. >> francis: they go to uruguay or mar del plata, which is our beach, or to patagonia or to the northhome in patagonia. >> anthony: uh-huh. >> francis: far away from any restaurant. it has no internet, no electricity, no phone. >> anthony: i mean, it's a little anti-social. for a guy who's a communicator, you're all over television -- >> francis: yeah. i, i'm not very social. ♪ >> anthony: chef/restauranteur francis mallmann is one of the biggest and most influential figures in latin american gastronomy. a tv star, head of a restaurant empire, and now, in middle age, gives delightfully few shits about anything unimportant. >> francis: this is a restaurant i love, carlitos. he serves you whatever he has, there's no menu. ♪ >> anthony: of all the places in the world that francis mallmann can eat, and has eaten, it's this place he wanted to take me to. bodegón don carlitos. >> francis: it's him and his wife in the kitchen with the two daughters, there's nobody else. and they've been open for 45 years. >> anthony: an unassuming, family-run joint across from the soccer stadium. >> anthony:

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. >> reporter: patagonia has not changed how they design their fleece yet but the company is looking for new fabric that sheds left. they also want their customers to buy only the clothes they really need and wash them less. >>> the company will pay its employees if they want to leave the bay area. zapieri is offering a relocation package. the company will provide up to $10,000 in moving expenses to help relocate employees and their families who want to live outside of the bay area. the cofounder says the high cost of living here can be a challenge for people to live and work. >>> to see what it costs to rent a two bedroom apartment here in san francisco. or to take out a mortgage. it's difficult for people who are single income or even dual income families here in the bay area to help the unit economics at work. so a lot of folks are looking elsewhere even though they like the area. >> zapier is asking the areas interested in working remotely stay with the company for at least a year after moving. >>> california could owe you some money. the state is now holding a record amount of u

. >> reporter: doug freeman is chief operating officer of patagonia, which is trying to find a solutionckets, funded a study on microfibers last year. researchers at the university of california santa barbara found that a jacket released as many as 250,000 microfibers when washed in the machine. newer, higher quality garments shed less than older ones. >> even a water treatment plant that's filtering up to 95%, there's still a really high number that are getting through. >> reporter: project researcher bess rough says underwater creatures cann ingest the material. >> for fish they're in their intestines and so direct ingestion with fish isn't that bad. >> if you're aware this is a significant problem and you're contributing to it, why not stop selling these items. >> because in many cases these items have longer useful life than their biodegradable counterparts. ultimately we come down to choices. you know, do we want something that has that microfiber impact or do we want something that's more throw away. >> reporter: patagonia has not yet changed how it designs its fleece but they are

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