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At the same time California increased the requirements on how effective the city’s stormwater system needs to be, the city’s system became obsolete, its population grew and the impacts of climate change grew more severe.

MORNING REPORT: THE STORMWATER DEFICIT IS A BIG DEALVOICE OF SAN DIEGOFEBRUARY 8, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

The emergence of the variants raised the specter that the current generation of vaccines might be rendered obsolete before they have even been fully rolled out.

NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS ACCELERATE RACE TO MAKE SURE VACCINES KEEP UPCAROLYN Y. JOHNSON, LAURIE MCGINLEY, JOEL ACHENBACHJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST

When the project first came up, commissioners asked questions about the data and how it would be stored but were generally positive in their comments — one even suggested that the new technology might someday make traffic engineers obsolete.

THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO HAD ITS OWN SMART STREETLIGHT PROGRAMJESSE MARXDECEMBER 21, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

Fabiola Alvarez Yurcisin, who works with found and often obsolete materials, constructed a cage inside which such terms as “asylum,” “fear” and “wall” are reflected in a mirror.

IN THE GALLERIES: PERSPECTIVES ON BLENDING CULTURE AND IDENTITYMARK JENKINSDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST

The US federal minimum wage is becoming increasingly obsolete.

HOW MUCH DO AMERICA’S MINIMUM-WAGE WORKERS ACTUALLY EARN?MICHELLE CHENGDECEMBER 10, 2020QUARTZ

Boards recognize that companies must change their business models and operations if they don’t want to become obsolete.

3 WAYS THE PANDEMIC IS TRANSFORMING TECH SPENDINGWALTER THOMPSONDECEMBER 4, 2020TECHCRUNCH

In short, at a time when TV viewers are so easily distracted, an ad-buying system that still leans exclusively on ratings is obsolete.

WHY AD BUYERS (AND SELLERS) NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO VIEWER ATTENTIONTVISIONDECEMBER 2, 2020DIGIDAY

We have the opportunity to build out the future of the identity landscape in a thoughtful way, as opposed to having to rework entrenched systems that have become obsolete.

PUBLISHERS WILL LEAD THE CHARGE AS COOKIE-LESS ADVERTISING BECOMES THE NORMMAGNITENOVEMBER 25, 2020DIGIDAY

Life has few direr disenchanters than the morning smells of obsolete tobacco, relics though they be of hesternal beatitude.

TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.

Even in the same scene, time will alter every form, and render the exquisite polish of last year, obsolete rudeness next year.

THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY

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