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DMV to Host Community Hackathons to Facilitate Additional Uses for Mobile Driver’s License
The California Department of Motor Vehicles invites businesses, public agencies and innovators to apply to join two community “hackathons” to promote additional uses for the California mobile Driver’s License. Innovators interested in adding a secure and privacy-protecting digital identity into their customer experience are encouraged to apply...
Joby Aviation takes 523-mile hydrogen-electric flight above Monterey County
MARINA – In June, Joby Aviation successfully completed a 523-mile flight above Marina of its first-of-its-kind hydrogen-electric technology demonstrator aircraft, and in July, California became the first state to officially launch a Hydrogen Hub, with both developments having a stake in furthering the state’s goal of cutting pollution and expanding clean energy.
Wildfire Preparedness During California’s Extreme Summer Heat
Cal Fire recently announced that California has experienced an abnormally early fire season with more than 228,000 acres already burned throughout the state of California, more than 20 times the amount burned by this point last year, according to the Cal Fire website. Here in the Tri-Community, we experienced a...
Ormat Technologies Secures 15-Year Agreement for 80-MW Battery Storage System in California
Ormat Technologies has finalized a 15-year resource adequacy purchase and sale agreement with the City of Riverside for the 80-MW/320-MWh Shirk Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in California. The agreement, announced on Tuesday, marks the City of Riverside's first long-term deal of this nature. The Shirk BESS project, located in...
Over 8 million fentanyl pills seized in California this year
The Governor’s Office announced Wednesday that over 8 million fentanyl pills and 4,000 pounds of powder have been seized in California within the first six months of the year. In June alone, the California National Counterdrug Task Force seized more than 1 million fentanyl pills. The June seizures hold an estimated street value of over […]
California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company
State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so.
Whoopi Goldberg Honored For Launching First Branded, Tested Woman-Owned Cannabis Brand In California
Whoopi Goldberg is being honored. The veteran-actress-turned-television-host has received the Key to West Hollywood! The honor was a result of her commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community and for her work as an entrepreneur, owning the first branded and tested woman-owned cannabis brand in California, Gold Derby reports. Goldberg’s foray into cannabis dates back to 2016.… Continue reading Whoopi Goldberg Honored For Launching First Branded, Tested Woman-Owned Cannabis Brand In California
Report: California giant sequoia groves in peril after megafires
Two new studies find that without sustained intervention, California may permanently lose big sections of old-growth giant sequoia groves. The majestic trees only grow on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Since 2015, 20% of them have died, mostly in three megafires in 2020 and 2021. David Soderberg, Ph.D,...
Emily Rakowski Joins ORO Labs as Chief Marketing Officer
ORO Labs, creator of a market-leading no-code procurement orchestration platform, today announced Emily Rakowski has joined the company as chief marketing officer. In this role, Rakowski will oversee the planning, development and execution of all of ORO Labs’ global marketing initiatives, including brand-building and awareness, demand generation, communications, and PR.
Gavin Newsom shares in new podcast he was working out when Biden's announcement dropped
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Joe Biden's announcement that he would be dropping out of the race for president took him by surprise. On Newsom's new podcast "Politickin'" with retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch and agent Doug Hendrickson, the governor shared that he was working out when the news came over the weekend."I wasn't sitting down when I got the word, I was on my treadmill," Newsom said in the first episode of the podcast, which was released Wednesday. "That was the last thing I was expecting on a quiet Sunday." Newsom announced the podcast earlier in July, noting that...
California took vacation time from a prison doctor. Now it has to pay him $1.8 million
A California prison doctor accumulated more than 1,000 hours of personal time off and used some of it to work a second job. He claimed he faced retaliation when officials began scrutinizing his time and then clawed back much of his leave bank.
Tropical moisture mixes with California's heat, driving storms, flood potential, fire risks
California's latest heat wave has pulled up tropical moisture, which is causing severe thunderstorms in some inland areas, including across inland Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.
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