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$44 Billion Twitter Sale to Elon Musk Ignites Fears Company May Be Moved Out of San Francisco

April 25, 2022 4:39 pmMay 3, 2022 3:57 am

The purchase of Twitter for $44 billion by Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk on Monday fueled worry by Twitter employees and others that that the company could be moved out of state, or at least out of San Francisco,...

LA County Board of Supervisors Votes To Suspend All Official Travel to Florida, Texas

April 8, 2022 7:03 pm

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to suspend all official travel to Florida and Texas over each respective states’ restrictive LGBT policies. The vote on Tuesday can trace the Board’s decision to actions made...

Business Owners Say California’s Gender-Neutral Retail Toy Display Law is ‘Useless’

October 11, 2021 3:47 pmApril 3, 2022 7:57 am

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a bill which requires stores that sell toys or childcare items to have a gender-neutral section. Assembly Bill 1084, authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), would specifically have retail stores physically located in California with...

Governor Newsom Announces New ‘Double Mask’ Guidelines

March 5, 2021 8:20 pmMarch 6, 2021 9:27 am

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) revised the state’s facemask policy Thursday, strongly encouraging Californians to wear two masks instead of one to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The CDPH revised the policy following new recommendations from the Center...

Leaving CA: Tech Giant Oracle Leaving California for Texas

December 12, 2020 2:30 amDecember 14, 2020 9:04 am

On Friday, Oracle, one of the largest computer technology companies in the world, announced that they would move their headquarters from Redwood City in the Bay Area to Austin, Texas. Oracle’s move is only the latest such move of tech...

EDD To Send Out Additional $900 For Most Unemployed Californians

September 8, 2020 6:37 am

On Monday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) began sending the additional $900 in federal unemployment funds to Californians who lost their job due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, $300 per week for three weeks for those that had received...