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This New Kickstarter Campaign Could Be The Answer to California’s Drought Problem
If there’s one environmental issue we should all be nervously contemplating, it’s the crisis involving the shortage of our most valuable resource — fresh water. For residents of California, the crisis is already here, and the need to find a solution can’t be put off any longer.…
· Editorial Staff
New California Law Means We Will Seriously Never Be Able to Trust Yelp Ever Again
Last Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the review site Yelp is allowed to manipulate it’s ratings for money.
· Benny Luo
Miss California 2013 Explains Why She Loves the Startup Scene
Winning the Miss America pageant has been a long time goal for San Francisco native Crystal Lee. After multiple attempts to win the Miss California title, Crystal finally won the crown back in June. That accomplishment further put her on course to fulfill her dream of winning…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
A Recycling Firm Wants to Give $100,000 to the Woman Who Donated This Rare Apple Computer
An unidentified woman unwittingly recycled a rare, treasured computer put together by Steve Jobs which she now stands to make $100,000 from.
· Laura Dang
Tony Robbins Just Gave Out Some Unexpected Advice About Saving Money
If a single move could put you one step closer to achieving the financial freedom you’ve always dreamed of, would you do it? In a guest article for Entrepreneur, motivational coach Tony Robbins writes that relocating to a different city from the one you are currently living in…
· Laura Dang
Ambitious Developer Plans to Sell This L.A. Home He’s Building For $500 Million
The construction of a jaw-dropping, record-setting $500 million home is currently underway on a hilltop in Los Angeles. The 4.6-acre property will feature a 74,000 square-foot main house along with three smaller ones that in total encompass a 100,000 square-foot area of land.…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Mark Zuckerberg Says Video Games Got Him Into Programming
We’ve all heard it before: Children and teens who play video games cut themselves off from the world. They become anti-social. They ignore homework. And most debatably, they become hostile and act out in violent ways if they are continually exposed to violent video games.…
· Anthony Orona
Google’s Own Automated Cars Set to Hit Streets This Summer
Google announced yesterday that they will be releasing their self-produced automated cars into Mountain View, California, this summer with the intention of studying the community’s reaction to the vehicles.
· Sebastian Dillon
Silicon Valley’s ‘Startup Castle’ Seeks New Roommates, Requirements are Too Ridiculous
Just a few minutes outside of Stanford’s campus in Woodside, California, lies the “Startup Castle,” which is kind of like Professor Xavier’s mansion for the X-Men, only this mansion is for over-achieving Stanford nerds. The 17,000-square-foot mansion, also known as The Buck…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
How Two Penniless Korean Immigrants Launched an Apparel Empire Now Worth Billions
This is a story about success; this is about how Do Won “Don” Chang and his wife, Jin Sook, immigrated from Korea to California with nearly nothing, how Chang had to hold down three demeaning jobs at the same time to support his family, and how the couple finally opened up their…
· Benny Luo
How the Son of a Renowned Restaurateur Became One of EDM’s Hottest Acts
In an era when electronic dance music (EDM) dominates the musical landscape, Steve Aoki is one of the genre’s most recognizable names as well as one of its most profitable, having earned an estimated $23 million last year alone. Part of the reason for Aoki’s popularity is that…
· Sebastian Dillon
Manny Pacquiao Once Bet $360,000 on a Cockfight
A recent Sports Illustrated feature revealed that back in the day, Pacquiao used to be a pretty crazy gambler. Around 2011, Pacquiao and his younger brother, Bobby, would routinely fly to Southern California and drop $100,000 at the poker tables. Once, while gambling in…
· Anthony Orona
Meet the Budget Guru Who Bought Two Homes By the Age of 27
How would you like to own two homes by the age of 27? How about making $100,000 a year and having enough capital to invest in your own business? For most of us, if we’re being honest here, that kind of talk isn’t anything more than a pipe dream; we wouldn’t even know where to…
· Sebastian Dillon
How Weed Shops Can Make $1 Million a Month
Although I don’t smoke weed and have never been inside a weed shop, I’ve always been interested in the business of cannabis. So on 4/20, when a friend of a friend invited me to his medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, I jumped at the opportunity to, uh … research. As…
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Why Smart Millennials are Now Moving West to America’s New Economic Hot Spots
In the slow trek toward recovery since the financial crisis, millennials are moving westward in their search for success, and they’re taking America’s economy with them. “Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the…
· Max Chang
Exec Behind the Epic Craigslist Job Ad Shares The Best Way to Get Hired By a Tech Startup
When it comes to landing a desirable job at a hot tech company, sometimes you have to show brilliant creativity just to get their attention. After months of failing to land a job at San Francisco-based Airbnb, Nina Mufreh dazzled the company’s CEO and CTO with her innovative…
· Sebastian Dillon
Fired 2,200 Employees in the Most Evil Way, Walmart Did
Just before 7 p.m on Monday this week, Walmart, possibly the largest Sith-controlled corporation in the galaxy, announced to 2,200 unsuspecting employees that their stores would be closing due to “plumbing problems” and that all workers would be losing their jobs.
· Melinda Sherrill
10 of the Highest Paying Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree
College isn’t suited for everyone, so it’s a good thing that bachelor’s degrees aren’t a prerequisite for success. Vocational schools — institutions that teach and provide certification for trades — are well adapted for potential laborers and workers who enjoy working with their…
· Jacob Wagner
Lambo Drifting and Helicopter Skydiving: This is How the Young, Rich and Beautiful Travel
A video recently uploaded to YouTube by Jay Alvarrez, a 22-year-old model from Hawaii, shows him and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Ren, on their fun-filled trip to California. The video features the couple skydiving out of a helicopter and hot air balloon and drifting in a…
· Jacob Wagner
Family-Run Chinese Restaurant Exposes Lying Yelp Reviewer With Video Footage Justice
Image via Google Street View A mom and pop Bay Area Chinese restaurant has become the latest establishment to be pulled into the Yelp war between good and evil when a lying scumbag and aspiring elite Yelper left a negative review of his experience at the restaurant, only to be…