San Francisco drone delivery company Zipline hopes to one day fly your burrito — and other consumer goods — right to your front porch. It’s already doing so in Dallas and elsewhere across the country. But before it can expand, Zipline’s drones are flying thousands of test missions above a serene Yolo County cattle ranch near Esparto. CapRadio’s Chris Nichols takes us there:

San Francisco drone delivery company Zipline hopes to one day fly your burrito &mdash; and other consumer goods &mdash; right to your front porch. It&rsquo;s already doing so in Dallas and elsewhere across the country. But before it can expand, Zipline&rsquo;s drones are flying thousands of test missions above a serene Yolo County cattle ranch near Esparto. CapRadio&rsquo;s Chris Nichols takes us there:

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The Bay Area is a place full of smart people who excel at TRIVIA, some of whom become champions on JEOPARDY … like AMY SCHNEIDER of OAKLAND. She holds the second-longest win streak in the program’s history … just behind Ken Jennings. Now Oaklanders are excelling in Jeopardy again - this time, in the new season of the spinoff show POP CULTURE Jeopardy.

The Bay Area is a place full of smart people who excel at TRIVIA, some of whom become champions on JEOPARDY &hellip; like AMY SCHNEIDER of OAKLAND. She holds the second-longest win streak in the program&rsquo;s history &hellip; just behind Ken Jennings. Now Oaklanders are excelling in Jeopardy again - this time, in the new season of the spinoff show POP CULTURE Jeopardy.

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Hundreds of thousands of votes remain to be counted in California’s primary … and this could weigh heavily in key statewide races ... like for governor and insurance commissioner. But what is more clear is that in several of the closely watched CONGRESSIONAL races, establishment Democrats and incumbents led ... in the face of challenges from progressive and Republican candidates. Like representatives Mike Thompson in the North Bay ... and Brad Sherman in Los Angeles, whose progressive challenger did not make it to the runoff. I talked about all of this with ADDISU DEMISSIE a veteran Democratic political consultant and former campaign manager for Governor Gavin Newsom’s run in 2018.

Hundreds of thousands of votes remain to be counted in California&rsquo;s primary &hellip; and this could weigh heavily in key statewide races ... like for governor and insurance commissioner. But what is more clear is that in several of the closely watched CONGRESSIONAL races, establishment Democrats and incumbents led ... in the face of challenges from progressive and Republican candidates. Like representatives Mike Thompson in the North Bay ... and Brad Sherman in Los Angeles, whose progressive challenger did not make it to the runoff. I talked about all of this with ADDISU DEMISSIE a veteran Democratic political consultant and former campaign manager for Governor Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s run in 2018.

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