The Download: Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy. The droughts that swept across the western US in 2021 sparked wildfires and damaged crops. […]

Interview with GoPuff co-founder Rafael Ilishayev, on why the company acquired BevMo, breaking into the California market, responding to drivers’ demands, more (Sam Dean/Los Angeles Times)

Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:Interview with GoPuff co-founder Rafael Ilishayev, on why the company acquired BevMo, breaking into the California market, responding to drivers’ demands, more  —  When an East Coast startup called Gopuff paid $350 million for BevMo in November 2020, it wasn’t immediately clear …