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A major investment in California’s clean technology future was announced this week, as BEAM Circular confirmed it has secured $9.8 million in funding to launch the California Bioeconomy Innovation Campus in the North San Joaquin Valley. The campus will serve as a hub for advancing technologies that transform agricultural waste, food scraps, and forest residues into renewable energy, sustainable materials, and other biobased products.

The new funding includes $8 million from the recently enacted 2025 California State Budget and an additional $1.8 million in Catalyst Funding through the

For new Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, being sworn in to the California Legislature and named chair of the state Assembly’s Emergency Management Committee has literally been a trial by fire.

The Democrat joined Speaker Robert Rivas over the weekend on the frontlines of the Eaton fire, centered in Altadena, to see first-hand how the crews were performing as they work to save lives and property while pushing back the flames...