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Back to homepageGoogle’s first U.S.-built smart phone coming to TX, not CA
June 4, 2013 By John Seiler As I reported yesterday, Apple is building its new GPU unit in Florida, not California. Now this: “Google-owned Motorola is working on a new smartphone that is made up of the things you’d expect:
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June 3, 2013 By John Seiler Although Apple is expanding its GHQ in Cupertino, it’s also building up an important unit in Florida, the Orlando Design Center. Reports MacRumors.com: “Apple has hired at least a dozen former AMD graphics engineers
Read MoreVictorville bond bust brings SEC lawsuit
May 31, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi A recent lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged Victorville city officials and bond underwriters defrauded bondholders of $13.3 million in 2008 due to failure to disclose actions and risks of “inflated property
Read MoreAir Resources Board corp facing open meetings
May 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes Stop the presses! A really good Republican bill just passed the Assembly 63-0. What? How? AB 527 by Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, would repeal the existing exemption of the Western Climate Initiative, Inc., and
Read MoreDownside of costly energy dawning on Europe. CA next?
May 24, 2013 By Chris Reed One of the most befuddling things about being a public-policy watcher in California in recent years has been the durability of the argument that the higher energy costs forced by 2006’s passage of AB
Read More7 years not enough planning time for air board on AB 32
May 16, 2013 By Chris Reed The news that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to “borrow” $500 million in cap-and-trade auction fees to prop up the state’s general fund in his revised 2013-14 budget could not have been more predictable. Brown
Read MoreLawmakers learn what farmers already know about sustainable agriculture
May 10, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — During two hours of expert testimony Wednesday, California Assembly members learned future commercial and housing developments should not be built on prime agricultural land, which should continue to be used for farming. The
Read MoreCA global warming is big business for government
April 24, 2013 By Katy Grimes Just when Californians thought implementation of the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act couldn’t get any worse, it is. AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and SB 375, the sustainable communities companion
Read MoreN.Y. Times shames Mercury-News on AB 32 coverage
April 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The fact that no one in the California media besides me has reported that the Obama administration considers fracking no big deal and just another heavy industry is pretty amazing. Obama’s picks for EPA
Read MoreNew energy taxes could bring $6 gas
April 22, 2013 By Warren Duffy Is gas at more than $4 a gallon in California high enough? Not if David Lipton gets his way. The former member of the Clinton administation now is the deputy director of the International
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