“These grants are meant to spur on new discoveries that could ultimately save millions of lives,” stated Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Discovery with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “GCE winners are expanding the pipeline of ideas for serious global health and development challenges where creative thinking is most urgently needed.” Where human… Continue Reading
Kenny Slaught, via his blog, notes that David Low, a professor in UCSB’s Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, will head an innovative global health and development research project titled “Strategy for development of enteric pathogen-specific phage”. Low’s research focuses on a ground-breaking platform to fight against serious bacterial pathogens that have become resistant… Continue Reading
Founded in 1786 by Spanish Catholic Church on the feast day of Saint Barbara, Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth mission of religious conversion of native indigenous people in Santa Barbara County. Its extensive waterworks are a filter house, Spanish gristmill, sections of aqueducts, and two reservoirs served as part of Santa Barbara water system.… Continue Reading
The room contains 16 big generators as well as a smaller one that acts like two. Together, they offer hydroelectric energy to 15 regions situated nearby, including some Native American tribes. Southern California uses 28% of the energy, Nevada uses 23%, while Arizona takes up 18%. About 90% of the water in Las Vegas comes… Continue Reading
In 1925, city planners founded development controls to avoid the Spanish structures from being destroyed. The city was the first in the US to consider the significance of historic buildings. Regulations were set in place to to protect parks and structures, and legal protection for historical landmarks was started in 1960. Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kenny-slaught-historical-events-influenced-215900075.html Continue Reading
The most well known Santa Barbara attractions are hundreds of years old Hotel Virginia, the Old Mission’s pink towers where events are hosted and the historic El Pueblo Viejo neighborhood. The colorful murals at the County Courthouse are eye catching, and the clock tower and observation deck offer scenic views of Santa Barbara. The Lobero… Continue Reading
The fact that undeveloped land is not available in California, especially in Los Angeles and San Francisco where the prices are too high, is why the state’s property market is changing. There are also many delays in construction of new buildings, as Kenny Slaught notes. This results in most homeowners renovating their current homes instead… Continue Reading
On the West Coast, the real estate market is very active and this pushes buyers to pay more even when choosing a less fashionable house. Using the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index, Kenny Slaught says that home prices in Los Angeles their highest point in April, after a steady rise since 2008. This… Continue Reading