California continues to bleed high-income residents due to its deep dive into coronapanic

I was chatting with a software engineer who has been at Facebook (“Meta”) for about 10 years. His wife works an Excel-oriented analytics job for a company on the Peninsula. After their employers went 100-percent remote, they began spending more and more time in Hawaii. They grew … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 4 months ago

Desert Bloom House / Wolfgang Pichler Design

The Design approach was to create a minimalist indoor/outdoor structure that would block out the neighbor on the one side and offer an open yet protected outdoor living zone on the other side. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 4 months ago

Divergent Trends in Top US Solar States

In terms of cumulative solar power capacity, California has more than twice as much installed than #2 Texas — 43,244 ... [continued] The post Divergent Trends in Top US Solar States appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Getting More Offshore Wind Energy to Northern California & Southern Oregon

We recently released a new report that evaluates potential scenarios for electric grid transmission development to support floating offshore wind along the ... [continued] The post Getting More Offshore Wind Energy to Northern California & Southern Oregon appeared first on Clean … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Amprius Announces 10X Capacity Expansion At Its Fremont, California Battery Production Facility

Fremont, California-based Amprius technologies is the manufacturer of some of the highest energy density lithium-ion battery cells in the world. ... [continued] The post Amprius Announces 10X Capacity Expansion At Its Fremont, California Battery Production Facility appeared firs … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Electrify America Gives Latest Report on Efforts in California

Electrify America recently released a report on progress made in California. In the report, the company updates us on how ... [continued] The post Electrify America Gives Latest Report on Efforts in California appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

California Solar Duck Curve Gets Bigger

As more solar capacity has come online in California, grid operators at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) have observed ... [continued] The post California Solar Duck Curve Gets Bigger appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Bavaria Enters Act 3 of Tragicomic Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet

The hydrogen chorus is again singing, discordantly and joyfully, as Bavaria continues along the tragicomic journey which inevitably leads to ... [continued] The post Bavaria Enters Act 3 of Tragicomic Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Gavin Newsom is the best-qualified governor to serve as U.S. President…

…. because he has experience with running a government at a structural deficit, something that states are theoretically not allowed to do. California has been in the news lately for its forecast $68 billion budget deficit, about 30 percent of total spending by the state governme … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 4 months ago

The Landing House / Industry of All Nations

Industry of All Nations (IOAN), a research, design, and development office committed to sustainable production, is the team behind the design and creation of The Landing House, a modern wood pavilion integrated into the rugged natural landscape of the Mojave Desert Continue readi … | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 4 months ago

California Leads United States in Electric Vehicle & Charging Station Adoption

California has led the United States in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging locations every year since 2016, accounting ... [continued] The post California Leads United States in Electric Vehicle & Charging Station Adoption appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 months ago

Stradella Ridge House, Los Angeles / SAOTA

Cape Town’s SAOTA, alongside US architect developer David Maman and Belgian interior designer Dieter Vander Velpen, designed this Bel Air residence, perched on a steep, triangular site with striking canyon views extending from Century City to the ocean. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 4 months ago

Diablo Hills House / ODS Architecture

This existing 4,000sf cottage style home, built in the 1980s, was an ideal opportunity for an international family to make California their new home. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

Proper burial for an aviator: Portal of the Folded Wings in Burbank

After a business trip to Pasadena, I caught a flight to Las Vegas (for 9 minutes of Formula 1) out of Burbank. On the way, I stopped at the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation. This 1924 structure is a fitting final destination for those who have tackled the challenges … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 months ago

Temazcal Room, San Francisco / TEF Design

Known as the Temazcal Room, this newly developed amenity space, located off the main lobby of the Bay Area Metro Center in downtown San Francisco, provides a flexible, light-filled venue designed for a wide range of uses to support office tenants working above. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

Financial Investment Company Headquarters

A new interiors office project, Financial Investment Company Headquarters, located in San Francisco, California and designed by the Bay Area based firm TEF Design. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

California Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Informational Hearing on Importance of Journalism

Today the California Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an Informational Hearing on “The Importance of Journalism in the Digital Age” to learn more about the state of journalism in the state, the challenges local newsrooms face and potential solutions, and how the California Jo … | Continue reading


@newsmediaalliance.org | 5 months ago

Finding Beauty in the Ordinary

It’s about photographing things you see. It’s photographing the light and direction of the light. It’s not stamp collecting. It’s about a beautiful original photograph where you use your own initiative, your own individuality, your own instincts to come up with something. It does … | Continue reading


@om.co | 5 months ago

Checking the COVID-19 Olympics scores for Florida and California ahead of the DeSantis v. Newsom debate

Governor French Laundry and Governor Science Denial are debating this evening. Let’s do a little pre-debate fact-checking. Americans have agreed that all of a society’s success can be measured by the society’s score in the COVID-19 Olympics. A society that achieved 0 COVID-tagged … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 months ago

Connecticut Scraps 2035 ICE Vehicle Ban Plan

When California governor and former CleanTechnica contributor Gavin Newsom announced that the state would ban the sale of most internal-combustion ... [continued] The post Connecticut Scraps 2035 ICE Vehicle Ban Plan appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

Roca House / PPAA Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados

Roca House is located in Yosemite Lakes, a prime location offering exceptional natural surroundings and stunning views of the national park. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

US Discovers Lithium Bonanza For EV Batteries Right In Its Own Backyard

The geothermal resources of the Salton Sea region in California can double as a rich pipeline of lithium for EV batteries. The post US Discovers Lithium Bonanza For EV Batteries Right In Its Own Backyard appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

Water Saving Solar Panels, Coming Soon To A Canal Near You

Solar panels on canals can save water, prevent toxic algae blooms, conserve land, and generate zero emission electricity, too. The post Water Saving Solar Panels, Coming Soon To A Canal Near You appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

The Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet: A Tragicomedy In Six Acts

There is an inevitability to the stumbling and flailing journey of hydrogen for transportation. Every effort follows the same steps, ... [continued] The post The Odyssey Of The Hydrogen Fleet: A Tragicomedy In Six Acts appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

New Zero-Emissions Ferry For San Francisco Bay

If you have ever ridden a ferry in the San Francisco Bay, you know it can be one of the ... [continued] The post New Zero-Emissions Ferry For San Francisco Bay appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

San Francisco Displaces Unhoused for APEC Summit

The City’s efforts to spruce up its appearance before a global audience included hastily shoving the homeless out of sight and out of mind. Will other California cities grappling with homelessness follow suit? -Refugio Garcia | Continue reading


@meetings.skift.com | 5 months ago

Dispatches from California

Every time I’m in California, there’s at least a little bit of magic to the visit. The family and I were in Los Angeles for a few days and the nice surprise of the trip was popping down to Huntington Beach for an impromptu Dairy Queen picnic, hunting for sand dollars and playing … | Continue reading


@austinkleon.com | 5 months ago

Prime Time Shuttle To Buy 550 Canoo Electric Vehicles

Prime Time Shuttle, a major US shuttle service based out of Los Angeles, has agreed to purchase 550 electric vehicles ... [continued] The post Prime Time Shuttle To Buy 550 Canoo Electric Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

Paso Robles ADU / Catch Architecture

The goal was to create a space able to accommodate the hobbies but to keep certain continuity between them to create a fluid journey allowing constant interaction. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

Lucid Drops The Gravity At The Los Angeles Auto Show

Lucid Motors made a splash with the Air and has fleshed out its line with more affordable offerings since its ... [continued] The post Lucid Drops The Gravity At The Los Angeles Auto Show appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

Shamrock Capital Workspace / ShubinDonaldson Architects

As companies began to re-evaluate their workplace requirements, Shamrock Capital engaged ShubinDonaldson to understand their organization’s future needs on an operational, cultural, and spatial level. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

The wheels of justice move even slower than traffic in Los Angeles

“Under the 10 Freeway: Immigrant businesses scraped by while landlord dodged Caltrans” (Los Angeles Times): Their landlord, Apex, owned by Ahmad Anthony Nowaid, had failed to pay rent on the 48,000-square-foot triangular lot at South Alameda and East 14th streets for more than … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 months ago

Thousand Oaks House / Sogno Design Group

The Thousand Oaks House, which melds influences from the clients European and Japanese heritages, is nestled between the natural features of the site so as to preserve as much of site as possible. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

Lyft Launches New EV Charging Program

Lyft continues its work trying to electrify its vast network of driver vehicles. Recall that the company has committed to ... [continued] The post Lyft Launches New EV Charging Program appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

New Solar Power & Energy Storage System Uses Former Electric Vehicle Batteries

One of the common myths about electric vehicle batteries is that they are hard to recycle when they are no ... [continued] The post New Solar Power & Energy Storage System Uses Former Electric Vehicle Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 months ago

Stark Knoll Place / ODS Architecture

ODS Architecture worked to restore the Stark Knoll Place , and due to the great bones of the house, only a light design touch was needed. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 5 months ago

Grand Theft Auto comes to life in Los Angeles

Someone torched a homeless encampment and a pallet storage facility underneath a 10-lane freeway, melting the guard rails and resulting in a shower of concrete that had been supporting the freeway. A gaming enthusiast striving for a high score in Grand Theft Auto? No. Real life i … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 5 months ago

Oil Companies Shook My House, Hundreds Of Miles From The Oil Fields

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A few months ago, I was in a drive-thru line waiting for my chance to partake in the chicken goodness at Raising Cane’s. Normally, drive-thru lines remind me of a big advantage of EVs: electr … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Casa Lukito / Wolfgang Pichler Design

Casa Lukito was designed to accommodate an indoor-outdoor lifestyle and there is a seamlessness in the way you move from inside the house to the large backyard area with the pool. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 6 months ago

Why Wait For A New Electric Truck When You Can Upcycle Your Old Gas Guzzler?

Diesel-to-electric conversions are helping to ease the electric truck bottleneck while contributing to the sparkling green economy of the future. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Biden-Harris Administration Advances 15 Onshore Renewable Energy Projects With Potential to Power Millions of Homes

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Interior Department is advancing 15 onshore renewable energy projects across the West. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Solar & Wind Power Curtailments Are Rising in California

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasingly curtailing solar- and wind-powered electricity generation as it balances supply and demand during the rapid growth of wind and solar power in California. Grid operators mu … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA

BVO has largely been phased out of big-name sodas and was recently banned in CA. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Sales Of Electric Cars Top 20% In California, Led By Tesla Model Y — Charts

sales of electric cars in California are increasing from quarter to quarter and year to date thanks to staunch policy support from the state. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Contraband Coffee / 450 Architects

For Contraband Coffee’s second location, MoME architects of San Luis Obispo teamed up with 450 Architects to deliver a warm and welcoming coffee shop in the South of Market district of San Francisco. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 6 months ago

Healdsburg Hillside Hang House / Zinni Architecture

The Healdsburg Hillside Hang House is situated in a remote site on a hill overlooking several beautiful vineyards in Healdsburg, California. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 6 months ago

California Now Has A Little Over 6,600 MW Of Energy Storage

It wasn’t that long ago that a California energy storage news article would cover an installation such as one in San Jose with a 4 MW/28 MWh capacity. This project was completed in 2015, just 8 years ago, and yet the state of California has vaulted its total energy storage capaci … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 months ago

Still Waters

A long time ago, I participated in a workshop with one of my favorite photographers, Michael Levin. We had a morning session where we captured photos of cormorants. It was a really bright Californian morning, and as a result, I initially didn’t want to edit the photos from that s … | Continue reading


@om.co | 6 months ago