David Downs

San Francisco

Journalist at Freelance

Terp Sherpa🌲☁️🌋 2024 Leaf Magazine Impact List, Emjay Award Journo of the Year nominee

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Articles

How did SF Space Walk 2025 go?

1 month ago | sfspacewalk.com | David Downs

Contact: SF Space Walk creator David Downs | (415) 240-2742 | | SF Space Walk photos for promo use“How did SF Space Walk 2025 go?” We think it went pretty well!Our vision and mission is a thriving and exemplary San Francisco cannabis culture, and we lived that mission. Broadcasters beamed out images of packed lounges with happy folks having fun across the entire state and country. First off, the growers dropped superb herbs.
SF Space Walk 2025 - Select Photos

1 month ago | sfspacewalk.com | David Downs

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America’s coolest carts and pods of 420 2025

1 month ago | newsbudz.com | David Downs

NewsBudz is a marijuana and medical cannabis news app. The site delivers a daily feed of the latest cannabis news. We aggregate over 30 of the web's best sources for news about marijuana, hemp and legalization to keep you informed. Stay on top of the latest news headlines, trends and developments worldwide around recreational and medical marijuana. Sit back and relax, while you read learn and share. On the web or your mobile device, NewsBudz is your cannabis news stream.
Best cannabis strains of spring 2025: A 9-strain review

2 months ago | newsbudz.com | David Downs

NewsBudz is a marijuana and medical cannabis news app. The site delivers a daily feed of the latest cannabis news. We aggregate over 30 of the web's best sources for news about marijuana, hemp and legalization to keep you informed. Stay on top of the latest news headlines, trends and developments worldwide around recreational and medical marijuana. Sit back and relax, while you read learn and share. On the web or your mobile device, NewsBudz is your cannabis news stream.
Vintage Blacklight Poster Exhibition

2 months ago | sfspacewalk.com | David Downs

« All Events SF Space Walk – Day 0 – Vintage Blacklight Poster Exhibition – Opening Party April 13 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Free Free RSVP This RSVP gets you on the list to enter the party. We reserve the right to refuse entry for any reason. You consent to photography, and waive liability for any accidental injury. 3 Going 1997 remaining...
Best St Patrick's day cannabis strains, edibles and drinks

2 months ago | leafly.com | David Downs

Bye-bye, Dry January. Millions of weed smokers say adios to winter's worst with a breathtaking selection of lucky green across the USA and Canada this St. Patrick's Day. Legalization in over 20 states offers ever more affordable alternatives to booze. The California outdoor is perfectly cured. Your favorite musician has a new strain. Maryland has Cookies brand Cinnamon Milk. Even Texas has THCA Pink Certz.
Best St Patrick’s day cannabis strains and edibles

2 months ago | newsbudz.com | David Downs

NewsBudz is a marijuana and medical cannabis news app. The site delivers a daily feed of the latest cannabis news. We aggregate over 30 of the web's best sources for news about marijuana, hemp and legalization to keep you informed. Stay on top of the latest news headlines, trends and developments worldwide around recreational and medical marijuana. Sit back and relax, while you read learn and share. On the web or your mobile device, NewsBudz is your cannabis news stream.
A creator-led answer to the mediapocalypse

2 months ago | businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Cameron Bagrie |David Chaplin |David Downs

Last week, the media redundancy wave broke over BusinessDesk publisher NZME as we gathered at Auckland’s Empire Tavern to farewell a host of senior journalists departing the company.The mood was surprisingly upbeat. As one New Zealand Herald journo wryly put it, the gathering felt more like a wake for those remaining rather than the seasoned journalists now looking for work in a grim labour market. That’s because great uncertainty also hangs over those remaining.
'Boom, bap, boom boom': The drums are beating for a credit rating downgrade

2 months ago | businessdesk.co.nz | Cameron Bagrie |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin |David Downs

Last year, I noted the risk of a sovereign credit rating downgrade. It would not be the end of the world, representing a margin of excellence tweak, but a dent in the Government's fiscal and economic credibility.Those drums for a downgrade are now starting to beat louder, with S&P Global Ratings recently downgrading the institutional framework assessment for local authorities.
Good time, long term: the 125-year investment birthday celebration

2 months ago | businessdesk.co.nz | David Chaplin |David Downs |Maria Slade |Simon Robertson

For those planning on being born today and living to 125, the obvious conclusion after reading the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025 would be to go long equities, preferably the US.The 26th edition of the highly regarded annual compendium of historical performance of multiple asset classes across 35 countries declares the long-term winner, as per the previous 25 reports.Produced by UK academics – Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike Staunton, or DMS for short – the yearbook executive...