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• Membership airline Surf Air begins Calif. service

  -- A membership-only airline has begun service between Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area.Surf Air made its first flight Wednesday between Burbank and San Marcos, south of San Francisco.The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/12IUmXS) says the   Read more »

• Can science save Long Island's economy?

  less than Albany ($51) and Rochester ($43). New York City, meanwhile, received $469 per capita in venture funding. San Francisco topped the United States with $16,062 per capita.STEM jobs: Long Island's 48,460 science, technology, engineering and mathematics   Read more »

• Walmart in $81.6M toxic waste settlement

  and Missouri because of damaged packaging and other problems.The retail giant entered the plea in federal court in San Francisco to misdemeanor counts of violating the Clean Water Act and another environmental law regulating pesticides. The fine also settled   Read more »

• Compassionate release review buoys old U.S. inmates

  too many John's age walking around."Brie Williams, associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco Division of Geriatrics, called the report "a fantastic first step" toward addressing problems related to the aging prison population."If   Read more »

• 5 dead after limousine bursts into flames on California bridge, officials say

  limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five female passengers who were trapped inside and injuring four others who escaped, authorities said.The limo was carrying nine women passengers and a male driver when   Read more »

Around the web

• NL West parks provide power surge for Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton

  venues. “If I knew what it was, I’d bring it with me to every park,” Stanton said. If Stanton wallops in Phoenix and San Francisco the way he has in the past there, he will hit the century mark for career home runs on the trip. Stanton is sitting on 98. Adding 54 m ago from Miami Herald Read more »

• Netflix, Dreamworks Animation to partner for 300 hours of original programming

  FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 24: Netflix envelopes sit in a bin with other mail at the U.S. Post Office sort facility on October 24, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Online movie rental company Netflix reported third quarter earnings of $62.5 million, or $1.16, 6/17/13 from Southern California Public Radio Read more »

• State budget triples number of refinery inspectors

  17:47 PDT San Francisco -- The state would nearly triple the number of oil refinery safety inspectors under a proposal on the governor's desk that backers say would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found played a role in the massive fire 6/17/13 from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Statewide Coalition of Fishing, Wildlife, Farming Community Advocates Sues to Halt Delta Plan, Water Export Tunnels

  FRANCISCO, CA June 17, 2013 - A statewide coalition of fishing, wildlife and farming community groups today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the California Delta Stewardship Council to vacate its Delta Plan, which includes a proposal to build two 6/17/13 from YubaNet Read more »

• Lowe’s Announces Plans To Acquire SJ-Based Orchard Supply

  Lowe’s employee checks inventory of paint during the grand opening of the Lowe’s store on November 4, 2010 in San Francisco, California. San Francisco mayor and California Lt. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom attended a ribbon cutting for the opening of a new Lowe’s 6/17/13 from CBS 5 Read more »