Cameras, sensors, and palm-scanning technology — it’s not science fiction. It’s the new, cashierless Whole Foods in Sherman Oaks. The aggressive “ankle biter” Aedes aegypti mosquito is now in LA. They carry diseases, and can lay eggs in a space as small as a water-filled bottle cap. One company is preparing to release millions of genetically modified versions of the insect to try to get rid of them. Placentia-Yorba Linda is Orange County’s first school district to ban the teaching of critical race theory in its classrooms. What’s driving this decision?