Last week, Leg. and CCST staff visited Google , NVIDIA , and AMD headquarters. Staff had the chance to hear from experts working on the cutting edge of AI, advanced computing, and robotics, and even got to see some of the tech in action!

CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social is honored to be part of the @governor.ca.gov California Innovation Council, which leverages the knowledge of the nation’s top tech policy experts to help California develop and strengthen its tech policy. bit.ly/4agpdB6

FELLOWSHIP ALERT: Are you an early-career journalist who is pursuing - or do you have a strong interest in pursuing - a career in science, health and/or environmental reporting? Apply for a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship by December 19. Learn more:

📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy. Join us in California and kickstart your career. 🔗 ccst.us/ccst-science... #SciPol #SciComm #PhD #postdoc #CAleg #scipoljobs #academicsky

Such a great career opportunity! Need to have your PhD by September 2026 to apply this cycle. Up to 15 spots. #scipol

CCST Director of Science Eric Chu, PhD, is in Paris this week for @ipcc.bsky.social’s First Lead Author Meeting for the 7th Assessment Report, joining ~600 experts🔬 from 100+ countries🌎 to begin drafting one of the world’s most influential climate assessments. 🔗 bit.ly/4ir09cC

📢 NOW OPEN: Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship. Bridging the gap between science, technology, and policy. Join us in California and kickstart your career. 🔗 ccst.us/ccst-science... #SciPol #SciComm #PhD #postdoc #CAleg #scipoljobs #academicsky

CCST is excited to launch our new Science Residency Program, starting with CA Natural Resources Agency! Dr. Andrew Jones, a research scientist at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov, has been appointed as the inaugural Science Advisor to Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Learn more at a special discussion 12/4.

CCST is dedicated to science-informed policymaking in California. Your #GivingTuesday gift today will support our work on urgent issues like AI policy, disaster resilience, extreme fire events, and our state's clean energy transition. 🎁 ccst.us/donate/donat...

Welcome Henriette Canino, CCST’s new Partnership & Impact Officer! Henriette's deep experience in science policy and strategic partnerships (across gov’t/ research/ international orgs) is key to connecting CA's world-class S&T expertise to state policy. ccst.us/people/staff...

🎉 Welcome Bailey MkNelly to the CCST team! Bailey joins as Program Associate, supporting communications across CCST. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 👏 ccst.us/people/staff...

CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined other global science leaders in Berlin to speak at the Falling Walls Science Summit. The Resilient Pharma Round Table explored ways to navigate change & accelerate therapeutic breakthroughs for better patient care. #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit2025

"QSA will help realize this future by co-designing the algorithms, devices, and engineering innovations that will make quantum solutions possible.” — Carol Burns, Deputy Lab Director for Research at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov and CCST Board Member. newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/11/04/t... #quantum #tech

🌟 CCST is #hiring! We’re seeking an Executive Assistant to support our CEO and senior leadership — coordinating meetings, managing complex schedules, and connecting California science & policy. 📍 #Sacramento hybrid 🔗 californiacouncilonscienceandtechnology.applytojob.com/apply/AJl2MA... #scipol

We're searching for a Managing Director to join our leadership team and help shape the future of science & tech policy in California, responsible for driving organizational excellence while connecting our extraordinary scientific ecosystem with policymakers to tackle our state's greatest challenges.

🚀 CCST is hiring! Join our senior leadership team as Managing Director, helping guide operations, governance, and strategy to strengthen California’s science-policy partnerships. 📍 Sacramento hybrid 🗓️ Apply by Oct 31 🔗 ccst.us/managing-dir... #SciencePolicy #CCST

Fires are burning faster. “Nearly every year for the past decade, there’s been at least one town in California, or a large part of town, decimated by wildfire," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bresnick.bsky.social. "That didn’t use to happen” www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...

"Effective communication involves explaining trade-offs clearly and presenting them as part of a broader, robust risk-management strategy." Essential reading from @compassscicomm.bsky.social on effective risk communication for #wildfire. www.compassscicomm.org/effective-ri... #scipol #scicomm

Scientists and policy experts came together at #ScienceDay2025 to build partnerships that strengthen California’s resilience. See highlights from our 3rd annual event with @canaturalresources.bsky.social & Sec. @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social ccst.us/scientists-a... #SciencePolicy #ccst-alumni

Listen to our latest briefing via the @americaadapts.bsky.social podcast. #scipol #scicomm #climatechange

Congratulations to new @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez! #scipol #strongerwithscience

Just getting started!

Tune in Thursday at 12pm PT! #scipol #caleg #climatechange

“What makes Daniel @weatherwest.bsky.social special is that he doesn’t just do the fundamental science, he somehow finds the time to explain it to the public,” @michaelemann.bsky.social wrote about the @ucanr.edu climate scientist #TIME100Next

We are kicking things off at Science Day 2025 with the California Natural Resources Agency with Secretary Crowfoot. First up? A keynote panel on cross sector #scipol partnerships moderated by CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social #ccstscienceday

Starting soon! #ccstscienceday #scipol #caleg

How can we craft resilient solutions by partnering across research and policy spaces? Tune into our Science Day keynote, held with the California Natural Resources Agency @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Register (Zoom | 9:30am PT): ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #scipol #scicomm #caleg

Register: Climate Change and Human Mobility Across Borders Facing extreme #climate events, communities grapple with decisions to stay in place, or relocate to safer areas. 🔗 ccst.us/climate-chan... @americaadapts.bsky.social @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @goldmanschool.bsky.social #scipol #caleg

Call for Peer Review: Pre-Plant Fumigant Use in California and Alternatives to #Fumigation Phase 2 report on pre-plant soil fumigation focuses on pre-plant soil fumigants methyl bromide and the methyl isothiocyanate generators (dazomet, metam sodium, and metam potassium). ccst.us/seeking-peer...

It’s a beautiful day to celebrate biodiversity! CCST is at Camp Pollock in Sacramento for the #CABiodiversityDay kick-off, hosted by Sacramento Valley Conservancy and with opening remarks from Secretary @wadecrowfoot.bsky.social. Come say hi!

Celebrate #CABiodiversityDay at Camp Pollock 🌿 📅 Sat, Sept 6 | 9AM–12PM 🔍 BioBlitz, booths, service project, & more! Free + family-friendly. RSVP: sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/event/bio-20...

🔥 FIRE ACTIVITY UPDATE 🔥 The TCU September Lightning Complex is burning across multiple fires, totaling approximately 11,900 acres as of this morning (9/3). For the latest updates and details on this and other incidents, visit: fire.ca.gov #CALFIRE #LightningComplex #TCU

Scientists at @Livermore_Lab have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by the world’s fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones. https://bit.ly/45WGxHB

👏 Thank you @benallenca.bsky.social for mentoring Fellows like Dr. Cooper and being a longtime champion for making policies #strongerwithscience!

🌟Superstars. Our 2025 cohort of Science & Technology Policy Fellows were recognized by the California State Legislature for their year of service, partnership, and impact. Thank you to the Senate and Assembly leaders, colleagues, and supporters who make this program possible. #caleg #scipol #phd

CCST CEO @juliannemccall.bsky.social joined @calenergy.bsky.social Chair Hochschild & @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social at the CA-Denmark partnership signing ceremony in SF. This groundbreaking collaboration will accelerate climate solutions & clean energy innovation between two global leaders. 🇺🇸🇩🇰

Multiple new fires popping up in California today as heatwave continues to build. Most concerning fire at the moment is the #PickettFire in Napa County near Calistoga. Amid 100+ degree and breezy conditions, it's putting up quite the column, with some local evacs. #CAwx #CAfire

NEW: Wildland Fire Smoke and Public Health Convening Proceedings We provide 37 gaps across research, policy, and practice that need to be addressed, as identified by interdisciplinary experts at our January convening. Read online: ccst.us/reports/wild... #wildfire #publichealth #smoke #caleg

Call for Experts: Post-Harvest Commodity Fumigants Roundtable Insights from the roundtable will be synthesized and delivered to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation as a standalone product within CCST's Fumigants Alternatives Study. ccst.us/seeking-part... #fumigants

This week, 25 congressional staffers join our boot camp on AI to gain technical understanding and research insights essential for informing the future of AI innovation and governance. Learn more about our boot camp now in its 5th year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wwf...

New research into the Palisades and Eaton fires shows once again the deadly impacts of wildfire smoke — estimating deaths at ~15x higher than the official count. laist.com/news/as-cali... #wildfire #cafire #caleg #wildfiresmoke #eaton #palisades

🚀 We’re hiring! Join the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) as our next Program Associate and help strengthen the interface between public policy and cutting-edge science and technology. Learn more and apply. ccst.us/program-asso...

🚨 Now hiring: @CCSTorg is seeking a Science Advisor to the CA Secretary for Natural Resources. Help shape climate, wildfire, & biodiversity policy at the highest level. Apply by 8/31. #SciencePolicy #NaturalResources #CAjobs #SciComm ccst.us/science-advi...

✨ Upcoming Workshop: Communicating Risk ✨ Every day, we all make decisions that require us to consider risk, but it can be challenging to communicate risk to others in compassionate, meaningful ways. Join us Aug. 8: buff.ly/2kO29Hr #CommunicationSkills #SciComm #Risk #RiskComm

🎧 Supercomputers, the power grid, scientific data—Berkeley Lab helps keep them safe. In this audio interview, @cs.lbl.gov's @peisert.bsky.social shares how the Lab’s #cybersecurity research helps protect the systems we rely on. 🧪

Big opportunity to be a part of our new AI initiative for the Legislature this fall. #ai #scipol #caleg

Call for Experts: Post-Harvest Commodity Fumigants Roundtable Insights from the roundtable will be synthesized and delivered to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation as a standalone product within CCST's Fumigants Alternatives Study. ccst.us/seeking-part... #fumigants

Today, #TeamAshby celebrates the birthday of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We are glad to see all they have accomplished!

🚀 From energy and health to AI and quantum computing, California and the world benefit from the incredible innovation and economic output being generated at @caltech.edu!

Call for Experts: Seeking speakers and roundtable panelists for CCST's Legislative Academy on AI, beginning this fall. Discuss core AI concepts to a non-technical audience and bring practical insight into how AI is reshaping education and workforce pipelines. ccst.us/seeking-spea... #ai #scipol