Kim Brunhuber
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Is a robot coming for your job? Change comes quickly in the era of automation
From bartenders to baristas, robot resumés are getting longer and more complex. And as robotics get smarter, the consequences of automation are becoming harder to predict. → Read More
'They've come here to create disorder': Migrant caravan faces hostility on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border
Little Padres Park is a city of space blankets and houses built out of shrubs, of outdoor showers and soccer matches in socks. The baseball stadium in downtown Tijuana, Mexico, has become a sudden city, hastily filled with more than 1,500 migrants. → Read More
Need or nightmare?: Democrats want the midterms to be a referendum on Obamacare
Since it became law in 2010, the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, has been a favourite target of Republicans on the campaign trail, with their "repeal and replace" mantra. But this time around, it's the Democrats who are trying to make health care the key campaign issue. → Read More
A month without mom: 2 Guatemalan kids share what it's like to be all alone in the U.S.
Sylvia, 12, and her brother, Christian, 10, of Guatemala are among the nearly 3,000 migrant children in the U.S. who have been separated from their parents. After more than a month without their mother, they're no closer to being reunited with her — at least not in the U.S. → Read More
'Nobody has that much money': One sinking city's fight against rising sea levels
"If water rises, it would probably flood my street," says Annie Hackett, who lives in Foster City, Calif., on San Francisco Bay. But climate scientists say it's not if but when: rising sea levels are going to change her life. → Read More
In trendy Malibu, a plastic straw in your cocktail could cost $500
In the coastal California community of Malibu, a plastic straw in your cocktail could cost $500. A citywide ban on single-use plastic items went into effect at the start of the month as the global anti-plastic movement grows. → Read More
Rental electric scooters disrupt California's economy — its sidewalks, too
Three California companies have launched versions of dockless scooters in major cities across the U.S. Riders love them, but cities are wary. → Read More
Cambridge Analytica's closure may be a sign of what's to come after Facebook data scandal
Thousands of developers descended on California this week, hoping to hear that changes Facebook implemented to try and address a growing scandal around personal data and privacy won't mean an end to the stream of information they need to do business. → Read More
Unravelling a scientific mystery: Could wildfire ash end up in our fish dinner?
Marine researchers in California think that what they're finding in U.S. waters could help Canada's coastal communities, writes Kim Brunhuber. → Read More
Immigrants and cops caught in sanctuary 'war' between Trump and California
Many undocumented migrants say they're in the middle of the latest war between D.C. and California. → Read More
South Korean women on 'birth strike' as children come with too high a cost
Government efforts to boost South Korea's flagging birth rate have had little effect in a country where social and economic issues leave many women reluctant to have children. → Read More
A day aboard a 'cannabus': San Diego enjoys effects of marijuana tourism
California's budding pot tourism: a day aboard a 'cannabus.' Cali’s new recreational marijuana industry fears President Trump is trying to stop the ride. → Read More
Trump's drilling plan could put animals and people in jeopardy
The Trump administration wants to open up nearly all of American coastal waters — 4 million square kilometres — to oil and gas drilling. Environmentalists fear that would be disastrous to thousands of marine species, from whales to abalone. → Read More
The hottest thing in technology is your voice
The hottest thing in technology this year is your voice. If even a fraction of the new gadgets on display at the CES convention in Las Vegas make it to market, you will soon be able to tell an almost infinite number of things what to do. → Read More
California's newest drug dealers: like an Apple Store, but with weed
To rebrand legal recreational cannabis, you have to "get rid of stoner culture," says MedMen's head of marketing. → Read More
Houses built too close to bush spread huge California fires on 'front line of climate change'
California's fire season is 70 days longer than it was just 15 years ago. This year, unusually high winds and dry air were part of the problem. But it has taken more than just bad luck to create the size and severity of the megafires like the Tubbs in Northern California and the Thomas in Southern California. → Read More
'We are in a war here': Black and Latino residents fight gentrification in L.A.
The black and Latino neighbourhoods of Boyle Heights and Crenshaw in Los Angeles fight being turned into 'white' communities as necessary developments attract new residents. → Read More
'It has changed the whole idea of being in Vegas': Can Sin City recover after the mass shooting?
Some Canadian tourists cancelled their trips to Las Vegas after Sunday's mass shooting, but others like the Bradleys came to Sin City anyway because they wanted to show that the bad guys can't win. → Read More
Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock 'the most well-known unknown person in town'
A sleepy retirement community 130 kilometres northeast of Las Vegas is tormented by what ifs after learning that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had lived among them. → Read More
Mexicans homeless after quake rely on kindness of strangers to survive
Suddenly homeless Mexicans relying on the kindness of strangers to survive. Some are sleeping in their cars outside their homes, "So people don't rob us of the little we have" → Read More