First VanEck Southern California Blockchain Conference 2022 Amplifies Community Connectivity

– Advertisement – Los Angeles, California, 19th December, 2022, Chainwire Led by Blockchain@USC, the inaugural event attracted broad participation while facilitating a range of expert disc...

California And China’s Secret Weapon On Transportation Electrification

Car market heavyweights China and California are leading the world’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs), and their ambition will have an outsized impact on transportation electrification due to the...

The Growing Climate Risks Of A Climate Solution

Low water levels at the Lake Oroville reservoir in May, 2021 due to California’s drought. A few … [+] months later the hydropower plant shut down for the first time since the dam was compl...

IndyCar Team Sees Enormous Exposure After Announcing Its Indy 500 Plans For 2023

Stefan Wilson will drive for Cusick Motorsports in the 107th Indianapolis 500 in 2023. IndyCar Photo The Indianapolis 500 continues to be a lucrative brand name in the sports and media world, as evide...

California’s New Fast-Food Employment Council Will Stifle Opportunity In The Golden State

McDonald’s is testing new ordering kiosks at a working restaurant at the company’s Oak Brook, … [+] Illinois headquarters. (Photo by Ralf-Finn Hestoft/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis...

Skateboard Stars Louie Lopez And Erik Herrera Honored In New Short Movie

Team Converse skateboarders Louie Lopez (l), Erik Herrera (c) and director Ryan Lee, at the premiere … [+] of “As You Wish” in Los Angels, November 16, 2022 Linnea Stephan When Ameri...

Supreme Court upholds California ban on flavored tobacco

In this photo illustration, packs of menthol cigarettes sits on a table in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from the tobacco industry to block a Ca...

Why U.S. Electricity Is Becoming Even More Natural Gas Dominant

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on oil company profits in the … [+] Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden is...

California offshore wind auction surpasses $757 million in bids

Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more than $757 million in winning bids for its auction of offshore wind development rights i...

Kanye West’s Yeezy Brand Owes $600,000 In Unpaid State Taxes, Records Show

Topline Kanye West’s brand Yeezy Apparel owes California more than $600,000 in unpaid tax debt, according to state lien notices sent to the company in recent years, as West’s financial troubles deepen...

Sam Bankman-Fried Backed Income Tax Hike To Appear On California’s 2024 Ballot

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX US Derivatives (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty … [+] Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images California voters handily rejected Proposition 30, ...

Los Angeles bans oil and gas drilling within city limits

An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on January 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban new oil and gas drilling and...

43 Companies to Compete For Five California Offshore Wind Leases

Wind turbines at the London Array offshore wind park near England, United Kingdom. Unlike this … [+] offshore wind facility, California’s offshore wind will need to use turbines that float...

Ten December Wines From Virginia, Texas And California

Virginia vines near Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway getty According to Wines Vines Analytics—California, Texas and Virginia rank 1st, 5th and 11th in wine production volume in the U.S. and produce—respect...

VinFast is shipping 999 of its electric vehicles to California as the Vietnamese company looks for a place in the U.S. market

Brace yourself, America; VinFast is on the way. The Vietnam-based electric vehicle maker is taking the slow boat to California as it sends its first batch of 999 VF 8s, the company’s 5-seater el...

Why California’s $46 Billion Wine Industry Is Better Prepared For Climate Change Than Some Of Its Competitors?

Sunset in the vineyards of Sonoma County, CA getty Climate change poses a significant threat for all of agriculture, but it has particularly disruptive potential for the wine industry. This is because...

U.S. warns California cities possible water cuts in fourth dry year

Houseboats on Lake Oroville during a drought in Oroville, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal water managers on Monday warned California ci...

California Governor Accused of Playing Politics on Gasoline Prices

(Bloomberg) — Refiner PBF Energy Inc. has rejected a request from California energy regulators to testify at a hearing next week on gasoline price spikes, citing Governor Gavin Newsom’s “politic...

Tony Kushner Talks Monkeying Around With Steven Spielberg’s Family Story In ‘The Fabelmans’

(Left to right) Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner attend the AFI Awards Luncheon at Beverly Wilshire … [+] in Beverly Hills, California. Getty Images for AFI The Fabelmans reunites legendary dir...

Gas Prices Drop In All 50 States, Although Experts Expect Thanksgiving Will Still Set Record

Topline Even as gas prices fell in all 50 states on Thursday amid a month-long drop in prices at the pump, experts believe they will still set a Thanksgiving Day record, as Americans gear up for what’...

California Launches Online Platform to Tackle Crypto Scams 

The website offers crypto educational materials and new scam tactics.  In a bid to tackle growing cryptocurrency-related scams, the California Attorney General’s Office has announced the launch ...

California AG issues warning-ladened guidance for public interested in buying crypto

With the cryptocurrency market becoming ever more complex and intimidating, California Attorney General Rob Bonta had decided to issue guidance for novice crypto buyers. The California Office of the A...

Why Can’t States Like California Count Votes As Quickly As Florida?

Our election system is broken in a number of states, with the results of several critical contests in doubt a week after Election Day because votes haven’t been tabulated. This segment of What’s Ahead...

The California Finance Commission revokes BlockFi’s license – crypto.news

California’s finance regulatory commission has suspended BlockFi’s lending license for 30 days. The commission believes in the existence of impediments embedded in the cryptosphere such that there is ...

California Finance Regulator Revokes BlockFi’s Lending License

“BlockFi’s announcement, made on November 10, 2022, from its Twitter account @BlockFi, acknowledged that it cannot ‘operate business as usual’ given the ‘lack of clarity on the...

California regulators to investigate FTX crypto exchange collapse

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) in the state of California announced on Nov. 10 that it will open up an investigation as to the “apparent failure” of the cryptocurrency ex...

California moves to suspend BlockFi’s lending license in state

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation issued a notice to suspend crypto lender BlockFi’s license in the state for 30 days pending an investigation into the company...

California Regulator Reveals Investigation Into FTX’s Failure, Says ‘Crypto Assets Are High-Risk Investments’ – Regulation Bitcoin News

After it was discovered that FTX was dealing with financial issues and the crypto exchange paused withdrawals, U.S. regulators started to take notice. On Nov. 10, 2022, California’s Department of Fina...

Abortion Rights Supporters Win All 5 State Ballot Measures—Including In Kentucky And Michigan

Topline Voters in three states—including swing-state Michigan—decisively passed ballot measures Tuesday that would explicitly protect abortion rights, while two conservative-leaning states rejected at...

Two Design-Driven Hotel Restorations Paint Historic California Gold Country In Technicolor

Two Wild West towns. Two historic hotels, both possibly haunted. And a big vision by Acme Hospitality Group to bring the history of these important places and spaces into the 21st century, while retai...

Massachusetts Voters Approve ‘Millionaires Tax’ As Californians Reject An Income Tax Hike On High Earners

In the 2022 midterm elections, Massachusetts voters approved Question One, a constitutional … [+] amendment that will create a new 9% income tax rate applying to income above $1 million. getty I...

California Ticket Wins Record $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot—Here’s How Much They’ll Pay In Taxes

Topline A single winning ticket sold in California bagged Monday night’s record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the lottery said, though the lucky winner faces a hefty tax bill and will take home muc...