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Our major expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country. We are looking to add three new contributing editors with a deep understanding of these regions and the ability to tell stories that matter to both people who live there and people who visit. The positions are for 20 hours a week with a salary range between $35,000-$40,000.

HELLO: SFGATE is embarking on a major national parks coverage expansion today, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most incredible outdoors spaces. We'll be reporting on national parks clusters in the: ?? PNW ?? Southwest ?? Big Sky Country The expansion will be helmed by award-winning national parks bureau chief Ashley Harrell and staffed by three new contributing editors with a deep understanding of the American West’s most loved parks and the ability to tell stories that matter to both people who live there and people who visit. The editors will not only tackle ambitious journalism about the parks, but they'll actually be based in the communities most tied to the ones they cover — we're not going to hire a CA journalist to cover Grand Canyon NP. We're going to hire someone in Arizona. That kind of thoughtful expansion is at the core of what we’re trying to do here. Since completely separating from the San Francisco Chronicle in 2019, SFGATE has become the largest news site on the entire West Coast, passing the LA Times in July despite having one-fifth the number of journalists on staff. We’ve expanded to cover the entire state over the past five and a half years, added a SoCal bureau (cc Farley Elliott) and hired a host of talented journalists based in Calif. news deserts hurting for more good journalism (plus had ZERO LAYOFFS during that entire span). What was an independent, 21-person outfit in 2019 will have almost tripled in 2025 — this year, we’ll have 60 journalists in 23 different cities and four different states, planting our journalism flag in a massive geographic footprint that, frankly, needs it. At a time when news media continues to shrink, America’s national parks are seeing record-breaking crowds. These pristine and imperiled places deserve a news organization that can keep up. Read way more on the expansion here: https://lnkd.in/gUbh7-fg And apply for one of the open roles here: https://lnkd.in/gCg8Rd4z

?? BIG NEWS ?? SFGATE, now the West Coast's largest news site, is going on another HIRING SPREE. We're adding a: ??? Senior Calif. Politics Reporter ?? Breaking News Editor ? News Reporter I wrote about why and what we're looking for here: https://lnkd.in/gskwtFcF

Solful plays by their own rules. This Bay Area pot shop chain only sells outdoor cannabis. They don't care about THC percentage. They pay their farmers $1,000/pound, far more than average. And they're profitable. I'm really excited to write probably my first positive story about cannabis retail in California. It's been nonstop doom and gloom, but some people are finding ways to make it legally work in California. Maybe everyone can learn something by looking at the trail Eli Melrod and Solful are blazing. https://lnkd.in/gu6ReG-K

California's biggest pot companies are falling like dominoes: MedMen, Herbl, FlowKana, Statehouse, and now... Eaze. California's largest delivery service is shutting down, with Eaze laying off 500 workers and ceasing operations by the end of the year. Jim Araby told me it should be considered yet another "warning sign" for California's lawmakers of the?“continuing dysfunction”?inside the state's legal cannabis market. “This closure and the fact that almost 500 union jobs are going to be lost in the cannabis industry should be a wake up call to the state legislators and the government that more action needs to be taken,” Araby said. https://lnkd.in/gGbQW3Ci

Newsom loves his veto pen so this one surprised me! Cannabis cafes are now on their way to California. Most pot shops won't have lounges. And most lounges won't spend the money to serve food. But the few businesses that explore this area of cannabis hospitality could blaze a trail for an entirely new type of cannabis culture in America... https://lnkd.in/gadYqnwz

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy had a tough announcement for his company’s remote work enthusiasts on Monday: The tech and logistics giant is bringing its staff back into the office five days a week. https://lnkd.in/g5xc8Hid

This is hard for me to write... I have good friends who have invested their entire businesses into producing amazing cannabis vapes. I believe that it is possible to produce clean vape carts. And I've spent years writing about how vaping can be a great product category. But I won't hit a vape anymore, and I recommend all of my family and friends stay away as well. There's simply too many risks associated with dirty vape carts, from heavy metal leeching into the oil to mystery pesticides that the state has no idea how to regulate. No one has studied the risks of vaping carts every day for years of decades. Do you want to be the guinea pig for an entire new product category? I don't. https://lnkd.in/gikKckUf