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SF Supervisor Catherine Stefani Announces 2024 Run For Assembly

March 8, 2023 6:06 pmMarch 8, 2023 6:06 pm

San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani announced her run for San Francisco and San Mateo County-spanning District 19, on Wednesday, becoming the first of likely many candidates in the race. District 19 is currently served by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco),...

Yahoo, Twilio Lay Off Thousands As Bay Area Tech Cutbacks Continue

February 13, 2023 12:28 pmFebruary 13, 2023 12:29 pm

Cloud Communications software maker Twilio announced on Monday that 17% of their workforce, or roughly 1,500 workers, will be laid off. The layoff, along with the 20% job cut, or almost 1,700 workers, at Yahoo announced during the weekend, became...

Menlo Park-Based Meta Lets Go Over 11,000 Employees In Latest Silicon Valley Mass Layoff

November 10, 2022 12:36 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, laid off 13% of their employees, or over 11,000, on Thursday, continuing the stark trend of cutbacks at Bay Area and Silicon Valley tech...

Twitter, Lyft, Other Tech Companies Layoff Thousands In Less Than 48 Hours

November 4, 2022 6:13 pm

Due to massive revenue drops, anticipation of a recession next year, a rise in costs, a high number of $100,000+ salaries, among other factors, Silicon Valley companies including Twitter, Lyft, and Stripe have cut thousands of jobs in only the...

Why Do So Many Californians Still Wear Masks?

October 20, 2022 11:22 amOctober 21, 2022 6:49 am

The other day I saw a women in her late teens or early twenties walking her dog in a park near my home. She was fit and healthy-looking, getting some exercise on a lovely fall day in a quiet bayside...

String of Bay Area Factories, Distribution Centers Shut Down This Week

July 21, 2022 12:15 pmJuly 21, 2022 4:05 pm

Several factories and distribution centers shut down across the Bay Area this week due to recent cost crunches, eliminating hundreds of jobs in the process. The first to announce closures this week was an Amy’s Kitchen frozen foods production plant...

Tesla to Close Autopilot Office in San Mateo, Lay Off 200 Workers

June 30, 2022 2:05 amJune 29, 2022 8:36 pm

Electric car and energy company Tesla announced on Wednesday that 200 Autopilot workers will be laid off, with the company’s San Mateo office also to close. In the last few years, Tesla and CEO, Elon Musk have had largely mixed...