"A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing."
"Investor Peter Thiel is moving his residence and business operations from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The decision underscores a growing divide between the outspoken tech industry conservative and Silicon Valley."
"The street's enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco."
"This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore."
"For those suffering from severe depression or PTSD, suicide is often just one dark thought away. But these souls are told they must suffer lest they be thrown in jail for using something as 'evil' as marijuana or psychedelics, both illegal in the eyes of the state."
"A new class of antibiotic extracted from unknown microorganisms living in the soil, which they call malacidins, kills several superbugs — including the dreaded methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) — without engendering resistance."
"Scientists at Stanford University say that the treatment works ‘startlingly well’ in mice, with nine out of ten animals cured after one injection, and the rest after a second injection. The treatment involves injecting tiny amounts of two drugs directly into a tumour – which triggers an ‘amazing body-wide’ reaction where the immune system attacks cancer cells."
"The DA’s office announced that it is suing 10 pharmaceutical companies in connection with the opioid epidemic and is dropping all outstanding marijuana possession charges."
"The online service comes from interesting beginnings, as blogging pioneer Justin Hall registered the bud.com domain in 1994 to host software experiments and to advocate for cannabis legalization. Bud.com will join services such as Eaze and Grass Roots that provide online orders and delivery for recreational adult use."
"The initiative and referendum process continues to serve as a direct popular vote alternative to the crapshoot that is trying to get a pot bill through two houses and signed by a governor."