Oregon has recorded death of up to 90% of starfish due to wasting disease from June to August 2014. Since then, it has been two years and the starfish population is constantly under danger in Oregon. However, amidst it all there is a ray of optimism as Oregon and Northern California researchers have found abundance of droves of young starfishes coming to shores.
 

On Tuesday, for the first quarter, Intuitive Surgical Inc reported better than expected profit on increased use of its da Vinci robots in the United States for general surgeries like hernia. The company increased its full-year outlook for growth in procedure.

San Francisco, California based TaskRabbit, named Stacy Brown-Philpot as its new CEO. Stacy Brown who was the company's COO, will take the post from founder Leah Busque.

Leah Busque will now be the errand and personal services platform's executive chairwoman.

TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace which matches self-employed labor with the local demand. That allows the consumers to get immediate help they are looking for with everyday tasks from moving things, cleaning and handyman.

Just one day back amidst much excitement the inauguration ceremony for the new Metro Gold Line expansion was held at the Duarte/City of Hope station. But a crash resulted in a closure just less than one mile away from the location of the inaugural ceremony.

Keeping with the trends that the experts had predicted, gasoline prices are rising across California.

On Monday, the average retail gasoline prices in San Bernardino County climbed 4.5 cents a gallon compared to last week touching an average of $2.41 a gallon. According to GasBuddy. com, the national average has gone up 3.7 cents a gallon last week to $1.74.

California's water scarcity is haunting the overall look of the cities with browning yards, dying trees putting a blemish on the appearance of the stylish homes.