Following last week’s news that Sapporo USA has issued WARN Act layoff notices to former employees of Stone Brewing (the Escondido-based company it purchased in 2022), the first step in winding down operations at the county’s largest beer-production campus, CBS 8 reporter Alex Lai provides a report chronicling the history of the iconic brand. This includes information on the sale of its facilities to Sapporo and beer portfolio to Firestone Walker Brewing and its parent organization Duvel USA earlier this year. Helping to break everything down is San Diego Beer News founder and Executive Editor Brandon Hernández, who provides perspective on what Stone’s departure from its former North County home base could mean for the region’s storied craft brewing industry.