This event, presented by the Chile California Council and ProChile (Chile’s Export Promotion Bureau), in partnership with Chile's Industry and Technology Attaché, brings together industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and entrepreneurs from Chile, California, and beyond. Together, we will explore the transformative potential of innovative technologies—particularly artificial intelligence in Latin America—with a focus on fostering collaboration, sharing knowledge, and building strategic partnerships to drive innovation and economic growth.

The Chile-California Council celebrated a decade of building bridges between Chile and California during the October 19 annual meeting held virtually. The Chile-California Council (CCC) is a binational nonprofit organization, established in San Francisco with 501(c)(3) status, that promotes mutually beneficial relationships and the exchange of knowledge between Chile and California in the public and […]

Sister Cities International recognized and awarded the Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. Viña del Mar Operations Council for “Innovation for Business, Trade, and Professional Exchange for a City with a Population under 25,000.“ This is the second time Sausalito Sister Cities, Inc. has been recognized by Sister Cities International. The first was for “Best Overall Program […]

California is gaining in the world’s economy.Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesByMatthew A. Winkler Gavin Newsom is as familiar as anyone with the media narrative of earthquakes, persistent wildfires, droughts, homelessness and companies fleeing California to Texas for a tax- and regulation-free lifestyle. This is nothing new. California’s governor recalls a 1994 Time Magazine cover story citing […]

Mark Ghilarducci, the state’s emergency services director, right, with Gov. Gavin Newsom as he signed wildfire legislation in 2019. Ghilarducci has worked in emergency services for four decades. John G Mabanglo/EPA, via Shutterstock Three times in the last four years, Mark Ghilarducci has tried to retire from his decade-long job as the head of emergency services […]

 A historically severe September heat wave is baking the West, breaking hundreds of records, posing a danger to public health and pushing California’s power grid to the limit. Some records have been shattered by wide margins as the scorching air mass exacerbates the fire danger in the drought-stricken region. After San Jose and Sacramento soared […]

By 2035, California shoppers looking for new vehicles will have to buy electric. California made history late last week when its regulators approved an ambitious plan to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles in the state. While governments around the world have tried to incentivize consumers to purchase electric vehicles and encourage automakers […]

The California Coastal Commission tonight rejected the proposed construction of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach, sealing the controversial project’s fate after more than 20 years of debate. The unanimous decision about the $1.4-billion plant in Huntington Beach is pivotal because it sets a high bar for the future of turning seawater into drinking water […]

If adopted, the new measures would make a dent in the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and set the bar for the broader auto industry. WASHINGTON — California on Wednesday made public an aggressive plan to mandate a steady increase in the sale of electric and zero-emissions vehicles, the first step in enacting a first-in-the-nation goal of […]