Berkeley, California - Untreated hearing loss can have devastating and alienating repercussions on a person’s life: isolation, depression, sapped cognition, even dementia.

Los Angeles, California - After decades of court proceedings, the Owens River Gorge has begun to receive additional water to help restore historic fish populations and increase fishing opportunities.

San Francisco, California - CIRM, California’s stem cell agency, has opened its new on-line application portal and is now accepting submissions for the first round of funding under CIRM 2.0, our radical overhaul of the way we do business.

Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia urges local businesses to apply for job creation tax credits through the state’s California Competes program. The state is authorized to award over $100 million in tax credits this fiscal year to small, medium and large companies across the state. Last fiscal year, GO-Biz awarded $28.9 million to 29 companies that are planning to create 6,000 jobs and invest more than $2 billion in the state.

Folsom, California - The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to assess the current market environment and regulatory policies for connecting new energy storage technology to the state’s power grid.

Escondido, California - A 6-week-old greater one-horned rhino calf received a bottle feeding at the Ione and Paul Harter Animal Care Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park earlier today, and then was given some time to get to know a possible new playmate, an 8-month-old Ankole calf. The pair, introduced three days ago, have not yet bonded and are still getting to know each other. Animal care staff at the Safari Park hope that they will become longtime companions.