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515 with set 303/304 “Nancy Pelosi” ran 10 mins late as it ebrake three times. It single tracked and went on the southbound track thru Santa Clara, Lawrence, and Sunnyvale. It stopped at Sunnyvale on the southbound platform. While between Santa Clara and Lawrence, the train e braked which the conductor says is signaling error which have been affecting other northbound baby bullet express trains recently. The train experienced PTC issues at Mountain View while loading passengers and then e braked twice while loading. These events all caused 515 to run 10 mins late today.

Is Taiwan currently experiencing a summer non seasonal surge in colds, flu, and RSV? Are there a lot of people coughing and sneezing in public and on the MRT like it’s winter currently?

Cascal puts a table that is located directly in front of a fire alarm pull station and seats customers there. I’ve sat at the fire alarm table once and I’ve seen them seat other parties at the fire alarm table. Some babies and toddlers can easily accidentally pull the fire alarm when sitting at that table. It’s technically against the fire code to put tables, chairs, or otherwise obstruct access to the fire alarm pull station. The table is also located in front of a set of doors that I think has been deactivated from regular and emergency exit use. The table in question is along a set of doors/windows along California street with the fire alarm pull station next to the pair of deactivated doors. I don’t know how they are getting away with putting a table and chairs in front of the fire alarm pull station. I’m also surprised that most customers don’t seem to notice that they’re seated next to the fire alarm pull station with the fire alarm pull station right at eye level when seated.

Does China Airlines use biometric facial recognition to board passengers instead of scanning boarding passes at both SFO and TPE? If so, how can I opt out? What is it like to opt out of biometric boarding?

Safeway San Antonio Rd location just installed new security gates and fencing this week which swing open automatically when entering the store. They also function as emergency exits with alarm on them to exit the store in a emergency which will sound a loud alarm if you trip the sensor when approaching them from within the store or if you push them open from within the store. It’s kinda surprising that a location in Mountain View got them since most Safeway locations that got them got them a few years ago and they were in higher theft locations in San Jose and San Francisco. Do the Safeway stores at Rengstorff, Shoreline, and Miramonte locations have them too?

Are there a lot of sick people coughing and sneezing in public and on the MRT with colds and flus despite being in the healthy season currently? In North America, the healthy season is suppose to be May - October and the sick season is suppose to be November - April. I don't want to get a out of season cold or flu from going to Taiwan, but Taiwan seems to have unseasonal cold and flu outbreaks since Covid. I only mask in healthcare, airports, and airplanes during the healthy season, but also mask in trains and buses during the sick season.

Went to Kura Sushi in San Jose (Hostetter Road) for dinner today and several people eating there were visibly sick from different parties. There was a man that was coughing a lot, a little boy with wet phlegmy cough frequently (he covered his mouth with his elbow), and a woman who was coughing wet coughs every 30 seconds (she also covered her mouth with her elbow). Seems pretty inconsiderate to eat at conveyor belt sushi while sick and it’s the end of April yet so many people are sick like it’s February. Also, I personally wouldn’t eat sushi when sick, the vinegar rice and raw fish can irritate the sore throat.

I’ve only eaten at Lazy Dog in Cupertino, but I want a comparison between the two locations about the differences and which location is better overall?

I don’t remember the name of the video and the name of the business that owns the channel. I don’t have the video url saved anywhere. The business is a videography service out of Florida and I think they closed during Covid cus their channel and videos got deleted. I wasn’t able to find the channel and videos starting in 2024 or even sometime before that. It’s called something “Agency Studios” and they have a something “Agency Studios Virtual Tour” video that shows the entire office and studio. They also do real estate video services. Can you help me find the agency studios virtual tour video and the name of the business?