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Record Wall Street Gains May Take a While to Reach Main Street

Economy:

The stock market is soaring and Wall Street is celebrating, but is the economic recovery real for the rest of us? Economist Chris Thornberg gives Madeleine his prognosis for the ailing economy.

SoCal Connected

TaskRabbit CEO Leah Busque, the 'New Mark Zuckerberg'?

Science & Tech:

Leah Busque is the CEO of the web startup Task Rabbit, and she is being called "the new Mark Zuckerberg."

ReWire

Renewables Easier to Manage Than Expected for Grid Operators

March 19, 2013 3:50 PM

by Chris Clarke

Wind:

Even a resource as unpredictable as wind power -- which can fluctuate statewide in an hour or two -- isn't that hard to incorporate into a grid the size of California's.

ReWire

Administration to Expand Public Lands Energy Development

March 15, 2013 5:30 PM

by Chris Clarke

Government:

Under a new Obama Administration program, the BLM's energy development budget will be increased by 20 percent, with the money going to "streamline" permit applications for both renewable and non-renewable energy development on public lands, including monetary incentives for new oil and gas drilling.

ReWire

Report: CEQA Helping, Not Hindering Renewable Development

March 14, 2013 9:40 AM

by Chris Clarke

Government:

A new report released this month says that far from hindering the development of a new, greener infrastructure for the state, CEQA may have actually promoted such development compared to states with far less stringent environmental laws.

Food

Beverly Hills Sushi Bar Urasawa Fined for Wage Violations

March 13, 2013 4:15 PM

by City News Service

The Nosh:

A meal can easily top $400 at the famous restaurant; it will be fined tens of thousands for the violations.

Land of Sunshine

$1 Million Challenge to Shape the Future of Los Angeles

March 12, 2013 2:30 PM

by Carren Jao

Neighborhood Notes:

The Goldhirsh Foundation has embarked on an initiative to build a blueprint for the future Los Angeles.

ReWire

Sierra Club Slams Five 'Utility Money-Wasters'

March 7, 2013 5:05 PM

by Chris Clarke

coal:

A proposed coal-fired power plant that would cost $3.15 billion tops a list of five projects of California investor-owned utilities singled out for criticism by the Sierra Club as expensive and dirty.

ReWire

Top Energy CEO Eyes Rooftop Solar As Threat, Opportunity

March 6, 2013 12:57 PM

by Chris Clarke

Photovoltaic (PV):

We've often said here at ReWire that rooftop solar is a technology that's inherently destabilizing to utility companies, in much the same way that MP3 encoding and similar technologies have destabilized the big corporations in the recording industry. And now the head of America's largest utility company is backing that up.

ReWire

Greenhouse Gas Auction Price Holding Steady in California

February 26, 2013 1:18 PM

by Chris Clarke

Climate Change:

California's Air Resources Board has just released the results of its February auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances, and it would seem the price of polluting isn't going up by much.

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Renewables Easier to Manage Than Expected for Grid Operators

Administration to Expand Public Lands Energy Development

Report: CEQA Helping, Not Hindering Renewable Development

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$1 Million Challenge to Shape the Future of Los Angeles

Sierra Club Slams Five 'Utility Money-Wasters'

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