Layoffs jolt tech, hotel, restaurant, retail sectors
A tech firm, hotels, restaurants, and a big retailer are among the latest companies to detail their layoff plans to state officials, a grim reminder that economic woes during the
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All Health Care Workers in Santa Clara County Can Now Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Santa Clara County officials are urging all health care workers in the county to get vaccinated for COVID-19 now that they are eligible. The news comes after the state’s public
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Santa Clara City Attorney Sat On CVRA Lawsuit Settlement Offer That Likely Would Save City Millions
Five days after he received it, Santa Clara City Attorney Brian Doyle still hadn’t told the City Council about the $2.8 million settlement offer he received from plaintiffs in the
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Pandemic creates “weird boom time” for some Bay Area remote workers
Millions of California workers have faced at least one of two gut-wrenching situations this past year: losing their jobs or risking their lives by showing up in person at work
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Only 1 Reported Flu Case in Santa Clara County So Far This Season
While COVID-19 numbers continue to skyrocket, one South Bay statistic pertaining to another virus is surprising experts in the best possible way. So far this season, there has been only
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California May Have Paid Out-of-State Inmates Job Benefits
More than $40 million in California funding intended to help people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic probably went to inmates in out-of-state jails and prisons, it was reported Tuesday.
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Newsom to Call for $4.5B to Support Businesses, Jobs in Proposed State Budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to unveil his proposed budget Friday for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, with an estimated $4.5 billion earmarked to help the state’s economy recover once the
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Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person
Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk
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A Moment in America, Unimaginable But Perhaps Inevitable
To see it unspool — to watch the jumbled images ricochet, live, across the world’s endless screens — was, as an American, a struggle to believe your eyes. But there
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Twitter and Facebook Lock Trump’s Accounts After Violence on Capitol Hill
Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday locked the accounts of President Trump, which prevents him from posting messages to his more than 88 million followers on Twitter and 35 million followers on Facebook, after
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