AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMedical Research: California voters approved Proposition 38, authorizing $8.4 billion in bonds for immunology and immunotherapy research. Half is slated for a UCLA-affiliated institute, with the rest distributed through grants. San Diego Health: UC San Diego Health broke ground on a 180,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion bringing specialty care, imaging, surgery and rehabilitation together; it is expected to open in 2030. AI and Energy: A new study finds AI data centers pushed energy costs up most for lower-income, rural households. Researchers also found price impacts in the Southern Bay Area, raising questions about who pays for grid expansion. Coastal Ecology: Thousands of starving seabirds have washed up on California’s Central Coast amid unusually warm waters and El Niño. One beach counted more than 1,900 dead birds since September, compared with about 120 sick or dead over the same period last year. California Paleontology: A 324-million-year-old fossil found in California and long forgotten in a drawer is reshaping scientists’ understanding of ancient life.
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