Costco coming to NewPark Mall, plus 319 apartments
A new Costco Wholesale warehouse and a 319-unit apartment complex will be built on the NewPark Mall property as part of a developer’s attempt to significantly revamp the aging mall,
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Want to give something to a homeless person? There’s an app for that
It shows their stories but not their full names. And that’s enough. While the identities of the homeless men and women is kept confidential, the sad truth of their circumstances
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California Utility Says Its Equipment May Be Linked to Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada, the nation’s largest utility reported to California regulators.
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Zoom buys San Ramon-based Five9 in $14.7 billion deal to prepare for a post-pandemic world
Zoom, the video-conferencing platform that became hugely popular during the Covid-19 pandemic, is spending a whopping $14.7 billion on cloud-based software company Five9 to boost its appeal with business clients. Zoom announced the
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From digital detox to apology tours, how some celebrities come back from being ‘canceled’
There’s no winning in cancel culture. Just ask Chrissy Teigen. The model, businesswoman and social media star Twitter once called the unofficial mayor of the platform has been paying the price since she was called out
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Google plans emerge for big north San Jose green campus
Google has floated preliminary plans for a pedestrian-friendly tech campus that would bring north San Jose a lush and green office hub with features designed to emulate characteristics of the
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Cost of fighting COVID in California: $12.3 billion
Fighting COVID-19 in California has cost taxpayers at least $12.3 billion since the start of the pandemic. That’s more than the gross domestic product of 50 nations. More than the
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California’s unemployment fiasco takes surprising turn: Bank of America wants out
The news, first reported by ABC 7 in San Francisco, comes about a month after a federal judge — as part of a class-action lawsuit first reported by CalMatters — ordered Bank of
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Russian retailer apologizes for lesbian couple in ad
A high-end Russian food retailer has angered both gay rights campaigners and opponents by running and then apologizing for an ad that included a profile of a family in which
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Unhoused San Jose families find new home in community of recycled shipping containers
Like many 15-year-old boys, Dwon’ya looks up to his big brother, spends most of his free time doing what he loves most — making music — and can’t wait to
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