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☆ Opinion | Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was watching YouTube during class on his school-issued laptop, and her suspicions were validated. In fact, he opted out of retaking a math test he’d failed, just so he could watch YouTube,” she said. A few weeks ago, they had a meeting with the district superintendent and several other administrators, including the tech director. To bolster their case, Lewis and her allies put together a video compilation of clips that elementary and middle school children had gotten past the district’s content filters.

Persons: Jaime Lewis, “, ”, Lewis Organizations: YouTube, San Luis Coastal Unified School District Locations: San Luis, San Luis Obispo, Calif

☆ 11 U.S. cities where you need to earn over $200,000 to buy a typical home
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

You'll need to earn just over six figures to buy a typical home in the U.S. right now. San Jose is by far the most priciest place to buy a home, even among 10 other metro areas where qualifying income exceeds $200,000. Some of the wealthiest people in the U.S. live in cities like San Jose, San Francisco and Anaheim. In contrast to California's most expensive markets, the qualifying income needed to buy a typical home in the U.S. overall is $103,835. It's even cheaper in the Midwest and the South, where the qualifying income is $74,967 and $95,511, respectively.

Persons: NAR's Organizations: National Association of Realtors, Thousand Oaks, San, Housing Finance Agency, CNBC Locations: U.S, California, San Jose, Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara , California, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine , California, Francisco, Oakland, Hayward , California, Honolulu, Hawaii, Salinas , California, Diego, Carlsbad , California, Oxnard, Ventura , California, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles , California, Angeles, Long, Glendale , California, Boulder , Colorado, Naples, Marco Island, Florida, San Francisco, Atherton, Midwest

☆ You can strengthen your core without planking
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded core exercises, according to many fitness experts. But it’s not because a strong core equates to a sexy six-pack — a strong core is central to your overall health. Also, as time goes on, a strong core helps with hernia prevention and incontinence issues.”A strong core is also an important means of combating back pain, especially in the lumbar region. The breath is the key to successBefore performing any core exercise, you first need to think about your breathing. Core exercises that don’t require plankingReady to strengthen your core without planking?

Persons: ”, Samira Shuruk, Jessica Chellsen, Chellsen, Prasert, ” Shuruk, “, ” Chellsen, Shuruk, Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, Yoga Center of Columbia, US Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, Therapy, Wellness, Getty, CNN’s Locations: Maryland, San Luis Obispo , California

☆ One way to help American homebuyers? Do what the Dutch do.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Cork Gaines | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Dutch offer home mortgages with evolving interest rates that can automatically decrease over time. However, other countries are taking notice: The Dutch mortgage lender DMFCO recently began offering Dutch-style mortgages in the UK. AdvertisementBut there are some deeply entrenched features of the American mortgage system that make it unlikely we'll see widespread adoption of Dutch-style mortgages. AdvertisementAdditionally, mortgage interest rates in the US aren't determined by the loan-to-value ratio beyond a certain point. AdvertisementBut Cecela says he's interested to see what happens with the Dutch-style mortgages newly on offer in the UK.

Persons: —, Lindsey Harn, Lindsey, Harn, Guy Cecala, Cecala, Melissa Cohn, Raveis, Cohn, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Lindsey Harn Group, Mortgage, Mortgage Finance, USA Locations: Netherlands, San Luis Obispo County , California, Europe

☆ These are the best scenic family road trips for families, from a parent and travel expert who's been to all 50 states.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Taryn White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Road trips are the ultimate symbol of freedom, discovery, and the boundless beauty of the US. As a travel expert, I believe these three incredible routes are the best if you're looking to go on an amazing road trip experience with your own family. AdvertisementTake a road trip through ArizonaFrom majestic mountains to captivating canyons, Arizona's glorious scenery cannot be fully realized by visiting just one destination. For a rush of adrenaline, set out on a whitewater rafting excursion with companies like Advantage Grand Canyon. Families can also take a boat cruise on Lake Powell and visit the Glen Canyon Dam.

Persons: I've, Dana Point, Battery, Taryn White, Coyote, Lake Powell Organizations: Business, Santa Barbara Zoo, San Luis Obispo, Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, Roanoke Star, Biltmore Estate, River Arts, Asheville Museum of Science, North Carolina Arboretum, Biltmore, Asheville Glamping, Railway Locations: California, Dana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Ellwood, San Luis, Big, Carmel, Monterey, Golden, Battery Spencer, Virginia, North Carolina, North Carolina ., Shenandoah, Smoky, Crabtree Falls . Roanoke, Mountain, Meadows, Dan ,, Asheville, River Arts District, Bohemian, Arizona, Phoenix, Sedona, Boynton Canyon, Grand, El Tovar, Williams, Bend, Lake Powell

☆ Photos show 3 multimillion-dollar mansions perched precariously near the edge of a cliff after landslides in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Three multimillion-dollar mansions now sit on the edge of a cliff in California. Heavy rainstorms caused landslides that eroded the cliff along Scenic Drive in Dana Point. AdvertisementEarly February rainstorms across Southern California have left three Dana Point homes in precarious positions. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties on February 4. In Los Angeles, the storms caused 562 mudslides and resulted in 15 homes being red-tagged, meaning they were designated as unsafe to inhabit, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Persons: —, Gavin Newsom, Dana, Allen J, Mike Killebrew Organizations: Authorities, Service, Gov, Los Angeles Times, Getty, The New York Post, CBS News Locations: California, Dana Point, Southern California, Orange County, oceanside, Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura counties, Dana Point , California, Redfin, Los Angeles

☆ Atmospheric River Storm Leaves Over 600,000 Still Without Power in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - More than 600,000 homes and businesses were still without power in California early on Monday, according to data from PowerOutage.us, after an atmospheric river storm pounded the state with heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds. The storm is the second Pineapple Express weather system, or atmospheric river storm, to hit the state in the past week and arrived just as Los Angeles welcomed celebrities for the music industry's Grammy awards. According to PowerOutage.us, the utility with the most outages was Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) with over 500,000 customers without power. PG&E is a unit of California energy company PG&E Corp."Since the start of the storm 24 hours ago, PG&E crews have restored more than 565,000 customers who lost power. Approximately 570,000 customers remain out of power," PG&E said on its website.

Persons: PowerOutage.us, Gavin Newsom, Harshit Verma, Brijesh Patel, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Reuters, Pacific Gas and Electric Co, E Corp, The U.S, National, California's Locations: California, PowerOutage.us, Angeles, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, The, Bengaluru

Classes were canceled Monday for schools across Santa Barbara County, which was devastated by mudslides caused by powerful storms in 2018. Evacuation orders and warnings were in effect for mountain and canyon areas of Monterey, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. As of Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest, said it was planning to open schools as usual Monday. ___Associated Press videographer Eugene Garcia in Ventura, Calif., and radio reporter Julie Walker in New York contributed to this report.

Persons: Alexis Herrera, ” Herrera, Ryan Kittell, ”, Lindsay Horvath, ” Horvath, Gavin Newsom, Alberto Carvalho, videographer Eugene Garcia, Julie Walker Organizations: ANGELES, San Francisco Bay Area, Sunday, San Francisco International, Palisades, Central, Gov, Emergency Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, Associated Locations: California, San Francisco Bay, San Jose, Southern California, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sierra Nevada, Hawaii, Northern California, Monterey, San Luis Obispo County, Los Angeles, LA, Topanga, Soledad, Los Angeles , Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Ventura counties, Southern, Ventura , Calif, New York

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California braced Sunday for the worst of a potentially dangerous storm that threatened to hammer parts of the state with hurricane-force winds and cause flooding and mudslides as it moves down the coast over the next few days. Evacuation warnings and orders were in effect for Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura and Monterey counties. Classes were canceled Monday for schools across Santa Barbara County. Heavy to moderate rain was expected to stay in Southern California until Tuesday. It is the second time in days that California has been hit by an atmospheric river, a long band of moisture that forms over the Pacific.

Persons: ”, Bill Brown Organizations: ANGELES, National Weather Service, Central, Pacific, San Francisco Bay Area Locations: California, ” Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura, Monterey counties, Santa Barbara County, Hawaii, Northern California, Monterey, San Luis Obispo County, Orange, San Diego, Southern California, Southern, San Francisco Bay

☆ Millions at risk as California braces for record rainfall and high winds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Leila Sackur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Atmospheric rivers caused downpours in the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing cable car services to a halt, before moving on to Los Angeles and San Diego by Thursday. Officials in Santa Barbara County raised evacuation advisories to orders on Saturday, calling on residents to be at a "very high state of readiness." Heavy rain and extreme weather caused roadway erosion at San Onofre's lower parking lot, with images on social media showing sections of the lot collapsing onto the beach below. A Sunday update from the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center predicted risks of rainfall exceeding flash flood guidance across swathes of the state with "high risk" — estimated at 70% probability — for San Diego and Orange Counties. The storm comes as the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office announced it was investigating three deaths in late January as related to California's last encounter with heavy storms.

Persons: Santa Barbara County, Gloria Sandoval, Flood, Gavin Newsom's Organizations: National Weather Service, Bay Area, California State Parks, NBC, Prediction, Orange Counties, San Diego, Examiner's Locations: California, Encinitas , California, U.S, Monterey County, Jose, Guadalupe, Santa Cruz, San Jose, downpours, Bay, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Central Coast, Angeles County, Sonoma , Marin, San Francisco, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Southern California's, Orange, San Diego County

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school on Thursday, alleging it caused Kristin Smart's murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo on the state’s scenic Central Coast over Memorial Day weekend in 1996. Those students said Flores had stalked and harassed them in the months leading up to Smart's disappearance. Instead, our family has been left to grieve her absence for 27 agonizing years,” a family statement said. The family only realized Cal Poly's alleged negligence after that apology because relatives didn't have any access to the university's investigative file, according to the lawsuit.

Persons: Kristin Smart's, Smart, San Luis Obispo, Paul Flores, Flores, Smart's, Kristin, “, ”, Matt Lazier, Jeffrey Armstrong, Cal Poly's, didn't, Cal Organizations: Calif, California Polytechnic State University, Central Coast, Prosecutors, Cal Poly, Cal Poly’s Locations: California, San Luis, Central, Flores ’

☆ Investors may miss out on this key tax loophole if they actively trade a spot bitcoin ETF
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But there's a catch with conventional assets: the wash sale rule . Now, tax professionals are flagging a potential wrinkle that may arise: Even though bitcoin itself isn't subject to the wash sale rule, a spot bitcoin ETF very well may be. Property versus security Under federal tax law, the IRS deems cryptocurrency to be property . Managing limitations At its core, that means investors should avoid swapping in and out of the same spot bitcoin ETF within the 61-day limit if they had sold the position. This also raises the question of whether dumping one spot bitcoin ETF for another would be deemed substantially identical.

Persons: Stephen Turanchik, Paul Hastings, Andrew Gordon, Dan Herron, Richard LaFalce, Morgan Lewis, Turanchik Organizations: Internal, Digital, Tax, Force, American Institute of CPAs, IRS, Gordon Law Group, Elemental Wealth, Investors Locations: San Luis Obispo , California

☆ Feeling read by your Spotify city? You just have the musical taste of a depressed liberal college student.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Spotify Wrapped day is one of the most exciting holidays of the year. AdvertisementAh, Spotify Wrapped. Advertisement"Everyone complaining about getting Provo in their spotify wrapped needs to just accept the fact that they have terrible taste in music," said one commentator. "going to college in Davis and waking up seeing everyone bashing it because they got it on their spotify wrapped is so funny," said another X user. Other people theorized that the frequency of college towns being picked was due to the generally lower age range of Spotify users.

Persons: —, San Luis Obispo Organizations: Spotify, Service, Brigham Young University, University of Vermont, University of California, —, Provo, spotify Locations: Berkeley, Mexico City, screenshotting, provo, Burlington , Vermont, burlington, Madison , Wisconsin, Provo , Utah, Burlington ; Berkeley , California, Cambridge , Massachusetts, — Madison , Wisconsin, San Luis, Davis , California, Davis

☆ Something is up with Spotify Wrapped's new feature — it's telling way too many people they belong in Burlington, Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

People first started noticing the trend on social media — when everyone started posting their Spotify Wrapped, as is tradition — and thought it was a glitch on Spotify's end. But it turns out that Burlington is just representative of the listening habits of a disproportionately high number of Spotify users. Advertisement"Did Your Spotify Wrapped Place You In Burlington, Berkeley, or Cambridge? You May Be Gay," Queer outlet Them wrote, referencing how queer Spotify users seemed to be getting overwhelmingly assigned to Burlington, Berkeley, or Cambridge. Berkeley was the Sound Town for 0.3% of all Spotify users, while 0.1% of users were assigned to Cambridge, Spotify told BI.

Persons: —, Father John Misty, Fiona Apple, Berkeley, Sebastian Cahill, Cahill Organizations: Service, Business, Spotify, Sound Town, Burlington : Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Burlington, That's, Burlington , Berkeley , California, Cambridge , Massachusetts, Burlington , Berkeley, Cambridge, Spotify's Sound, Burlington : San Luis Obispo , CA

☆ 11 U.S. cities where you need to earn more than $200,000 to buy a home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

You'll need to make over $200,000 annually to afford a home in some California cities, a recent National Association of Realtors report reveals. Perhaps unsurprisingly, cities that require the highest income are large urban coastal hubs where homes tend to be more expensive. In California, homes are both desirable and scarce, which is why the state has some of the highest home prices in the U.S. Here are the 11 metro areas where households need to earn over $200,000 to afford a median-priced home. Similarly, homes in smaller rust belt and rural cities are much cheaper compared with some cities in California.

Persons: Warren Buffett Organizations: National Association of Realtors, Thousand Oaks, San Locations: California, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara , California, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine , California, Francisco, Oakland, Hayward , California, Honolulu, Hawaii, Diego, Carlsbad , California, Salinas , California, Oxnard, Ventura , California, Angeles, Long, Glendale , California, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles , California, Boulder , Colorado, Naples, Marco Island, Florida, Decatur , Illinois, Charleston , West Virginia, Erie , Pennsylvania, Youngstown , Ohio

☆ What if Wine and Cider Had a Baby?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Eric Asimov | More About Eric Asimov | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Wine is made by fermenting grapes or other fruit, although apple and pear wines are distinctive enough to have earned their own categories, cider and perry. But a growing number of producers are blurring the styles, blending grape wines and ciders or fermenting grapes and other fruit together, with remarkable delicious results. Some bottles are collaborations between wine and cider specialists, but most who are making these blends are natural winemakers, who tend to be more experimental and adventurous and less bound by industry and market conventions. Andy Brennan, of the superb Aaron Burr Cidery in Wurtsboro, N.Y., makes a wonderfully refreshing blend he calls Appinette by fermenting together farmed apples and traminette, a hybrid wine grape. Scar of the Sea, an excellent wine producer in San Luis Obispo, Calif., blends a different grape with Newtown Pippin apples each year — gamay in 2021 and palomino in ’22.

Persons: Andy Brennan, Aaron Burr Cidery, Newtown Pippin, gamay, palomino Organizations: Calif, Newtown Locations: Wurtsboro, San Luis Obispo, ’

☆ Floods, Winds and Temperature Extremes Challenge Rail Lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Ellen Rosen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. The 351-mile LOSSAN rail corridor in Southern California, the second busiest in the United States, is under siege. Running from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, the oceanside tracks sitting atop coastal bluffs face erosion from higher water levels in the Pacific and record rainfall. In addition, increased precipitation has destabilized terrain on the inland side, leading to landslides — like two in San Clemente recently — that have led to rail closures. And if that weren’t enough, a nuclear power plant is near the tracks.

Persons: San Luis Obispo, ”, Catherine Blakespear Organizations: oceanside, Strategic Rail Locations: Southern California, United States, San Diego, San Luis, San Clemente, California, Stracnet

☆ I rented a Tesla on Turo for a road trip. I own an EV, but 3 things about the Model 3 still surprised me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Gia Mora | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Gia Mora, an electric-vehicle enthusiast, went on a 1,000-mile road trip in a Tesla Model 3. Gia MoraWe decided to rent a longer-range electric car on Turo, a peer-to-peer car-rental app. Using a key card is different from controlling the car by appMora locks the Model 3 with a key card. Tesla Model 3 one-pedal driving is hard to adjust toBy the end of the trip, Mora felt comfortable driving the Tesla Model 3. Tesla Model 3 is worth the hypeThe Model 3 had a reliable range, accessible charging stations, luxurious seats, and glasslike driving.

Persons: Gia Mora, Mora, Tesla, Amy, Amy Senger, Steve Mandzik, Amy Senger Amy, Mora sips, San Luis Obispo, Senger, we'd, I'd, would've Organizations: Tesla, Nissan, Fiat, John Wayne Airport, Turo Locations: Northern California, San Ardo , California, Orange County , California, Orange County, Los Angeles County, Salinas, Santa Barbara, San Ardo, San Luis, San Luis Obispo , California

☆ A Tesla owner says she made a 9-day rural road trip through a town without an EV charger by trickle charging from an outlet at an abandoned gas station
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kathleen Goforth went on a 9-day road trip to the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. Kathleen Goforth said she took her Tesla Model Y on a 9-day road trip through a rural area and had to get creative at one point when it came to charging. "There are no services within or anywhere near the Monument – no food, water, gas stations, and, certainly, no EV charging stations. Earlier this year, another Tesla owner said he faced some "hiccups" on a 6,392-mile road trip but that he ultimately found the carmaker's Autopilot driver assist feature to be a "lifesaver." A Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV owner previously told Insider that successful EV road trips needed to be properly plotted out.

Persons: Kathleen Goforth, Goforth Organizations: Morning, Tesla, EV, Department of Transportation, Kia EV Locations: Carrizo, , California, San Luis Obispo County , California, California

☆ California new oil well approvals have nearly ground to a halt
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Nichola Groom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 13 (Reuters) - California, the seventh-biggest U.S. crude oil producer, has put a near halt on issuing permits for new drilling this year, according to state data. New drilling permits have steadily declined since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but the current rate of approval represents a sudden and dramatic drop. In an email, CalGEM attributed the smaller number of approvals to both the broader decline in California oil production and litigation that has paused permitting by Kern County, the center of the state's oil industry. The governor wants to phase out oil drilling in the state by 2045. California also passed a law last year banning oil and gas drilling within 3,200 feet of structures including homes, schools and hospitals.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, CalGEM, CIPA's Zierman, CIPA, Liza Tucker, Nichola Groom, Leslie Adler Organizations: Energy Management Division, California Independent Petroleum Association, Sentinel Peak Resources, San Luis Obispo County, Natural Resources Management, FracTracker Alliance, Reuters, Consumer, Consumer Watchdog, tinker, Thomson Locations: California, Kern County, San Luis Obispo

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☆ Hundreds of Sea Lions Are Dying. Is an Algal Bloom to Blame?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The calls came in, one after the other, with reports of sea lions swaying their heads back and forth, foaming at the mouth, or slumped, lifeless on the beach. Rescuers along the central California coast struggled to keep up as they captured the sick animals in the hopes of saving them. Already, hundreds of sea lions and dozens of dolphins had died. “It’s been really sad,” said Michelle Berman Kowalewski, a biologist and the director of the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit, a nonprofit that has been responding to the beached dolphins. Algal blooms are not uncommon, but Ms. Berman Kowalewski said that, even in a bad year, she might respond to 30 to 40 poisoned dolphins.

Persons: they’ve, “ It’s, ”, Michelle Berman Kowalewski, Berman Kowalewski Organizations: Islands, Research Locations: California, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo County

☆ Savoring a California Wine Country Far From Napa and the Crowds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Laura M. Holson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About 10 miles away, the tasting room at Lightpost Winery in Morgan Hill can be found in a ho-hum office park. In 2018, she opened Lightpost and teamed with Christian Roguenant, who grew up in Burgundy and is Lightpost’s head winemaker. Vivian, the tasting room manager, gave us an impromptu lesson, too, with a side-by-side comparison of how grapes vary by vintage. A larger, more corporate tasting room would be hard-pressed to take the time. Already the young winery is attracting attention; it’s 2018 reserve cabernet sauvignon from Paso Robles has won state competitions.

Persons: Mace, Sofia Fedotova, Christian Roguenant, Lightpost, Fedotova, Vivian, Paso Robles Locations: Italy, Lightpost, Morgan Hill, Burgundy, Santa Cruz , Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Russian, Paso Robles, Paso

☆ BlocPower: 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Brooklyn-based cleantech company BlocPower is squarely positioned with a mission to fight climate change while solving social injustices, focusing on renewable energy, reduction of carbon pollution, and urban redevelopment in lower-income areas. BlocPower was founded in 2014 by Donnel Baird, the child of Guyanese immigrants, who drew on his experience growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn in an apartment without well-functioning heating and cooling systems. This retrofitting of older buildings can lead to major energy savings, 30% to 50%, and a reduction of at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions, BlocPower says. In Buffalo, BlocPower inked a contract with utility National Fuel Gas Company to upgrade hybrid heating and cooling systems in 34 low-to-middle income residential and commercial buildings. It also sealed a deal with Fujitsu General America to bring a better-functioning automatic heating and cooling unit to the U.S.

☆ California superbloom: Hillsides are exploding with wildflowers. Here's what it looks like from space
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Stephanie Elam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesVisitors walk through a field of wildflowers at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California on April 14. Hillsides are covered in colorful wildflowers, seen here in a satellite image in Palmdale, California, on April 10. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWildflowers bloom at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, on April 14. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWhile California hasn’t closed state parks because of the superbloom, at least one town is demanding that tourists stay away. The Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve in Lancaster, California, on March 30.

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