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Disneyland’s Autopia Ride Will Switch to Electric Vehicles

The gas-powered engines in Disneyland’s Autopia ride weren’t properly certified. The little cars will be replaced by E.V.s.

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Autopia, the 71-year-old car-themed attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 1980. Its gasoline-powered cars have created a microclimate of smog over Tomorrowland.

Disneyland’s Autopia Ride Will Switch to Electric Vehicles

The gas-powered engines in Disneyland’s Autopia ride weren’t properly certified. The little cars will be replaced by E.V.s.

© Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images

Autopia, the 71-year-old car-themed attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., in 1980. Its gasoline-powered cars have created a microclimate of smog over Tomorrowland.

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives

Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.

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A fabrication shop in Sun Valley, Calif. The state is poised to ban the production and installation of quartz countertops.

Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark. For Locals.

At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market.

The University of California, Santa Barbara, recently said incoming undergraduates would be guaranteed on-campus housing for just two years, up from one before.

Zuckerberg’s Big Deal to Stay in California

The agreement that Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, cut to stay in California underscores businesses’ fears about a major tax proposal.

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The price Meta was willing to pay to keep Mark Zuckerberg living in California: overhauling its capital structure.
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