Will AI Crowd Out Humans by Jane Mulcaster Commentary Tech 

Will AI Crowd Out Humans?

By Jane Mulcaster Why would Microsoft, a corporation that’s making record profits with billions in cash reserves, send pink slips to 6,000 workers, 3% of its workforce? Amazon, Meta, and Google have likewise laid off thousands of workers so far this year. The Mercury News reports that the Bay Area alone has shed more than 11,000 tech jobs in the… Read More
Jane Mulcaster Big Basin Redwoods State Park Columns Environment 

Why Trees (and Human Spirits) Endure

Nature builds resilience into our bark  By Jane Mulcaster Girl Scouts Meg Mulcaster, Narya Bower, and Maggie Fry from Campbell troop 62301 explore fire-scarred redwoods outside the Big Basin Visitor Center in April, 2018.  As the sun sank behind the trees at the upper campground in Big Basin State Park in early April 2018, the mercury dipped into the 40s,… Read More
Meg Mulcaster virtual learning Columns Education 

Navigating School Contingencies

In May and June, when COVID numbers were declining because of two months of shelter-in-place orders, it seemed feasible to envision a fall where case numbers were low enough that students could return safely to campuses with safeguards in place and modified schedules. But as case numbers have soared across the state, and wait-times for COVID test results can stretch... Read More