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In today's newsletter:

  • How will new trade wars and AI rules hit local businesses?
  • Want a front-row seat to SRI's next big historical honor?
  • How will Mountain View fit into Santa Clara County's new homelessness plan?

Also on today's calendar: JP Connolly Sep 23rd @Rooster's Comedy CL and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 55.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Trade Strategy in a Fragmented World (bakermckenzie.com) — An in-person forum on global trade strategy is coming to Mountain View on November 12, offering residents and local professionals a chance to hear from former White House adviser Peter Harrell. Attendees will explore how tariffs, sanctions and export controls are reshaping trade, plus panels on competing in a fragmented economy and navigating AI, data centers and national security concerns.
   

2. In celebration of SRI's history of innovation with two new IEEE milestones (sri.com) — Mountain View's Computer History Museum will host a special ceremony on November 13 honoring SRI with two new IEEE Milestones, recognizing landmark technological breakthroughs. Local residents can attend in person or online, hear from SRI's CEO, IEEE leaders and historian Brian Berg, and listen to a panel moderated by Pulitzer-winning journalist John Markoff about how these innovations came to life.
   

3. Santa Clara County sees challenges for 5-year homelessness plan (mv-voice.com) — Santa Clara County has adopted a new five-year homelessness plan that will include a North County strategy tailored to cities like Mountain View, where RV encampments are a major concern. Officials aim to house 15,000 more people by 2030, expand rental assistance, and require each region to submit its own plan while cities decide how to implement the county's broader goals.
   

4. With 'Social Reckoning,' Aaron Sorkin says he's done with Mark Zuckerberg. Maybe (sfchronicle.com) — Mountain View just hosted the first public screening of Aaron Sorkin's new film "The Social Reckoning" at the soon-to-close Cinemark Century Mountain View 16, drawing tech journalist Kara Swisher and some Meta employees. Sorkin used the event to reflect on Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's role in political misinformation and January 6, and to call for stronger laws to rein in fast-moving technologies like social media and AI.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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