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a collection of articles about Pixar and Disney
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a collection of articles and resources about Triplebyte - an interview platform for hiring engineers
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Articles and videos looking at “what’s wrong” with the culture of Silicon Valley and the technology industry
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a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
San Francisco - government, policy issues
History of Silicon Valley - Innovative Startup Ecosystem
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a collection of articles about corporate campuses, Company Towns and Economic Development in California, Silicon Valley and San Francisco
A look at what individual cities and states (USA) are doing in the fight for Net Neutrality
California Consumer Privacy Act
GSV - Global Silicon Valley
The curious history of The Laff Box, and automated laughter on TV sitcoms

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California cracks down on carbon. Business and the climate. Emissionary zeal

California’s crackdown on carbon will have international repercussions. It is not just attacking big oil. Big everything is in the line of fire | B... (2023)


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Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


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SoftBank Technology investing - The lessons from the Vision Fund

Son Masayoshi has shown that the future of technology lies as much in Asia as in Silicon Valley (2020)


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Bloomberg - San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.

San Francisco’s sky-high apartment rents are falling fast. The median monthly rate for a studio in the city tumbled 31% in September from a year... (2020)


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Ticketmaster changes policy, no longer offering refunds on postponed shows | Hacker News

California BPC 22507: "The ticket price of any event which is canceled, postponed, or rescheduled shall be fully refunded to the purchaser by the t... (2020)


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How California Became America’s Housing Market Nightmare - Bloomberg (2019)

California, the land of golden dreams, has become America’s worst housing nightmare. Recent wildfires have only heightened the stakes for a stat... (2019)


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America's Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed - Gastro Obscura

A "plant explorer" helped establish the crop in California. “When the American government slapped a retaliatory embargo on Iranian pistachios, ... (2019)


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California Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes To Profit From Endorsements : NPR

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the measure he signed is "the beginning of a national movement." It's also sure to irk the NCAA, which has banned athletes f... (2019)


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California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy - The New York Times

With the bill’s passage, California’s ride-hailing drivers, food-delivery couriers, janitors and others are set to be reclassified as employees and... (2019)


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The Rams’ $5 billion stadium complex is bigger than Disneyland. It might be perfect for L.A.

The Los Angeles Stadium, future joint-home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, is on schedule to finish construction by 2020. I... (2019)


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With 86% Drop, California’s Monarch Butterfly Population Hits Record Low - The New York Times

The monarchs’ declining wintertime numbers are “potentially catastrophic,” according to the nonprofit conservation group that conducted the count. (2019)


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How they survived: Owners of few homes left standing took critical steps to ward off wildfires

In a place where the Camp Fire destroyed almost every residence, simple measures saved others. (2018)


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Why one of America’s richest states is also its poorest - Poverty in California -- The Economist

THE LOS ANGELES regional food bank distributes 300,000 meals a month, but that, says its director, Michael Flood, is only a fraction of what the hu... (2018)


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The Super Bowl of Beekeeping - The New York Times

Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) wh... (2018)


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Inside Google’s Shadow Workforce - Bloomberg

About half of Google’s workers are contractors who don’t receive the same benefits as direct employees (2018)


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The Battle Over Seattle's 'Amazon Tax' Has Just Begun - CityLab

After the city passed a tax on businesses to tackle its housing crisis, corporations mounted a counter-attack. And other cities are watching. (2018)


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Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try - The New York Times

Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its people. (2018)


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Affordable Housing Is No Mystery: Just Build More - Bloomberg

Urban California should emulate Tokyo, which ensured the supply of dwellings stayed ahead of population growth. (2018)


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Why the North American west is on fire - The Economist explains

THE fires are blazing. The west of the United States has endured some 50,000 wildfires this year, and over 8.5m acres (3.4m hectares) have burned. ... (2018)


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Governor Jerry Brown’s Huge Gift to California Community College Students: Free Textbooks

Earlier this week, California Governor Jerry Brown did something that will put thousands of dollars into the pockets of California community colleg... (2016)


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The Amargosa River Defies the Desert - The New York Times

The slender, delicate stream flows through the Mojave, giving life to plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. "The Amargosa River is... (2018)


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World War I Warships Were Protected By This Cubist Camouflage | WIRED

Dazzle camouflage used to save warships from enemy targeters during World War I. Now it's back in San Diego. (2017)


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Inside San Franciso's Fire Department, Where Ladders Are Made by Hand

San Francisco's Fire Department is one of the few left in the United States that still uses wooden ladders. Each is made by hand at a dedicated... (2018)


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Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine - MIT Technology Review

The Japanese nuclear disaster bathed north America in a radioactive cloud. Now pharmacologists have found the telltale signature in California wine... (2018)


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Mendocino Complex fire now largest in California history, capping destructive year

As residents whose homes were threatened by the deadly Carr Fire in Redding begin to return home, the Mendocino Complex Fire in Lake County grew ag... (2018)


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California signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53 | TechCrunch

SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures w... (2025)


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Woman sues L.A. after being struck by a car on a street where tents block the sidewalk

The Valley Village resident said she had gone to the 101 overpass on Gower Street to distribute sandwiches and water to people living at the encamp... (2021)


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Carbon Offsets - The climate solution adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere

California’s climate policy created up to 39 million carbon credits that aren’t achieving real carbon savings, according to new research. But compa... (2021)


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California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules - The Verge

California’s landmark net neutrality law — erected in 2018 and then immediately blocked by lawsuits from Trump’s Department of Justice and the tele... (2021)


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In defense of California

The state faces serious and growing climate change-fueled challenges – including wildfires, heatwaves and rolling blackouts. But it’s better equipp... (2020)


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Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about ... (2022)


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The Town That Facebook Built | The B1M

How the headquarters of the world's largest social network went from a Harvard dorm room to the vast site it occupies today. For more by The B1M su... (2019)


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Secret History of Silicon Valley

[Recorded: November 20, 2008] Today, Silicon Valley is known around the world as a fount of technology innovation and development fueled by private... (2018)


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Animated timeline shows how Silicon Valley became a $2.8 trillion neighborhood | Tech Insider

"Silicon Valley is a name that is synonymous with the technology industry, but when and how did this small area of California become the center of ... (2018)


Podcast

On Beeing - 99% Invisible

Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)


Podcast

Fire and Rain -- Floods after Forest Fires || 99% Invisible

Nestled between the mountains and the ocean, right next to Santa Barbara, sits Montecito, California. The community is charming and geographically ... (2018)


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Built to Burn - Wildfires, and Design of Housing, Landscape || 99% Invisible

The Santa Ana winds of Southern California are sometimes called the “Devil Winds.” They pick up in the late summer and early fall, sweeping down fr... (2018)


Podcast

The Laff Box - 99% Invisible

What happened to the laugh track? For nearly five decades, it was ubiquitous, simulating in-person audience experiences in home living rooms. But b... (2018)


Podcast

Audio: Here's how California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey college textbooks

California efforts to cut college textbook costs are bearing fruit. California State University says it saved students $36 million last year. (2018)


Book

Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency by James Andrew Miller

Powerhouse has 1,198 ratings and 112 reviews. Peter said: If you've read the epic oral histories of SNL and ESPN, then you may know what you're in ... (2018)


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56 Articles
4 Videos
5 Podcasts
1 Books
16 Chunks