Read his previous columns.

Imagine billionaire Elon Musk choosing remote Mendocino County as the latest place to launch his newest venture. It’s actually not a far-fetched scenario. In fact, Musk’s SpaceX company is about to ...

Sonoma Valley's B. Wise Vineyards announced Thursday it is acquiring Amapola Creek Vineyards and Winery from Richard Arrowood, who is retiring. The price of the acquisition was not immediately clear.