Significant improvements were made to the drought across California this week. Improvements were made across Southern California due to the significant precipitation this season, increased streamflow and snowpack. #cawx

Meet the Honorees recognized at WIB-SoCal's 10-Year Reunion! Our honorees have been involved on many levels, from sponsorship to speaking at events. Their support and allyship have helped elevate our organization, and we are grateful for their ongoing contributions!

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Study shows CA leads the list of states with the highest migration of wealthy people and loss of tax dollars due to that third year in a row. fox5sandiego.com/news/business/…

The CLS team recently had the privilege of donating our time to RARE Science's RARE Bear program. The program takes one-of-a-kind teddy bears, hand crafted by volunteers, and gifts them to children with rare diseases. Learn more: bit.ly/3OnsamX

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AI pioneer Genesis Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $200 million round of Series B financing. The company already has drug discovery deals with Genentech and Lilly. Learn more: ow.ly/FWTV50PC5vC

New research by a team at Mass General Brigham has found that across all medical specialties, ChatGPT displays 72% accuracy in clinical decision making and is 77% accurate making a final diagnosis. Learn more: ow.ly/erTi50PC0Vr

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The Biden Cancer Moonshot program has launched a “Curing the Uncurable via RNA-Encoded Immunogene Tuning” (CUREIT) program to develop generalizable mRNA. The first award is $24M to Emory. Learn more: ow.ly/Uvnp50PCXq0

ANNOUNCING The #Pantheon2023 Finalists! 👏 California's leading #lifesciences innovators have been chosen, and now they need YOUR VOTE! Cast your vote by Oct 13: bit.ly/45dOohw

UCSD, No. 7 in World for Top Number of Highly Cited Researchers, Leads UC System timesofsandiego.com/education/2023… via Times of San Diego

Adopt if you can! sandiegouniontribune.com/local/story/20…

The dominant #SARSCoV2 variant in the US will soon be KP.3. A KP.2 vaccine induced >3-fold neutralizing titers vs KP.3 compared w/ a JN.1 vaccine (mice) 2 companies asserted they would be ready with a KP.2 vaccine But the FDA is going with a JN.1 vaccine fda.gov/media/179144/d…

Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health

#BREAKING: The California High-Speed Rail Authority has received complete environmental approval between San Francisco and Los Angeles, a historic milestone for the massive transportation project. trib.al/Gvg0oP2

A third person, from Virginia, has died from a food poisoning outbreak that led to the recall of more than 7 million pounds of deli meats. on.nbc7.com/eMMMCgH

Hi! I'm attending 26th Annual SoCalBio Investor & Partnering Conference. Let's start connecting with each other now. - via Whova event app whova.com/whova-event-ap…

Seeing the southerly reports of the Aurora borealis, we took a look at nearby webcams. HPWREN's webcam facing east from Volcan Mtn (5300' MSL near Julian in San Diego County) caught this shot at 648 PM with a hint of the aurora on the left & light from Mexicali on the right.